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]
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
- 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
