Neil Stephens
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Full name | Neil Stephens |
Born | Canberra, Australia | 1 October 1963
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb) |
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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 |
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2000–2001 | Linda McCartney Racing Team |
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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]
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.[2] 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.[3] In late 2007, You have called {{Contentious topics}}
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Stephens was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1996 Australia Day Honours for his service to cycling[5] and the Australian Sports Medal in September 2000 in recognition of his Tour de France stage win.[6]
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 Calvia (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.
- ^ http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12835/Hansen-to-keep-racing-after-completing-all-three-Grand-Tours-this-season.aspx
- ^ 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
- Use dmy dates from October 2011
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Australian male cyclists
- Sportspeople from Canberra
- Olympic cyclists of 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