.jpg) Stephens as a directeur sportif at the 2005 Giro d'Italia | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Neil Stephens |
| Born | (1963-10-01) 1 October 1963 (age 61) Canberra, Australia |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1985 | Peugeot–Michelin |
| 1986 | Santini–Sierre |
| 1987 | Ever Ready–Ammaco |
| 1988 | Zero Boys |
| 1989 | Caja Rural–Paternina |
| 1990 | Artiach–Royal |
| 1991 | Paternina sport |
| 1992–1996 | ONCE |
| 1997–1998 | Festina–Lotus |
| Managerial teams | |
| 2000–2001 | Linda McCartney Racing Team |
| 2005–2006 | Liberty Seguros–Würth |
| 2008–2010 | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 2012–2018 | GreenEDGE |
| 2019–2020 | UAE Team Emirates |
| 2021– | Team Bahrain Victorious |
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. As of 2024 he is a sports director at Team Bahrain Victorious.
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. 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. In late 2007, Caisse d'Epargne announced that Neil Stephens would be the team's new sport director.
Stephens was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1996 Australia Day Honours for his service to cycling and the Australian Sports Medal in September 2000 in recognition of his Tour de France stage win.
Major results
- 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
- "Neil Stephens". Cycling Archives. 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
- Palmarès by cyclingbase.com (in French)
- Neil Stephens at CycleBase
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Australian male cyclists
- Sportspeople from Canberra
- Olympic cyclists for Australia
- Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Australian Tour de France stage winners
- Sportsmen from the Australian Capital Territory
- Doping cases in Australian cycling
- Cyclists from the Australian Capital Territory
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen