Neil Stephens

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Neil Stephens Road cycling
Neil Stephens (2005)
Neil Stephens (2005)
To person
Full name Neil Anthony Stephens
Nickname Stevo
Date of birth October 1, 1963
nation AustraliaAustralia Australia
discipline Road cycling
To the team
Current team End of career
function driver
End of career 1998
Team (s)
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992–1996
1997–1998 		Peugeot-Michelin
Santini-Cierre
Ever Ready-Amaco
Zero Boys
Caja Rujal-Paternina
Artiach-Royal
Paternina Sport
ONCE
Festina-Lotus
Most important successes
a stage Tour de France
MaillotAustralia.PNG Australian Road Cycling Championships - Road Races 1991, 1994
Team (s) as sporting director
2000–2001
2005–2006
2008–2010
2012–2018
2019– 		Linda McCartney Racing Team
Liberty Seguros-Würth
Caisse d'Epargne
Orica GreenEdge
UAE Team Emirates
Last updated: January 25, 2019

Neil Stephens (born October 1, 1963 in Canberra ) is an Australian sporting director in cycling and a former cyclist .

Athletic career

Neil Stephens was a professional from 1985 to 1998 . At first he mainly competed in races in his home country, such as the Herald Sun Tour , the Midlands Tour and the Memorial Michael Toyne . He was Australian road racing champion twice - in 1991 and 1994 .

From 1990 onwards, Stephens drove increasingly races in Europe, such as the Tour of Britain and the Tour of Portugal . Between 1992 and 1998 he competed seven times in the Tour de France , but was never able to place himself far in front. In 1997 he won the 17th stage from Friborg to Colmar . In 1996 he took part in the road race of the Olympic Games in Atlanta and finished 19th. In the same year he was tenth in the individual time trial of the road world championships

At the end of 1998 he resigned from active cycling in the wake of the Festina affair .

doping

A few days before the start of the 1998 Tour de France , a supervisor of the Festina team , Willy de Voet, was arrested in France. 400 ampoules of Epo and anabolic steroids were found in the masseur's car . In the course of the investigation, Neil Stephens admitted to having been doped with Epo, but this was done without his knowledge. He believed that it was vitamin supplements. He was never sanctioned.

Professional

After the end of his active career, Stephens worked for various teams as a sports director. From 2012 to 2018 he worked for the Australian team Orica GreenEdge . When it became known that Stephens and his Festina teammate Matthew White , who had been banned for doping, had been appointed to the Orica GreenEdge team, critical voices were raised. In 2019 he became Sporting Director at UAE Team Emirates .

Palmarès (selection)

1985
1986
1988
1990
1991
1994
1995
1996
1997

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia 78 - - - - - 57 - - - - - -
Yellow jersey Tour de France - - - - - - 74 DNF 52 60 49 54 DNF
Golden jersey Vuelta a España - - - - - - 66 - - - - 55 -
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Web links

Commons : Neil Stephens  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ How the Festina scandal paralyzed the tour in 1998. In: The world . July 11, 2008, accessed May 10, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Cycling4Fans - Doping: S. In: Cycling4Fans. Retrieved May 10, 2015 .
  3. ^ Rupert Guinness: Doping questions remain for GreenEDGE. In: smh.com.au. September 7, 2013, accessed January 25, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Neil Stephens joins Peiper as directeur sportif at UAE Team Emirates. In: Cycling News. November 21, 2018, accessed January 25, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Stephens, Neil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stephens, Neil Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian cyclist and sports director
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Canberra