Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Trofeo Laigueglia 1997.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UGRUMOV Piotr | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| 2 | MASSI Rodolfo | 12 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| 3 | RICHARD Pascal | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | REDANT Hendrik | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | USHAKOV Serhiy | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | DE VRIES Gerrit | 9 | 6 | - | 3 |
| 7 | BALDATO Fabio | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | TONKOV Pavel | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | ROOSEN Luc | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | BALLERINI Franco | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | LEBLANC Luc | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | VIRENQUE Richard | 6 | 5 | - | 1 |
| 13 | BERZIN Evgeni | 6 | 2 | 4 | - |
| 14 | MOLINARI Maurizio | 6 | - | 5 | 1 |
| 15 | DELLA SANTA Stefano | 6 | - | 5 | 1 |
| 16 | BOBRIK Vladislav | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | CASAGRANDE Francesco | 5 | - | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | FORNACIARI Paolo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | BROCHARD Laurent | 5 | 3 | 2 | - |
| 20 | ZBERG Beat | 4 | 3 | 1 | - |
| 21 | AUDEHEM Gerd | 4 | 2 | - | 2 |
| 22 | BARTOLI Michele | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | FRATTINI Francesco | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 24 | SERPELLINI Marco | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 25 | ODRIOZOLA Jon | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 26 | LAUKKA Joona | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | COLOMBO Gabriele | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 28 | HVASTIJA Martin | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 29 | CELESTINO Mirko | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 30 | CONTE Biagio | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 31 | GUIDI Fabrizio | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 32 | BRUSEGHIN Marzio | 0 | - | - | - |
| 33 | VERHEYEN Geert | 0 | - | - | - |
| 34 | THIJS Erwin | 0 | - | - | - |
| 35 | AERTS Mario | 0 | - | - | - |
| 36 | HONCHAR Serhiy | 0 | - | - | - |
| 37 | VANSEVENANT Wim | 0 | - | - | - |
| 38 | SCHMIDT Torsten | 0 | - | - | - |
| 39 | VAN DE WOUWER Kurt | 0 | - | - | - |
| 40 | VAN BONDT Geert | 0 | - | - | - |
| 41 | VAN LANCKER Kurt | 0 | - | - | - |
| 42 | BONGIONI Alessio | 0 | - | - | - |
| 43 | TARTAGGIA Giuseppe | 0 | - | - | - |