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Mapei was one of the strongest teams during the late 1990s, and ranked as the strongest UCI team in 1994-2000 and 2002. Back then the team, with specialists like Johan Museeuw and Michele Bartoli , was very strong in the one day Classics . The team won Paris-Roubaix five times. Twice (1996 and 1998) the team even won the first three places. Mapei was less dominating in the Grand Tours . The only true Stage Race spacialist was Tony Rominger , who won the 1994 Vuelta A España and the 1995 Giro D'Italia for the team. However, the team never played a major role in the Tour De France . The official names of the team changes with the cosponsors several times. The team has ran under the following names: ''Mapei'' (1993) ''Mapei-Clas'' (1994), ''Mapei-GB'' (1995-1997), ''Mapei-Bricobi'' (1998), ''Mapei-Quickstep'' (1999-2002). RESULTS
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