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Historic Overview Neil Stephens

Rider

Overall Rank1709
NameNeil STEPHENS
Country
  Australia
Date of birth01-Oct-1963 - Canberra (Australian Capital Territory)
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Biography

Neil Stephens

Neil Stephens (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.

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 EspaƱa) 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.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

6

Major Victories

Vuelta a Andalucia - Ruta del Sol 1996
Prueba Villafranca-Ordiziako Klasika 1995
National Championship Australia 1995
Tour de France - stages 1997 (1)
Vuelta al Pais Vasco - stages 1996 (1)
Euskal Bizikleta - stages 1993 (1)
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Seasons

Neil Stephens - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1981 Individual 0 1149
2. 1982 Individual 0 1197
3. 1983 Individual 0 1212
4. 1984 ANC 4 990
5. 1985 Individual 43 533
6. 1986 Repco 83 448
7. 1987 Fenchurch Insurances 46 582
8. 1988 Zero Boys - Hisfa 64 547
9. 1989 Paternina 27 688
10. 1990 Artiach - Royal 125 363
11. 1991 O.N.C.E. 174 304
12. 1992 O.N.C.E. 402 152
13. 1993 O.N.C.E. 267 192
14. 1994 O.N.C.E. 343 166
15. 1995 O.N.C.E. 411 126
16. 1996 O.N.C.E. 725 63
17. 1997 Festina - Lotus 481 126
18. 1998 Festina - Lotus 62 499
Overall: 3257 1709