Nicola Minali

Nicola Minali (born 10 November 1969 in Isola della Scala, Veneto) is an Italian former road bicycle racer. He won a total of twelve stages in Grand Tours, including the prestigious Champs-Élysées stage in 1997 Tour de France. He also won the Paris–Tours classic twice.

His name was on the list of doping tests published by the French Senate on 24 July 2013 that were collected during the 1998 Tour de France and found positive for EPO when retested in 2004.

He is the father of racing cyclist Riccardo Minali.

Major results

1993 1st Stage 2 Three Days of De Panne 1994 1st Stage 5 Tour de France Tour de Romandie 1st Stages 2 & 5 1st Stage 2 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 1995 1st Paris–Tours Vuelta a España 1st Stages 1, 6 & 11 1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 1st Stages 2, 4 & 5 Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Stages 3 & 6 Danmark Rundt 1st Stages 1, 4 & 6 1st Stage 3 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Aragón 1996 1st Paris–Tours Vuelta a España 1st Stages 2, 8, 9 & 16 Vuelta a Burgos 1st Stages 1 & 5 1st Stage 5 Danmark Rundt 1997 Tour de France 1st Stages 4 & 21 Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias 1st Stages 1 & 2 Volta ao Alentejo 1st Stages 1 & 4 1st Stage 1 Danmark Rundt 1st Stage 3 Giro di Puglia 1st Stage 1 Giro di Sardegna 1998 1st Giro dell'Etna 1st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 3a Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt 1st Stage 5a Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 1st Stage 5 Tour Méditerranéen 1999 1st Stage 1 Four Days of Dunkirk 1st Stage 5 Settimana Lombarda 2001 Tour of Rhodes 1st Stages 1 & 2 1st Stage 5 Postgirot Open