Debutants in monumental classic
Overview of riders starting in Hel van het Mergelland 1998 that compete for the first time in one of the 5 five monument classics in cycling (SanRemo, Flanders, Roubaix, Liege and Lombardy).
| # | Rider | Team | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOSTE Leif | Vlaanderen 2002 - Eddy Merckx | 20 |
| 2 | JEURISSEN Cees | Giant - Löwik | 21 |
| 3 | CRETSKENS Wilfried | Vlaanderen 2002 - Eddy Merckx | 21 |
| 4 | VERMAUT Stive | Vlaanderen 2002 - Eddy Merckx | 22 |
| 5 | GĘBKA Marcin | Mróz | 23 |
| 6 | DE GROOT Bram | Rabobank ProTeam | 23 |
| 7 | PRONK Matthé | Rabobank ProTeam | 23 |
| 8 | GRABSCH Ralf | Team Gerolsteiner | 24 |
| 9 | GLASNER Björn | Team Gerolsteiner | 24 |
| 10 | BARRENECHEA Iñaki | Tönissteiner - Colnago | 24 |
| 11 | SIMENSEN Ole Sigurd | Agro - Adler Brandenburg | 25 |
| 12 | ROSOLIŃSKI Grzegorz | Mróz | 25 |
| 13 | BOOM Bart | Giant - Löwik | 26 |
| 14 | WOJCIECHOWSKI Dariusz | Mróz | 29 |
| 15 | DE BUYST Franky | Tönissteiner - Colnago | 30 |