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Neil Stephens OAM ASM (born 1 October 1963 in Canberra) is an Australian former road bicycle racer. He won the Australian national road race title in 1991 and 1994.[1] As of 2024 he is a sports director at Team Bahrain Victorious.[2]
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He is a Tour de France stage winner and is one of the relatively few riders to have completed the three Grand Tours (Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España) in a calendar year, as well as being the first Australian to complete the feat.[3] He was involved in the Festina doping scandal in 1998 Tour de France. He claimed that he took EPO but believed he was taking vitamin supplements intravenously.[4] In late 2007, Caisse d'Epargne announced that Neil Stephens would be the team's new sport director.[5]
Stephens was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1996 Australia Day Honours for his service to cycling[6] and the Australian Sports Medal in September 2000 in recognition of his Tour de France stage win.[7]
Major results
[edit]- 1986
- 1st and Fastest Time Alex Roberts "100" Mile one day Classic Mount Gambier South Australia
- 1st, Overall, Herald Sun Tour
- 1988
- 1st, Stage 10, Milk Race
- 1990
- 1st, Stage 13, Herald Sun Tour
- 1st, Stage 5, Volta a Portugal
- 1991
National Road Race Championship- 1st, GP Villafranca de Ordizia
- 1992
- 1st, Trofeo Calvià (Vuelta a Mallorca)
- 1993
- 1st, GP Villafranca de Ordizia
- 1st, Stage 3, Bicicleta Vasca
- 1994
- 1st, GP Villafranca de Ordizia
- 1995
- National Road Race Championship
- 1st, GP Villafranca de Ordizia
- 1st, Overall, Tasmania Summer Tour
- 1st, Prologue & Stage 3
- 1996
- 1st, Overall, Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st, Stage 5, Tour of the Basque Country
- 1997
- 1st, Stage 17, Tour de France
- 1998
- 1st, Stages 3 & 5, Tasmania Summer Tour
References
[edit]- ^ "Neil Stephens". Cycling Archives. Archived from the original on 9 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ^ "Team". Bahrain Victorious. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Hansen to keep racing after completing all three Grand Tours this season".
- ^ 1998 Updates
- ^ Caisse d'Epargne signs Colombians, and Stephens
- ^ "Neil Anthony Stephens". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Neil Stephens". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
External links
[edit]- Palmarès by cyclingbase.com Archived 27 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- Neil Stephens at CycleBase (archive)
Neil Stephens
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Neil Stephens is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer known for his stage victory on stage 17 of the 1997 Tour de France and for winning the Australian national road race championship twice, in 1991 and 1994. [1] He competed professionally from 1985 to 1998, establishing himself as a reliable domestique and breakaway specialist with particular success in Spanish races, including four victories at the Prueba Villafranca–Ordiziako Klasika and a general classification win at the Vuelta a Andalucia in 1996. [1]
Stephens participated in 14 Grand Tours during his career, including seven editions of the Tour de France, and rode for prominent teams such as ONCE and Festina–Lotus in the 1990s. [1] In 1998, while with Festina–Lotus, he was involved in the Festina doping scandal during the Tour de France, where he admitted to using EPO but claimed he believed it was intravenous vitamin supplements. [2]
His achievements earned him the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1996 for service to cycling and the Australian Sports Medal in 2000 in recognition of his Tour de France stage win. [3] [4]
Following his retirement from racing, Stephens transitioned into team management, serving as a directeur sportif and assistant sports director for several prominent cycling outfits, including GreenEDGE, UAE Team Emirates, and, as of 2026, Team Jayco AlUla. [1] His enduring involvement in the sport has spanned both competitive racing and behind-the-scenes leadership roles in professional cycling.