Nicola Minali

Nicola Minali

Personal information
Full name	Nicola Minali
Born	November 10, 1969 (1969-11-10) (age 42) Isola della Scala, Italy
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional team(s)
1993 1994–1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001–2002	Mecair-Ballan Gewiss-Ballan Batik-Del Monte Riso Scotti-MG Maglificio Cantina Tollo-Alexia Alluminio Alexia Alluminio Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
Major wins
Paris–Tours (1995, 1996) Tour de France, 3 stages Giro d'Italia, 2 stages Vuelta a España, 7 stages
Infobox last updated on October 14, 2007

Nicola Minali (born November 10, 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 two times.

Major results

1993 – Mecair-Ballan

1st, Stage 2, Three Days of De Panne

1994 – Gewiss-Ballan

1st, Stage 5, Tour de France

1st, Stages 2 and 5, Tour de Romandie

1st, Stage 2, Setmana Catalana

1995 – Gewiss-Ballan

1st, Paris–Tours

1st, Stage 6, Giro d'Italia

1st, Stages 2, 4 and 5, Setmana Catalana

1st, Stages 3 and 6, Tirreno–Adriatico

1st, Stage 3, Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana

1st, Stage 1, Vuelta a Aragón

1st, Stages 1, 6 and 11, Vuelta a España

1996 – Gewiss-Playbus

1st, Paris–Tours

1st, Stage 5, Danmark Rundt

1st, Stages 1 and 5, Vuelta a Burgos

1st, Stages 2, 8, 9 and 16, Vuelta a España

1997 – Batik-Del Monte

1st, Stage 1, Danmark Rundt

1st, Stage 3, Giro di Puglia

1st, Stage 1, Giro di Sardegna

1st, Stages 1 and 2, Gran Premio Jornal de Noticias

1st, Stages 4 and 21, Tour de France

1st, Stages 1 and 4, Volta ao Alentejo

1998 – Riso Scotti-MG Maglificio

1st, Giro dell'Etna

1st, Stage 3, Giro d'Italia

1st, Stage 3a, Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt

1st, Stage 5a, Setmana Catalana

1st, Stge 5, Tour Méditerranéen

1999 – Cantina Tollo-Alexia Alluminio

1st, Stage 1, Quatre Jours de Dunkerque

1st, Stage 5, Settimana Lombarda

2001 – Tacconi Sport

1st, Stage 5, Postgirot Open

1st, Stages 1 and 2, Tour of Rhodes

External links

• Nicola Minali at Trap-Friis.dk

Persondata
Name	Minali, Nicola
Alternative names
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1969-11-10
Place of birth	Isola della Scala, Veneto
Date of death
Place of death