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. As of 2024 he is a sports director at Team Bahrain Victorious.

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. 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, 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.

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

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

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