Nicola Minali

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Nicola Minali

| image = Nicola MINALI.jpg

| fullname = Nicola Minali

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|11|10}}

| birth_place = Isola della Scala, Italy

| height = {{height|m=1.73}}

| weight = {{convert|67|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Sprinter

| proyears1 = 1993–1997

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|GEW|1993}}

| proyears2 = 1998

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|RIS|1998}}

| proyears3 = 1999

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|CTA|1999}}

| proyears4 = 2000

| proteam4 = Alexia Alluminio

| proyears5 = 2001–2002

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|VIN|2001}}

| majorwins = 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.

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/french-senate-releases-positive-epo-cases-from-1998-tour-de-france|title=French Senate releases positive EPO cases from 1998 Tour de France}}

He is the father of racing cyclist Riccardo Minali.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sprinting-a-family-affair-for-riccardo-minali/ |title=Sprinting: A family affair for Riccardo Minali |last=Farrand |first=Stephen |date=9 February 2017 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=7 March 2017}}