Nicola Minali
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Nicola Minali |
| Born | 10 November 1969 Isola della Scala, Italy |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb; 10 st 8 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional teams | |
| 1993–1997 | Mecair–Ballan |
| 1998 | Riso Scotti–MG Maglificio |
| 1999 | Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio |
| 2000 | Alexia Alluminio |
| 2001–2002 | Tacconi Sport–Vini Caldirola |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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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.[1]
He is the father of racing cyclist Riccardo Minali.[2]
Major results
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "French Senate releases positive EPO cases from 1998 Tour de France".
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (9 February 2017). "Sprinting: A family affair for Riccardo Minali". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
External links
[edit]- Nicola Minali at Cycling Archives
- Nicola Minali at ProCyclingStats
- Nicola Minali at CycleBase
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