Mapei (cycling team)
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Team information | |
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UCI code | MAP |
Registered | Italy (1993-1997) Belgium (1998-2002) |
Founded | 1993 |
Disbanded | 2002 |
Discipline(s) | 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 their sponsorship, 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).
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 wins
- 1993
- Trofeo Melinda, Stefano Della Santa
- 1994
- Züri-Metzgete, Gianluca Bortolami
- UCI Road World Cup, Gianluca Bortolami
Overall Vuelta a España, Tony Rominger
Overall Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Tony Rominger
Overall Paris–Nice, Tony Rominger
- One Hour World Record, Tony Rominger
- 1995
- Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, Giuseppe di Grande
- Criterium Bavikhoeve, Johan Museeuw
- Grand Prix Eddy Merckx, Johan Museeuw
- Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia, Adriano Baffi
- Four Days of Dunkirk, Johan Museeuw
- Vuelta a Andalucía, Stefano Dell Santa
- Clasica Internacional a Alcobendas
- Trofeo Laigueglia, Johan Museeuw
- Omloop Het Volk, Franco Ballerini
- Cholet - Pays De Loire, Frank Vandenbroucke
- E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, Bart Leysen
- Tour of Flanders, Johan Museeuw
- Stage 4 Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Tony Rominger
- Paris–Roubaix, Franco Ballerini
Overall Tour de Romandie, Toni Rominger
- Prologue, Stages 3 & 4b Toni Rominger
Overall Giro d'Italia, Toni Rominger
Points classification, Toni Rominger
Intermediate Sprints classification, Toni Rominger
- Stages 2 (ITT), 4, 10 (ITT) & 17 (ITT), Toni Rominger
- Flèche Hesbignonne, Wilfired Pieters
- Züri-Metzgete, Johan Museeuw
- Druivenkoers Overijse, Johan Museeuw
- Schaal Sels - Merksem, Bart Leysen
- Criterium Adinkerke, Frank Vandenbroucke
- Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen, Johan Museeuw
- Prologue, Stage 7 & 20 Vuelta a España, Abraham Olano
- Paris–Bruxelles, Frank Vandenbroucke
- Stage 19 Vuelta a España, Adriano Baffi
- Critérium de Oostrozebeke, Adriano Baffi
- World Road Race championships, Abraham Olano
- Paris–Bourges, Daniele Nardello
- Subida al Naranco, Abraham Olano
- UCI Road World Cup, Johan Museeuw
- 1996
- Trofeo Melinda, Andrea Tafi
- Amsterdam Derny Race, Franco Ballerini
Spain National Road Race championships, Manuel Fernandez
- Criterium Bavikhoeve, Abraham Olano
- Criterium Aalst, Tom Steels
- Trofeo Manacor, Frederico Colonna
Overall Tour Méditerranéen, Frank Vandenbroucke
Overall Tour of Austria, Frank Vandenbroucke
Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - Pays de la Loire, Adriano Baffi
- Roma Maxima, Andrea Tafi
- Coppa Placci, Andrea Tafi
Overall Vuelta a Burgos, Tony Rominger
- Milano–Torino, Daniele Nardello
- Binche–Tournai–Binche, Frank Vandenbroucke
- Trofeo Laigueglia, Frank Vandenbroucke
- Omloop Het Volk, Tom Steels
- E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, Carlo Bomans
- De Brabantse Pijl, Johan Museeuw
- Paris–Camembert, Adriano Baffi
- Paris–Roubaix, Johan Museeuw
- Scheldeprijs, Frank Vandenbroucke
Overall Tour de Romandie, Abraham Olano
- Prologue & Stage 5, Abraham Olano
- Grand Prix de Wallonie, Franco Ballerini
- Binche–Tournai–Binche, Frank Vandenbroucke
Belgium National Road Race championships, Johan Museeuw
- Circuito de Getxo, Arsenio Gonzalez
- Boucles de l´Aulne, Abraham Olano
- GP Ouest France–Plouay, Frank Vandenbroucke
- Stage 2 Tour de Pologne, Federico Colonna
- Stages 4 & 22 Vuelta a España, Tom Steels
- Stages 10 (ITT) & 21 (ITT) Vuelta a España, Toni Rominger
- Stage 12 Vuelta a España, Daniele Nardello
- Paris–Bruxelles, Andrea Tafi
- Subida al Naranco, Francisco Javier Mauleon
- World Road Race championships, Johan Museeuw
- Milano–Torino, Daniele Nardello
- Giro di Lombardia, Andrea Tafi
- UCI Road World Cup, Johan Museeuw
- 1997
- GP Tell, Oscar Camenzind
- Profronde van Almelo, Tom Steels
- Four Days of Dunkirk, Johan Museeuw
- Nacht van Peer, Johan Museeuw
- Criterium Aalst, Frank Vandenbroucke
- Criterium d´Abruzzo, Daniele Nardello
Overall Tour de Luxembourg, Frank Vandenbroucke
Overall Volta a Portugal, Zenon Jaskula
Overall Tour of Austria, Daniele Nardello
- Gala Tour de France, Johan Museeuw
- Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne, Johan Museeuw
- Stages 1, 2, 4 & 8a Paris–Nice, Tom Steels
- De Brabantse Pijl, Gianluca Pianegonda
- KBC Driedaagse van De Panne - Koksijde, Johan Museeuw
- Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Gabriele Missaglia
- Stages 3 & 5a Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Stefano Zanini
Overall Tour de Romandie, Pavel Tonkov
- Stage 1, Giuseppe di Grande
- Stage 4, Pavel Tonkov
- Stages 3 (ITT), 5 & 21 Giro d´Italia, Pavel Tonkov
- Stage 11 Giro d´Italia, Gabriele Missaglia
- Stage 12 Giro d´Italia, Giuseppe Di Grande
- Rund um Köln, Frank Vandenbroucke
- Giro dell´Appennino, Pavel Tonkov
- Stages 1 & 9 Tour de Suisse, Oscar Camenzind
- Stages 1a, 2 & 4 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya,
- Stage 7 Tour de Suisse, Tom Steels
Italy National Road Race championships, Gianni Faresin
Switzerland National Road Race championships, Oscar Camenzind
Belgium National Road Race championships, Tom Steels
- Trofeo Matteotti, Frank Vandenbroucke
- Wincanton Classic, Andrea Tafi
- Schaal Sels - Merksem, Tom Steels
- Grand Prix de Fourmies, Andrea Tafi
- Stages 11, 16 & 17, Vuelta a España, Jan Svorada
- Stages 13 & 15, Vuelta a España, Pavel Tonkov
- Coppa Sabatini, Andrea Tafi
- Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli, Stefano Zanini
- 1998
- Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, Pavel Tonkov
- Criterium Bavikhoeve, Andrea Tafi
- Overall Tour de Wallonne, Frank Vandenbroucke
- Roma Maxima, Andrea Tafi
- Criterium Aalst, Tom Steels
- Clasica de Ordizia, Frank Vandenbroucke
Overall Tour de Langkawi, Gabriele Missaglia
- Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli, Stefano Zanini
Overall Paris–Nice, Frank Vandenbroucke
- Prologue & Stage 4, Frank Vandenbroucke
- Stages 2 & 3, Tom Steels
- Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico, Jan Svorada
- Dwars Door Vlaanderen, Tom Steels
- Stage3a KBC Driedaagse van De Panne - Koksijde, Stefano Zanini
- E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, Johan Museeuw
- De Brabantse Pijl, Johan Museeuw
- Ronde van Vlaanderen, Johan Museeuw
- Gent–Wevelgem, Frank Vandenbroucke
- Paris–Roubaix, Franco Ballerini
- Stage 18 Giro d´Italia, Pavel Tonkov
- Stages 2, 13, 19 & 22 Tour de France, Tom Steels
- Giro dell´Appennino, Pavel Tonkov
- Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen, Tom Steels
Belgium National road Race championships, Tom Steels
Italy National road Race championships, Andrea Tafi
Czech Republic National road Race championships, Jan Svorada
- Stage 3 Tour de France, Jan Svorada
- Stage 14 Tour de France, Daniele Nardello
- Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Andrea Tafi
- Stage 1 Tour de Pologne,
- Coppa Agostoni, Andrea Tafi
- Stage 12 Vuelta a España, Gianni Bugno
- Paris–Bruxelles, Stefano Zanini
- Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli, Stefano Zanini
- Critérium de Oostrozebeke, Tom Steels
- World Road Race championships, Oscar Camenzind
- Nationale Sluitingprijs - Putte-Kapellen, Wilfried Pieters
- Giro di Lombardia, Oscar Camenzind
- 1999
- Criterium Bavikhoeve, Johan Museeuw
- Giro della Provincia di Lucca, Paolo Bettini
Overall Tour de Langkawi, Paolo Lanfranchi
- Stage 4 Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana, Michele Bartoli
- Stage 5a Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana, Stefano Zanini
- Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia, Davide Bramati
- Stage 1 Guldensporentweedaagse, Wilfried Pieters
Overall Tirreno–Adriatico, Michele Bartoli
- Stage 4, Paolo Bettini
- Stage 8 Paris–Nice, Tom Steels
- Dwars Door Vlaanderen, Johan Museeuw
- Stage 4 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Giuliano Figueras
- De Brabantse Pijl, Johan Museeuw
- Stage 1 KBC Driedaagse van De Panne - Koksijde, Tom Steels
- GP de la Ville de Rennes, Max van Heeswijk
- Stage 2 Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Giuliano Figueras
- Gent–Wevelgem, Tom Steels
- Paris–Roubaix, Andrea Tafi
- La Flèche Wallonne, Michele Bartoli
- Overall Giro di Toscana, Luca Scinto
- Stage 1 Tour de Romandie, Giuliano Figueras
- Stages 2, 3 & 17 Tour de France, Tom Steels
- Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen, Giuliano Figueras
- Stage 11 Vuelta a España, Daniele Nardello
- Paris–Bourges, Daniele Nardello
- Giro del Piemonte, Andrea Tafi
- 2000
- Overall Tour de Wallonie, Axel Merckx
- Criterium Aalst, Axel Merckx
- Trofeo Manacor, Paolo Bettini
- Gran Premio di Chiasso, Giuliano Figueras
- Trofeo Palma de Mallorca, Óscar Freire
- Stage 4 Tour Méditerranéen, Tom Steels
- Trofeo Laigueglia, Daniele Nardello
- Stage 2 Vuelta a Andalucia - Ruta Ciclista Del Sol, Michele Bartoli
Overall Tour du Haut Var, Daniele Nardello
- Stage 3 Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana, Óscar Freire
- Omloop Het Volk, Johan Museeuw
- Stages 1 & 6 Tirreno–Adriatico, Óscar Freire
- De Brabantse Pijl, Johan Museeuw
- Stage 2 KBC Driedaagse van De Panne - Koksijde, Tom Steels
- Stage 3 Vuelta al País Vasco, Stefano Zanini
- Paris–Roubaix, Johan Museeuw
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Paolo Bettini
- Stage 5 Four Days of Dunkirk, Fred Rodriguez
- Stage 4 Tour de Romandie, Andrea Noe
- Prologue Tour of Slovenia, László Bodrogi
- Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia, Dario Cioni
- Stage 8 Giro d´Italia, Axel Merckx
- Stage 19 Giro d´Italia, Paolo Lanfranchi
- Stage 2 Tour de Suisse, Fred Rodriguez
- Stage 10 Tour de Suisse, Stefano Zanini
Italy National Road Race championships, Michele Bartoli
Hungary National Road Race championships, László Bodrogi
Belgium National Road Race championships, Axel Merckx
United States National Road Race championships, Fred Rodriguez
Hungary National Time Trial championships, László Bodrogi
- Stage 2 & 3 Tour de France, Tom Steels
- Stage 9 Tour de France, Paolo Bettini
- Stage 21 Tour de France, Stefano Zanini
- GP Ouest France - Plouay, Michele Bartoli
- Stage 5 Ronde van Nederland, Max van Heeswijk
- Stages 2 & 4 Vuelta a España, Óscar Freire
- Stage 17 Vuelta a España, Davide Bramati
- Paris–Bruxelles, Max van Heeswijk
- Circuit Franco-Belge, Daniele Nardello
- Paris–Tours, Andrea Tafi
- 2001
- Coppa Placci, Paolo Bettini
- Volta ao Alentejo, László Bodrogi
- GP de Waregem, Stijn Devolder
Overall Tour de Langkawi, Paolo Lanfranchi
- Prologue, Stages 8 & 9, Paolo Lanfranchi
- Stages 3 & 11, Paolo Bettini
- Tour du Haut Var, Daniele Nardello
- Omloop Het Volk, Michele Bartoli
- GP Città di Lugano, Luca Paolini
- Vlaamse Pijl, Stijn Devolder
- Stage 2 Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Stefano Zanini
- Stage 5a Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Stefano Garzelli
- Stage 2 Internationale Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt, Pedro Horrillo
- Stage 1 Tour of Slovenia, Stefano Zanini
- Stage 7 Giro d´Italia, Stefano Zanini
- Stage 1 Deutschland Tour, Tom Steels
- Stage 4 Deutschland Tour, Óscar Freire
- Stages 1b & 2 Tour of Sweden, Tom Steels
- Stage 4 Tour of Sweden, László Bodrogi
- Stage 7 Tour de Suisse, Stefano Garzelli
Italy National Road Race championships, Daniele Nardello
Hungary National Time Trial championships, László Bodrogi
- Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Michele Bartoli
- Stage 2 Tour de l´Ain, Evgeni Petrov
- Züri-Metzgete, Paolo Bettini
- World Road Race championships, Óscar Freire
- 2002
- Criterium Bavikhoeve, Paolo Bettini
- Roma Maxima, Paolo Bettini
- Trofeo Manacor, Óscar Freire
- Omloop van het Houtland Lichtervelde, Kevin Hulsman
- Grand Prix Eddy Merckx, László Bodrogi
- Giro del Piemonte, Luca Paolini
- Stage 5 Tour Down Under, Cadel Evans
- Stages 1, 2 & 5 Tour de Langkawi, Robbie Hunter
- Prologue Paris–Nice, László Bodrogi
- Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico, Paolo Bettini
- Overall GP Erik Breukink, Fabian Cancellara
- Stage 4, Fabian Cancellara
- De Brabantse Pijl, Fabian De Waele
- Stage 1 KBC Driedaagse van De Panne - Koksijde, Stefano Zanini
- Tour of Flanders, Andrea Tafi
- GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- Stage 6 Four Days of Dunkirk, Tom Steels
- ZLM Tour, Fabian Cancellara
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Paolo Bettini
- Stages 2 & 5 Giro d´Italia, Stefano Garzelli
- Stage 1 Euskal Bizikleta, Pedro Horrillo
- Stage 1a Tour of Austria, Fabian Cancellara
- Stage 6 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Tom Steels
Belgium National Road Race championships, Tom Steels
Hungary National Time Trial championships, László Bodrogi
- Stage 6 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Tom Steels
- Stage 2 Tour de France, Óscar Freire
- Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie, Óscar Freire
- Stage 2b Rothaus Regio-Tour International, Paolo Bettini
- Stage 4a Tour of Denmark, Elio Aggiano
- Stage 4b Tour of Denmark, László Bodrogi
- Tre Valli Varesine, Eddy Ratti
- Coppa Bernocchi, Daniele Nardello
- Stage 5 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne, Elio Aggiano
- Stages 1 & 2 Tour de Pologne, Robbie Hunter
- Stage 1 Circuit Franco-Belge, Kevin Hulsmans
Switzerland National Time Trial championships, Fabian Cancellara
- UCI Road World Cup, Paolo Bettini
World and 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, László Bodrogi
Belgium National Road Race championships, Axel Merckx
USA National Road Race championships, Fred Rodriguez
Hungary National Time Trial championships, László Bodrogi
- 2001
Italy National Road Race championships, Daniele Nardello
Hungary National Time Trial championships, László Bodrogi
World Road Race championships, Óscar Freire
- 2002
Belgium National Road Race championships, Tom Steels
Hungary National Time Trial championships, László Bodrogi
Switzerland National Time Trial championships, Fabian Cancellara
UCI Ranking
Season | Rank |
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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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