Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of World Championships 1999.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAURI Melchor | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | ZÜLLE Alex | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | KONYCHEV Dmitri | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 4 | UGRUMOV Piotr | 17 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
| 5 | FARESIN Gianni | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| 6 | SØRENSEN Rolf | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| 7 | RICHARD Pascal | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | SCIANDRI Maximilian | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | TONKOV Pavel | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| 10 | TAFI Andrea | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | ROBIN Jean-Cyril | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | HAMBURGER Bo | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | TCHMIL Andrei | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | SPRUCH Zbigniew | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 15 | BROCHARD Laurent | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | TETERIOUK Andrei | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 17 | VOSKAMP Bart | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 18 | GIANETTI Mauro | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 19 | ALDAG Rolf | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | BLIJLEVENS Jeroen | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 |