Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of World Championships 2002.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCIREA Mario | 27 | 9 | 12 | 6 |
| 2 | CIPOLLINI Mario | 23 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
| 3 | SVORADA Ján | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| 4 | JALABERT Laurent | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | ZÜLLE Alex | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | KONYCHEV Dmitri | 20 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
| 7 | BRAMATI Davide | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 |
| 8 | BORTOLAMI Gianluca | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| 9 | VIRENQUE Richard | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | DURAND Jacky | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | BROCHARD Laurent | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | ALDAG Rolf | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | LOMBARDI Giovanni | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 14 | VOSKAMP Bart | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | SPRUCH Zbigniew | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 16 | ZABEL Erik | 12 | 9 | - | 3 |
| 17 | GARCÍA ACOSTA José Vicente | 12 | 6 | - | 6 |
| 18 | GIANETTI Mauro | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | NARDELLO Daniele | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | PADRNOS Pavel | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 |