Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of World Championships ME - ITT 1999.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAURI Melchor | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | ZÜLLE Alex | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | TETERIOUK Andrei | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | VOSKAMP Bart | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | KASPUTIS Artūras | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | GONZÁLEZ DE GALDEANO Álvaro | 8 | 1 | - | 7 |
| 8 | KIRSIPUU Jaan | 8 | 6 | - | 2 |
| 9 | BOARDMAN Chris | 8 | 6 | - | 2 |
| 10 | ZBERG Beat | 7 | 6 | 1 | - |
| 11 | DEKKER Erik | 7 | 6 | - | 1 |
| 12 | HVASTIJA Martin | 6 | - | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | HONCHAR Serhiy | 5 | - | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | ANDERSSON Michael | 5 | - | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | ULLRICH Jan | 5 | 3 | - | 2 |
| 16 | VELO Marco | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| 17 | MOREAU Christophe | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 18 | MCRAE William Chann | 3 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | VERBRUGGHE Rik | 3 | 2 | - | 1 |
| 20 | IVANOV Ruslan | 3 | - | 1 | 2 |