Competitors in Vuelta a España 2006 with the most starts in grand tours

Most grandtour starts by competitors

Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Vuelta a España 2006.

Pos.	Rider	Starts	Tour	Giro	Vuelta
1	BELTRÁN Manuel	20	7	4	9
2	CUESTA Iñigo	19	5	2	12
3	ZABEL Erik	19	12	1	6
4	GARCÍA ACOSTA José Vicente	19	10	-	9
5	PIEPOLI Leonardo	18	5	8	5
6	PETACCHI Alessandro	18	3	8	7
7	MCEWEN Robbie	18	9	6	3
8	VELO Marco	17	5	9	3
9	NARDELLO Daniele	16	8	4	4
10	ARRIETA José Luis	15	7	5	3
11	SACCHI Fabio	15	5	7	3
12	REBELLIN Davide	14	2	10	2
13	SASTRE Carlos	14	6	3	5
14	BOOGERD Michael	14	11	1	2
15	ANDRIOTTO Dario	13	1	9	3
16	SPEZIALETTI Alessandro	13	2	8	3
17	TOSATTO Matteo	13	4	7	2
18	BETTINI Paolo	12	4	6	2
19	CAUCCHIOLI Pietro	12	4	6	2
20	GOUBERT Stéphane	12	7	1	4
21	O'GRADY Stuart	12	10	1	1
22	CHAURREAU Íñigo	12	4	1	7
23	DI LUCA Danilo	11	2	5	4
24	CAÑADA David	11	4	2	5
25	CIONI Dario David	11	2	5	4
26	ZUBELDIA Haimar	11	6	1	4
27	BESSY Frédéric	10	5	1	4
28	MARTÍN PERDIGUERO Miguel Ángel	10	1	3	6
29	MARICHAL Thierry	10	5	4	1
30	JALABERT Nicolas	10	8	-	2
31	PÉREZ RODRÍGUEZ Luis	10	4	-	6
32	NIERMANN Grischa	9	5	3	1
33	BÄCKSTEDT Magnus	9	6	2	1
34	GUSTOV Volodymyr	9	3	3	3
35	JOACHIM Benoît	9	2	2	5
36	HORRILLO Pedro	8	2	1	5
37	ONGARATO Alberto	8	-	6	2
38	SZMYD Sylwester	8	-	5	3
39	ZAMPIERI Steve	8	2	5	1
40	RODRIGUEZ Fred	8	6	1	1
41	MONTGOMERY Sven	8	4	2	2
42	BÉNÉTEAU Walter	8	7	1	-
43	SØRENSEN Nicki	8	5	1	2
44	VINOKOUROV Alexandre	8	5	-	3
45	MILLAR David	8	5	-	3
46	MENCHOV Denis	8	6	-	2
47	MAYO Iban	8	5	-	3
48	ENGELS Addy	7	1	4	2
49	PEREIRO Óscar	7	3	1	3
50	RASMUSSEN Michael	7	3	3	1