Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of World Championships 2003.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCIREA Mario | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 |
| 2 | KONYCHEV Dmitri | 20 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
| 3 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | SCIANDRI Maximilian | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | NOÈ Andrea | 16 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| 6 | SERRANO Marcos Antonio | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | CUESTA Iñigo | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | BROCHARD Laurent | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | ALDAG Rolf | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | JEKER Fabian | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | LOMBARDI Giovanni | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 12 | HAMBURGER Bo | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| 13 | BELTRÁN Manuel | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 14 | ZABEL Erik | 14 | 10 | - | 4 |
| 15 | CASAGRANDE Francesco | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| 16 | FRIGO Dario | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| 17 | LUTTENBERGER Peter | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| 18 | NARDELLO Daniele | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | WAUTERS Marc | 12 | 11 | - | 1 |
| 20 | DEN BAKKER Maarten | 12 | 9 | - | 3 |