Neil Stephens

Neil Stephens
	Stephens as a directeur sportif at the 2005 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Full name	Neil Stephens
Born	1 October 1963 (age 62); 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.^[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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
^ "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 Archived 27 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
Neil Stephens at CycleBase (archive)

[CyclingArchives-1] "Neil Stephens". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 9 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[2] "Team". Bahrain Victorious. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

[3] "Hansen to keep racing after completing all three Grand Tours this season".

[4] 1998 Updates

[5] Caisse d'Epargne signs Colombians, and Stephens

[6] "Neil Anthony Stephens". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

[7] "Neil Stephens". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

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v t e Australian National Road Race Champions (men)
1900–1919	Andrew Ralston, NZ (1901) HG O'Callaghan (1902) Jack Arnst, NZ (1903) Tom Larcombe (1904) William Hawley (1905) Hermann Mehrtens, NZ (1906) Tom Larcombe (1907) Matt Chappell (1908) Iddo Munro (1909) Joe Pianto (1910) Phil O'Shea, NZ (1911)
1920–1939	Phil O'Shea, NZ (1922–1923) Hubert Opperman (1924) Harold Smith (1925) Hubert Opperman (1926–1927) Hubert Opperman (1929) Richard Lamb (1930) Matt Lynch (1931) Richard Lamb (1932) Hefty Stuart (1933) Clinton Beasley (1935) Alan Angus (1936–1937) Dean Toseland (1938–1939)
1940–1959	Max Rowley (1946) Jack Bates (1947) Duncan Hunter (1948) Max Rowley (1949) Keith Rowley (1950) John Beasley (1951) Neil Peadon (1952) Alby Saunders (1953) Eddie Smith (1954–1955) Russell Mockridge (1956–1958) Fred Roche (1959)
1960–1979	Fred Roche (1960) Neville Veale (1961) John O'Sullivan (1962) Warwick Dalton (1963) Barry Waddell (1964) Matt Martino (1965) Kerry Hoole (1966) Graeme Gilmore (1967) Barry Waddell (1968) Robert Whetters (1969) Graham McVilly (1970–1971) Kevin Spencer (1972) Kerry Hoole (1973) Graham Rowley (1974) Donald Wilson (1975) Peter Besanko (1976) Donald Wilson (1977) John Trevorrow (1978–1979)
1980–1999	John Trevorrow (1980) Clyde Sefton (1981) Wayne Hildred (1982) Terry Hammond (1983) Peter Besanko (1984) Laurie Venn (1985) Wayne Hildred (1986) Allan Dipple (1987) Paul Miller (1988) Gary Clively (1989) Damian McDonald (1990) Neil Stephens (1991) David McFarlane (1992) Edward Salas (1993) Neil Stephens (1994) Robbie McEwen (1995) Nick Gates (1996) Jonathan Hall (1997) David McKenzie (1998) Henk Vogels (1999)
2000–2019	Jamie Drew (2000) Steve Williams (2001) Robbie McEwen (2002) Stuart O'Grady (2003) Matthew Wilson (2004) Robbie McEwen (2005) Russell Van Hout (2006) Darren Lapthorne (2007) Matthew Lloyd (2008) Peter McDonald (2009) Travis Meyer (2010) Jack Bobridge (2011) Simon Gerrans (2012) Luke Durbridge (2013) Simon Gerrans (2014) Heinrich Haussler (2015) Jack Bobridge (2016) Miles Scotson (2017) Alex Edmondson (2018) Michael Freiberg (2019)
2020–2039	Cameron Meyer (2020–2021) Luke Plapp (2022–2024) Luke Durbridge (2025) Patrick Eddy (2026)