Neil Stephens

Australian cyclist

Neil Stephens

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.[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

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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

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1. ^ "Neil Stephens". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
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.

## External links

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* Palmarès by cyclingbase.com (in French)
* Neil Stephens at CycleBase

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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)
* H Mehrtens, NZ (1906)
* Tom Larcombe (1907)
* M 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)

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