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
 * MaillotAustralia.PNG National Road Race Championship
 * 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
 * MaillotAustralia.PNG 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