Stefano Zanini

Stefano Zanini (born 23 January 1969 in Varese, Lombardy) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, the leadout man for Liquigas-Bianchi in 2006, after riding for Mapei,, and Quick-Step.

His palmares include the Milano–Torino of 1995, Amstel Gold Race in 1996, one stage of the 2000 Tour de France and two stages at the Giro d'Italia (1994 and 2001).

He retired at the end of 2007 and took up the role of directeur sportif with the Silence-Lotto team. He is currently a directeur sportif with Astana Pro Team.

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 suspicious for EPO when retested in 2004.

Major results

 * 1987
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Giro della Lunigiana


 * 1989
 * 2nd Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
 * 1st Coppa Collecchio


 * 1990
 * 5th Gran Premio della Liberazione


 * 1992
 * 1st Coppa Sabatini
 * 1st Stage 5 Giro di Puglia
 * 1st Stage 7 Volta a Portugal
 * 2nd Giro dell'Etna
 * 5th Giro di Campania


 * 1993
 * 5th Coppa Sabatini
 * 5th Trofeo Melinda


 * 1994
 * 1st Giro dell'Etna
 * 1st Stage 22 Giro d'Italia
 * 2nd Nice–Alassio
 * 3rd Tre Valli Varesine
 * 4th Milan–San Remo
 * 6th Giro del Piemonte
 * 10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 1st Stage 5


 * 1995
 * 1st Milano–Torino
 * 1st Coppa Bernocchi
 * 1st Stage 7 Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 2nd Giro del Piemonte
 * 2nd Trofeo Laigueglia
 * 2nd Nice–Alassio
 * 2nd Japan Cup
 * 3rd Milan–San Remo
 * 5th Giro di Lombardia
 * 9th Rund um den Henninger-Turm


 * 1996
 * 1st Amstel Gold Race
 * 1st Stage 3 Tour of the Basque Country
 * 1st Stage 5a Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
 * 2nd Milano–Torino
 * 4th Paris–Roubaix
 * 5th Milan–San Remo
 * 5th Giro dell'Etna
 * 5th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
 * Giro d'Italia
 * Held Jersey pink.svg after Stage 3
 * Held Jersey violet.svg after Stages 2 & 3


 * 1997
 * 1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
 * Tour of the Basque Country
 * 1st Stages 3 & 5a
 * 2nd Coppa Bernocchi
 * 8th Milano–Torino


 * 1998
 * 1st Paris–Brussels
 * 1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
 * 1st Stage 3a Three Days of De Panne
 * 2nd Tour of Flanders
 * 4th Milan–San Remo
 * 4th Paris–Tours
 * 8th Breitling Grand Prix (with Daniele Nardello)
 * 10th Coppa Bernocchi


 * 1999
 * 1st Stage 5a Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana


 * 2000
 * 1st Stage 21 Tour de France
 * 1st Stage 10 Tour de Suisse
 * 1st Stage 3 Tour of the Basque Country
 * 5th Paris–Roubaix
 * 10th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne


 * 2001
 * 1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Stage 2 Tour of the Basque Country
 * 1st Stage 2 Giro Riviera Ligure Ponente
 * 1st Stage 1 Tour of Slovenia
 * 5th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
 * 8th Giro della Provincia di Siracusa


 * 2002
 * 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
 * 1st Jersey green 2.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stage 1


 * 2003
 * 1st US Pro Championship
 * 5th Firenze–Pistoia
 * 7th Paris–Tours
 * 8th Giro del Piemonte
 * 9th HEW Cyclassics


 * 2004
 * 1st Stage 1 Tour of Britain
 * 5th Coppa Bernocchi


 * 2005
 * 1st Jersey blue.svg Intergiro classification Giro d'Italia