# 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, Saeco, 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 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 after Stage 3
       Held 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 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 Intergiro classification Giro d'Italia

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Giro d'Italia | 104 | 102 | — | 48 | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | 93 | — | — | — | 111 | — | 134 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | 73 | — | 81 | DNF | — | DNF | 126 | DNF | — | — |
| / Vuelta a España | — | — | 91 | — | DNF | 64 | DNF | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |