About this ranking
This is the ranking of the most successful professional cycling teams in the world in 1997. The teams are displayed including riders and sports directors. Use the year filter below to look at the same team ranking for another year. Counted are the individual rider's scores in a given season for all of the riders for the team in 1997.
Mapei - GB | 1997
MAP - Italy | » Historic Overview
Management
| Team Manager | Giuseppe Saronni |
| Directeur Sportif | Pietro Algeri |
| Adjunct Directeur Sportif | Maurizio Piovani |
| Adjunct Directeur Sportif | Fabrizio Fabbri |
| Adjunct Directeur Sportif | Patrick Lefevere |
Riders
| # | Global # | Name | Birthday | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 10. | Pavel TONKOV | 09-Feb-1969 | RUS | 1853 |
| 2. | 22. | Johan MUSEEUW | 13-Oct-1965 | BEL | 1235 |
| 3. | 24. | Andrea TAFI | 07-May-1966 | ITA | 1136 |
| 4. | 27. | Oskar CAMENZIND | 12-Sep-1971 | SUI | 1038 |
| 5. | 50. | Ján SVORADA | 28-Aug-1968 | CZE | 791 |
| 6. | 53. | Gianni FARESIN | 16-Jul-1965 | ITA | 773 |
| 7. | 69. | Giuseppe DI GRANDE | 07-Sep-1973 | ITA | 645 |
| 8. | 79. | Daniele NARDELLO | 02-Aug-1972 | ITA | 580 |
| 9. | 87. | Wilfried PEETERS | 10-Jul-1964 | BEL | 554 |
| 10. | 90. | Paolo LANFRANCHI | 25-Jul-1968 | ITA | 543 |
| 11. | 92. | Frank VANDENBROUCKE | 06-Nov-1974 | BEL | 535 |
| 12. | 125. | Tom STEELS | 02-Sep-1971 | BEL | 421 |
| 13. | 136. | Franco BALLERINI | 11-Dec-1964 | ITA | 400 |
| 14. | 145. | Gabriele MISSAGLIA | 24-Jul-1970 | ITA | 380 |
| 15. | 151. | Zenon JASKULA | 04-Jun-1962 | POL | 357 |
| 16. | 170. | Gianluca PIANEGONDA | 23-Sep-1968 | ITA | 305 |
| 17. | 202. | Zbigniew SPRUCH | 13-Dec-1965 | POL | 244 |
| 18. | 216. | Carlo BOMANS | 10-Jun-1963 | BEL | 221 |
| 19. | 229. | Stefano ZANINI | 23-Jan-1969 | ITA | 199 |
| 20. | 237. | Nico MATTAN | 17-Jul-1971 | BEL | 193 |
| 21. | 313. | Gianni BUGNO | 14-Feb-1964 | ITA | 130 |
| 22. | 359. | Valentino FOIS | 23-Sep-1973 | ITA | 105 |
| 23. | 361. | Davide BRAMATI | 28-Jun-1968 | ITA | 104 |
| 24. | 384. | Bart LEYSEN | 10-Feb-1969 | BEL | 97 |
| 25. | 497. | Yoshiyuki ABE | 15-Aug-1969 | JPN | 52 |
| 26. | 1033. | Matteo ALGERI | 15-May-1976 | ITA | 0 |
| 27. | 1038. | Leif HOSTE | 17-Jul-1977 | BEL | 0 |
| 28. | 1039. | Dirk D'HAEMERS | 08-Jan-1975 | BEL | 0 |
| Score: Rank: |
12891 1 |
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Festina - Lotus | 1997
FES - France | » Historic Overview
Management
| Team Manager | Bruno Roussel |
| Directeur Sportif | Michel Gros |
| Adjunct Directeur Sportif | Miguel Moreno Cachinero |
| Adjunct Directeur Sportif | Jaime Martin Tarascon |
Riders
| # | Global # | Name | Birthday | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5. | Richard VIRENQUE | 19-Nov-1969 | FRA | 2065 |
| 2. | 8. | Laurent DUFAUX | 20-May-1969 | SUI | 2004 |
| 3. | 19. | Laurent BROCHARD | 26-Mar-1968 | FRA | 1404 |
| 4. | 51. | Christophe MOREAU | 12-Apr-1971 | FRA | 776 |
| 5. | 52. | Felix GARCIA CASAS | 29-Dec-1968 | ESP | 775 |
| 6. | 59. | Gianluca BORTOLAMI | 28-Aug-1968 | ITA | 702 |
| 7. | 63. | Pascal HERVÉ | 13-Jul-1964 | FRA | 667 |
| 8. | 83. | Marcel WÜST | 06-Aug-1967 | GER | 567 |
| 9. | 134. | Didier ROUS | 18-Sep-1970 | FRA | 403 |
| 10. | 154. | Fabian JEKER | 28-Nov-1968 | SUI | 349 |
| 11. | 155. | Bruno BOSCARDIN | 02-Feb-1970 | SUI | 345 |
| 12. | 181. | Gilles BOUVARD | 30-Oct-1969 | FRA | 276 |
| 13. | 209. | Neil STEPHENS | 01-Oct-1963 | AUS | 232 |
| 14. | 210. | Joona LAUKKA | 30-Jun-1972 | FIN | 232 |
| 15. | 212. | Emmanuel MAGNIEN | 07-May-1971 | FRA | 231 |
| 16. | 303. | Valerio TEBALDI | 02-Jul-1965 | ITA | 139 |
| 17. | 453. | Jaime Javier HERNÁNDEZ BERTRAN | 18-Jan-1972 | ESP | 69 |
| 18. | 468. | Lylian LEBRETON | 06-Jan-1972 | FRA | 63 |
| 19. | 525. | Patrice HALGAND | 02-Mar-1974 | FRA | 43 |
| 20. | 576. | Laurent LEFEVRE | 02-Jul-1976 | FRA | 30 |
| 21. | 613. | Sebastien MEDAN | 05-Jun-1972 | FRA | 22 |
| 22. | 679. | Christophe BASSONS | 10-Jun-1974 | FRA | 13 |
| 23. | 785. | Thierry LAURENT | 13-Sep-1966 | FRA | 5 |
| 24. | 786. | László BODROGI | 11-Dec-1976 | HUN | 5 |
| 25. | 951. | Jerome CHIOTTI | 18-Jan-1972 | FRA | 0 |
| 26. | 1026. | Jérôme BERNARD | 21-Sep-1971 | FRA | 0 |
| 27. | 1304. | André KORFF | 04-Jun-1973 | GER | 0 |
| Score: Rank: |
11417 2 |
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