Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Volta a Portugal 2001.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAURI Melchor | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | KONYCHEV Dmitri | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | ROSCIOLI Fabio | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | SCIANDRI Maximilian | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | OLANO Abraham | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | RODRIGUES Orlando Sergio | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | JEKER Fabian | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | EDO Ángel | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | SPRUCH Zbigniew | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 10 | PERON Andrea | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | SECCHIARI Francesco | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 12 | ZARRABEITIA Mikel | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 13 | ZINTCHENKO Andrei | 8 | - | 2 | 6 |
| 14 | GALLETTI Alessio | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | MISSAGLIA Gabriele | 7 | - | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | PLAZA David | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 17 | MEIER Armin | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | SILVA Jorge Manuel | 7 | - | - | 7 |
| 19 | VICARIO Juan Carlos | 6 | - | 1 | 5 |
| 20 | GOMES Joaquim Augusto | 6 | - | 1 | 5 |