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.

Nicola Minali
Personal information
Full nameNicola Minali
Born (1969-11-10) 10 November 1969 (age 54)
Isola della Scala, Italy
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb; 10 st 8 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Professional teams
1993–1997Mecair–Ballan
1998Riso Scotti–MG Maglificio
1999Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio
2000Alexia Alluminio
2001–2002Tacconi Sport–Vini Caldirola
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
3 individual stages (1994, 1997)
Giro d'Italia
2 individual stages (1995, 1998)
Vuelta a España
7 individual stages (1995, 1996)

One-day races and Classics

Paris–Tours (1995, 1996)

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.[1]

He is the father of racing cyclist Riccardo Minali.[2]

Major results

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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

References

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  1. ^ "French Senate releases positive EPO cases from 1998 Tour de France".
  2. ^ Farrand, Stephen (9 February 2017). "Sprinting: A family affair for Riccardo Minali". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
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