FLTR: Andrea Tafi, Wilfried Peeters, Johan Museeuw, Tom Steels, Michele Bartoli (in the car), Axel Merckx, Max van Heeswijk, Leif Hoste, Bart Leysen and Pavel Tonkov, all riders in the Italo-Belgian cycling team Mapei-Quick-Step pose together during the presentation of the outfit in Tielt, western Belgium January 19. Team manager Patrick Lefevere said the outfit's main goals were the Milan to San Remo and Liege-Bastogne-Liege one-day classic races and the Tour de France stage race.

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