Neil Stephens returns to Jayco
After two seasons with UAE-Team Emirates XRG and then five at Bahrain Victorious, sports director Neil Stephens is heading back to Jayco-AlUla. The Australian former pro, who during his racing career won a Tour de France stage in 1997 and was then one of the riders ejected from the Tour in the "Festina affair" the following year, was a member of GreenEdge staff from its very first season in 2012 through to 2018.
"I have always felt it would be a nice idea to return to GreenEdge at some point," he said via the team's press release announcing the news. "Once the conversations started with Brent [Copeland, general manager] and Gerry [Ryan, team owner], it seemed like the right moment to come back, and things quickly fit into place."
