Mapei (cycling team)

Mapei

Team information
UCI code	MAP
Registered	Italy (1993-1997) Belgium (1998-2002)
Founded	1993
Disbanded	2002
Discipline	Road
Bicycles	Viner (1993) Colnago (1994-2002)
Key personnel
Team manager(s)	Giuseppe Saronni (1997-1998) Patrick Lefevere (1999-2000) Alvaro Crespi (2000-2002)
Team name history
1993 1994 1995-1997 1998 1999–2002	Mapei Mapei-Clas Mapei-GB Mapei-Bricobi Mapei-Quick Step

Mapei was an Italian based road bicycle racing team active from 1993 to 2002, named after sponsoring firm Mapei. From 2003 Mapei dropped the sponsorate, and a new team was built on top of the old with the name of Quick Step-Davitamon.

Mapei was one of the strongest teams during the late 1990s, and ranked as the strongest UCI team in 1994-2000 and 2002.

The team had the great Belgian and Italian classic specialists of the 1990s such as Johan Museeuw, Michele Bartoli, Andrea Tafi, Franco Ballerini, and had Patrick Lefevre as directeur sportif and then manager. The team won Paris–Roubaix five times. Three times (1996,^[1] 1998^[2] and 1999^[3]) the team even won the first three places. In the 1996 edition, the sprint for the line was decided 15 km from the finish. Directeur sportif Patrick Lefevere, who was following the race in the team car, talked with the owner of Mapei, Giorgio Squinzi (in Milan), who said that Museeuw was to win the race. Gianluca Bortolami was second while Andrea Tafi was third.^[1] In 1998 Franco Ballerini won the race with over four minutes ahead of his two teammates Tafi and Wilfried Peeters.^[2] and in 1999 Tafi won with an advantage of two minutes over teammates Peeters and Tom Steels. In the summer of 2000, Lefevre announced that the Belgian part of the Mapei team would be leaving the team to form a new team called Domo-Farm Frites which had Museeuw as team captain. As a result, there was a great rivalry between the two teams.^[4]

Mapei was less dominating in the Grand Tours. The only true stage race specialist was Tony Rominger, who won the 1994 Vuelta a España and the 1995 Giro d'Italia for the team. As Rominger focused on the Tour de France in 1996, Abraham Olano was given the leadership role at the Giro d'Italia in 1996. Olano took the maglia rosa but lost it in the mountains and during the Tour, Rominger lost time in the mountains. The team never played a major role in the Tour de France.

The official names of the team changed with the cosponsors several times. The team has run under the following names: Mapei (1993) Mapei-Clas (1994), Mapei-GB (1995–1997), Mapei-Bricobi (1998), Mapei-Quickstep (1999–2002).

Short history

While started in 1993 (taking the Eldor-Viner team midseason), the Mapei team already became an international top team one year later when it merged with the Spanish Clas-Cajastur for the 1994 season. Clas had been a cycling sponsor since the 1988 Clas-Razesa team, led by José Manuel Fuente Lavandera. Among the Clas-riders who joined the Italian Mapei team were Fernando Escartín, Abraham Olano and, most prominently, Swiss top rider Tony Rominger. Other newly signed riders included Franco Ballerini, Gianluca Bortolami, Andrea Tafi and Mauro Gianetti, forming a Spanish-Italian top team with two strong Swiss riders as well.

Already in 1995, Clas stopped sponsoring, being replaced by GB. GB had previously sponsored the Italian MG-Maglificio team, which has had success in the early nineties in part due to a Flemish influence. Along with the new sponsor came team manager Patrick Lefevere and top rider Johan Museeuw, marking the beginning of the Belgian influence of the successful Mapei team in the following years, although the team would always have some strong Spanish riders. Another new rider in 1995 was Frank Vandenbroucke, who joined from the Lotto team.

In the remainder of the 1990s Mapei would celebrate many major successes, usually in the one day classics.

The Mapei Cycling team was disbanded though. The decision was announced in May. The major factor was humiliation and anger over a drugging case, one more of those scandals that continue to undermine bicycle racing.

Major Results

1993

1st Trofeo Melinda, Stefano Della Santa

1994

1st Züri-Metzgete, Gianluca Bortolami

1st UCI Road World Cup, Gianluca Bortolami

1st Overall Vuelta a España, Tony Rominger

1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Tony Rominger

1st Overall Paris–Nice, Tony Rominger

One Hour World Record, Tony Rominger

1995

1st Giro Ciclistico d´Italia, Giuseppe di Grande

1st Criterium Bavikhoeve, Johan Museeuw

1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx, Johan Museeuw

1st Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia, Adriano Baffi

1st Four Days of Dunkirk, Johan Museeuw

1st Vuelta a Andalucía, Stefano Dell Santa

1st Clasica Internacional a Alcobendas

1st Trofeo Laigueglia, Johan Museeuw

1st Omloop Het Volk, Franco Ballerini

1st Cholet - Pays De Loire, Frank Vandenbroucke

1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, Bart Leysen

1st Tour of Flanders, Johan Museeuw

1st Stage 4 Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Tony Rominger

1st Paris–Roubaix, Franco Ballerini

1st Overall Tour de Romandie, Toni Rominger

1st Prologue, Stages 3 & 4b Toni Rominger

1st Overall Giro d'Italia, Toni Rominger

1st Points classification, Toni Rominger

1st Intermediate Sprints classification, Toni Rominger

1st Stages 2 (ITT), 4, 10 (ITT) & 17 (ITT), Toni Rominger

1st Flèche Hesbignonne, Wilfired Pieters

1st Züri-Metzgete, Johan Museeuw

1st Druivenkoers Overijse, Johan Museeuw

1st Schaal Sels - Merksem, Bart Leysen

1st Criterium Adinkerke, Frank Vandenbroucke

1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen, Johan Museeuw

1st Prologue, Stage 7 & 20 Vuelta a España, Abraham Olano

1st Paris–Bruxelles, Frank Vandenbroucke

1st Stage 19 Vuelta a España, Adriano Baffi

1st Critérium de Oostrozebeke, Adriano Baffi

1st World Road Race championships, Abraham Olano

1st Paris–Bourges, Daniele Nardello

1st Subida al Naranco, Abraham Olano

1st UCI Road World Cup, Johan Museeuw

1996

1st Trofeo Melinda, Andrea Tafi

1st Amsterdam Derny Race, Franco Ballerini

1st  Spain National Road Race championships, Manuel Fernandez

1st Criterium Bavikhoeve, Abraham Olano

1st Criterium Aalst, Tom Steels

1st Trofeo Manacor, Frederico Colonna

1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen, Frank Vandenbroucke

1st Overall Tour of Austria, Frank Vandenbroucke

1st Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - Pays de la Loire, Adriano Baffi

1st Roma Maxima, Andrea Tafi

1st Coppa Placci, Andrea Tafi

1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos, Tony Rominger

1st Milano–Torino, Daniele Nardello

1st Binche–Tournai–Binche, Frank Vandenbroucke

1st Trofeo Laigueglia, Frank Vandenbroucke

1st Omloop Het Volk, Tom Steels

1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, Carlo Bomans

1st De Brabantse Pijl, Johan Museeuw

1st Paris–Camembert, Adriano Baffi

1st Paris–Roubaix, Johan Museeuw

1st Scheldeprijs, Frank Vandenbroucke

1st Overall Tour de Romandie, Abraham Olano

1st Prologue & Stage 5, Abraham Olano

1st Grand Prix de Wallonie, Franco Ballerini

1st Binche–Tournai–Binche, Frank Vandenbroucke

1st  Belgium National Road Race championships, Johan Museeuw

1st Circuito de Getxo, Arsenio Gonzalez

1st Boucles de l´Aulne, Abraham Olano

1st GP Ouest France–Plouay, Frank Vandenbroucke

1st Stage 2 Tour de Pologne, Federico Colonna

1st Stages 4 & 22 Vuelta a España, Tom Steels

1st Stages 10 (ITT) & 21 (ITT) Vuelta a España, Toni Rominger

1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España, Daniele Nardello

1st Paris–Bruxelles, Andrea Tafi

1st Subida al Naranco, Francisco Javier Mauleon

1st World Road Race championships, Johan Museeuw

1st Milano–Torino, Daniele Nardello

1st Giro di Lombardia, Andrea Tafi

1st UCI Road World Cup, Johan Museeuw

1997

1st GP Tell, Oscar Camenzind

1st Profronde van Almelo, Tom Steels

1st Four Days of Dunkirk, Johan Museeuw

1st Nacht van Peer, Johan Museeuw

1st Criterium Aalst, Frank Vandenbroucke

1st Criterium d´Abruzzo, Daniele Nardello

1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg, Frank Vandenbroucke

1st Overall Volta a Portugal, Zenon Jaskula

1st Overall Tour of Austria, Daniele Nardello

1st Gala Tour de France, Johan Museeuw

1st Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne, Johan Museeuw

1st Stages 1, 2, 4 & 8a Paris–Nice, Tom Steels

1st De Brabantse Pijl, Gianluca Pianegonda

1st KBC Driedaagse van De Panne - Koksijde, Johan Museeuw

1st Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Gabriele Missaglia

1st Stages 3 & 5a Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Stefano Zanini

1st Overall Tour de Romandie, Pavel Tonkov

1st Stage 1, Giuseppe di Grande

1st Stage 4, Pavel Tonkov

1st Stages 3 (ITT), 5 & 21 Giro d´Italia, Pavel Tonkov

1st Stage 11 Giro d´Italia, Gabriele Missaglia

1st Stage 12 Giro d´Italia, Giuseppe Di Grande

1st Rund um Köln, Frank Vandenbroucke

1st Giro dell´Appennino, Pavel TonkovPavel Tonkov

1st Stages 1 & 9 Tour de Suisse, Oscar Camenzind

1st Stages 1a, 2 & 4 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya,

1st Stage 7 Tour de Suisse, Tom Steels

1st  Italy National Road Race championships, Gianni Faresin

1st   Switzerland National Road Race championships, Oscar Camenzind

1st  Belgium National Road Race championships, Tom Steels

1st Trofeo Matteotti, Frank Vandenbroucke

1st Wincanton Classic, Andrea Tafi

1st Schaal Sels - Merksem, Tom Steels

1st Grand Prix de Fourmies, Andrea Tafi

1st Stages 11, 16 & 17, Vuelta a España, Jan Svorada

1st Stages 13 & 15, Vuelta a España, Pavel Tonkov

1st Coppa Sabatini, Andrea Tafi

1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli, Stefano Zanini

1998

1st Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Pavel Tonkov

1st Criterium Bavikhoeve, Andrea Tafi

1st Overall Tour de Wallonne, Frank Vandenbroucke

1st Roma Maxima, Andrea Tafi

1st Criterium Aalst, Tom Steels

1st Clasica de Ordizia, Frank Vandenbroucke

1st Overall Tour de Langkawi, Gabriele Missaglia

1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli, Stefano Zanini

1st Overall Paris–Nice, Frank Vandenbroucke

1st Prologue & Stage 4, Frank Vandenbroucke

1st Stages 2 & 3, Tom Steels

1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico, Jan Svorada

1st Dwars Door Vlaanderen, Tom Steels

1st Stage3a KBC Driedaagse van De Panne - Koksijde, Stefano Zanini

1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, Johan Museeuw

1st De Brabantse Pijl, Johan Museeuw

1st Ronde van Vlaanderen, Johan Museeuw

1st Gent–Wevelgem, Frank Vandenbroucke

1st Paris–Roubaix, Franco Ballerini

1st Stage 18 Giro d´Italia, Pavel Tonkov

1st Stages 2, 13, 19 & 22 Tour de France, Tom Steels

1st Giro dell´Appennino, Pavel Tonkov

1st Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen, Tom Steels

1st  Belgium National road Race championships, Tom Steels

1st  Italy National road Race championships, Andrea Tafi

1st  Czech Republic National road Race championships, Jan Svorada

1st Stage 3 Tour de France, Jan Svorada

1st Stage 14 Tour de France, Daniele Nardello

1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Andrea Tafi

1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne,

1st Coppa Agostoni, Andrea Tafi

1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España, Gianni Bugno

1st Paris–Bruxelles, Stefano Zanini

1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli, Stefano Zanini

1st Critérium de Oostrozebeke, Tom Steels

1st World Road Race championships, Oscar Camenzind

1st Nationale Sluitingprijs - Putte-Kapellen, Wilfried Pieters

1st Giro di Lombardia, Oscar Camenzind

1999

1st Criterium Bavikhoeve, Johan Museeuw

1st Giro della Provincia di Lucca, Paolo Bettini

1st Overall Tour de Langkawi, Paolo Lanfranchi

1st Stage 4 Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana, Michele Bartoli

1st Stage 5a Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana, Stefano Zanini

1st Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia, Davide Bramati

1st Stage 1 Guldensporentweedaagse, Wilfried Pieters

1st Overall Tirreno–Adriatico, Michele Bartoli

1st Stage 4, Paolo Bettini

1st Stage 8 Paris–Nice, Tom Steels

1st Dwars Door Vlaanderen, Johan Museeuw

1st Stage 4 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Giuliano Figueras

1st De Brabantse Pijl, Johan Museeuw

1st Stage 1 KBC Driedaagse van De Panne - Koksijde, Tom Steels

1st GP de la Ville de Rennes, Max van Heeswijk

1st Stage 2 Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Giuliano Figueras

1st Gent–Wevelgem, Tom Steels

1st Paris–Roubaix, Andrea Tafi

1st La Flèche Wallonne, Michele Bartoli

1st Overall Giro di Toscana, Luca Scinto

1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie, Giuliano Figueras

1st Stages 2, 3 & 17 Tour de France, Tom Steels

1st Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen, Giuliano Figueras

1st Stage 11 Vuelta a España, Daniele Nardello

1st Paris–Bourges, Daniele Nardello

1st Giro del Piemonte, Andrea Tafi

2000

1st Overall Tour de Wallonie, Axel Merckx

1st Criterium Aalst, Axel Merckx

1st Trofeo Manacor, Paolo Bettini

1st Gran Premio di Chiasso, Giuliano Figueras

1st Trofeo Palma de Mallorca, Óscar Freire

1st Stage 4 Tour Méditerranéen, Tom Steels

1st Trofeo Laigueglia, Daniele Nardello

1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Andalucia - Ruta Ciclista Del Sol, Michele Bartoli

1st Overall Tour du Haut Var, Daniele Nardello

1st Stage 3 Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana, Óscar Freire

1st Omloop Het Volk, Johan Museeuw

1st Stages 1 & 6 Tirreno–Adriatico, Óscar Freire

1st De Brabantse Pijl, Johan Museeuw

1st Stage 2 KBC Driedaagse van De Panne - Koksijde, Tom Steels

1st Stage 3 Vuelta al País Vasco, Stefano Zanini

1st Paris–Roubaix, Johan Museeuw

1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Paolo Bettini

1st Stage 5 Four Days of Dunkirk, Fred Rodriguez

1st Stage 4 Tour de Romandie, Andrea Noe

1st Prologue Tour of Slovenia, Laszlo Bodrogi

1st Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia, Dario Cioni

1st Stage 8 Giro d´Italia, Axel Merckx

1st Stage 19 Giro d´Italia, Paolo Lanfranchi

1st Stage 2 Tour de Suisse, Fred Rodriguez

1st Stage 10 Tour de Suisse, Stefano Zanini

1st  Italy National Road Race championships, Michele Bartoli

1st  Hungary National Road Race championships, Laszlo Bodrogi

1st  Belgium National Road Race championships, Axel Merckx

1st  United States National Road Race championships, Fred Rodriguez

1st  Hungary National Time Trial championships, Laszlo Bodrogi

1st Stage 2 & 3 Tour de France, Tom Steels

1st Stage 9 Tour de France, Paolo Bettini

1st Stage 21 Tour de France, Stefano Zanini

1st GP Ouest France - Plouay, Michele Bartoli

1st Stage 5 Ronde van Nederland, Max van Heeswijk

1st Stages 2 & 4 Vuelta a España, Óscar Freire

1st Stage 17 Vuelta a España, Davide Bramati

1st Paris–Bruxelles, Max van Heeswijk

1st Circuit Franco-Belge, Daniele Nardello

1st Paris–Tours, Andrea Tafi

2001

1st Coppa Placci, Paolo Bettini

1st Volta ao Alentejo, Laszlo Bodrogi

1st GP de Waregem, Stijn Devolder

1st Overall Tour de Langkawi, Paolo Lanfranchi

1st Prologue, Stages 8 & 9, Paolo Lanfranchi

1st Stages 3 & 11, Paolo Bettini

1st Tour du Haut Var, Daniele Nardello

1st Omloop Het Volk, Michele Bartoli

1st GP Città di Lugano, Luca Paolini

1st Vlaamse Pijl, Stijn Devolder

1st Stage 2 Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Stefano Zanini

1st Stage 5a Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Stefano Garzelli

1st Stage 2 Internationale Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt, Pedro Horrillo

1st Stage 1 Tour of Slovenia, Stefano Zanini

1st Stage 7 Giro d´Italia, Stefano Zanini

1st Stage 1 Deutschland Tour, Tom Steels

1st Stage 4 Deutschland Tour, Óscar Freire

1st Stages 1b & 2 Tour of Sweden, Tom Steels

1st Stage 4 Tour of Sweden, Laszlo Bodrogi

1st Stage 7 Tour de Suisse, Stefano Garzelli

1st  Italy National Road Race championships, Daniele Nardello

1st  Hungary National Time Trial championships, Laszlo Bodrogi

1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Michele Bartoli

1st Stage 2 Tour de l´Ain, Evgeni Petrov

1st Züri-Metzgete, Paolo Bettini

1st World Road Race championships, Óscar Freire

2002

1st Criterium Bavikhoeve, Paolo Bettini

1st Roma Maxima, Paolo Bettini

1st Trofeo Manacor, Óscar Freire

1st Omloop van het Houtland Lichtervelde, Kevin Hulsman

1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx, Laszlo Bodrogi

1st Giro del Piemonte, Luca Paolini

1st Stage 5 Tour Down Under, Cadel Evans

1st Stages 1, 2 & 5 Tour de Langkawi, Robbie Hunter

1st Prologue Paris–Nice, Laszlo Bodrogi

1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico, Paolo Bettini

1st Overall GP Erik Breukink, Fabian Cancellara

1st Stage 4, Fabian Cancellara

1st De Brabantse Pijl, Fabian De Waele

1st Stage 1 KBC Driedaagse van De Panne - Koksijde, Stefano Zanini

1st Tour of Flanders, Andrea Tafi

1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano

1st Stage 6 Four Days of Dunkirk, Tom Steels

1st ZLM Tour, Fabian Cancellara

1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Paolo Bettini

1st Stages 2 & 5 Giro d´Italia, Stefano Garzelli

1st Stage 1 Euskal Bizikleta, Pedro Horrillo

1st Stage 1a Tour of Austria, Fabian Cancellara

1st Stage 6 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Tom Steels

1st  Belgium National Road Race championships, Tom Steels

1st  Hungary National Time Trial championships, Laszlo Bodrogi

1st Stage 6 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Tom Steels

1st Stage 2 Tour de France, Óscar Freire

1st Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie, Óscar Freire

1st Stage 2b Rothaus Regio-Tour International, Paolo Bettini

1st Stage 4a Tour of Denmark, Elio Aggiano

1st Stage 4b Tour of Denmark, Laszlo Bodrogi

1st Tre Valli Varesine, Eddy Ratti

1st Coppa Bernocchi, Daniele Nardello

1st Stage 5 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne, Elio Aggiano

1st Stages 1 & 2 Tour de Pologne, Robbie Hunter

1st Stage 1 Circuit Franco-Belge, Kevin Hulsmans

1st   Switzerland National Time Trial championships, Fabian Cancellara

1st UCI Road World Cup, Paolo Bettini

World & National Champions

1995

World Road Race championships, Abraham Olano

1996

Spain National Road Race championships, Manuel Fernandez

Belgium National Road Race championships, Johan Museeuw

World Road Race championships, Johan Museeuw

1997

Italy National Road Race championships, Gianni Faresin

Switzerland National Road Race championships, Oscar Camenzind

Belgium National Road Race championships, Tom Steels

1998

Belgium National road Race championships, Tom Steels

Italy National road Race championships, Andrea Tafi

Czech Republic National Road Race championships, Jan Svorada

World Road Race championships, Oscar Camenzind

2000

Italy National Road Race championships, Michele Bartoli

Hungary National Road Race championships, Laszlo Bodrogi

Belgium National Road Race championships, Axel Merckx

USA National Road Race championships, Fred Rodriguez

Hungary National Time Trial championships, Laszlo Bodrogi

2001

Italy National Road Race championships, Daniele Nardello

Hungary National Time Trial championships, Laszlo Bodrogi

World Road Race championships, Óscar Freire

2002

Belgium National Road Race championships, Tom Steels

Hungary National Time Trial championships, Laszlo Bodrogi

Switzerland National Time Trial championships, Fabian Cancellara

UCI Ranking

Season	Rank
1993	21
1994	1
1995	1
1996	1
1997	1
1998	1
1999	1
2000	1
2001	4
2002	1

References

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3. "97th Paris-Roubaix, World Cup Round 3". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
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5.Mapei team exits while at the top