Nicola Minali

Nicola Minali
Personal information
Full name	Nicola Minali
Born	10 November 1969 (age 55); 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 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)

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.

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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]

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Nicola Minali

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