Jens Heppner
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 Heppner in 2006 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Jens Heppner |
| Nickname | Heppe |
| Born | 23 December 1964 Gera, East Germany |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider Manager |
| Professional teams | |
| 1991 | Panasonic–Sportlife |
| 1992–2002 | Team Telekom |
| 2003–2005 | Team Wiesenhof |
| Managerial teams | |
| 2006–2007 | Wiesenhof–AKUD |
| 2011–2013 | Team NetApp |
| Major wins | |
| German National Road Race Championship (1994) Deutschland Tour (1999) Tour de France, 1 stage | |
Jens Heppner (born 23 December 1964) is a German former road bicycle racer. He wore the pink jersey as leader of the general classification during the 2002 Giro d'Italia. Although he rode for Telekom during ten years, he has consistently denied ever having doped.[1]
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.[2] He won the German National Road Race in 1994.[3] After his career, he worked in his own company in Hergenrath (Germany).[4]
Major results[edit]
- 1982
- World Junior Team Time Trial Championship
- 1986
- 7th Overall GP Tell
- 1987
- 1st
Overall Hessen Rundfahrt - 1st Overall Sachsen Tour
- 1990
- 7th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 1992
- 10th Overall Tour de France
- 1993
- 3rd Amstel Gold Race
- 4th Züri-Metzgete
- 9th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 1994
- 1st Overall Tour du Limousin
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 3rd Rund um Köln
- 3rd GP Ouest–France
- 1995
- 1st Stage 2 Tour du Limousin
- 2nd Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 9th Overall Route du Sud
- 10th Subida a Urkiola
- 1996
- 2nd Overall Regio-Tour
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 2nd GP Rik Van Steenbergen
- 9th Amstel Gold Race
- 1997
- 1st Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 3rd HEW Cyclassics
- 1998
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de France
- 3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 3rd Luk-Cup Bühl
- 1999
- 1st Overall Deutschland Tour
- 1st Rund um Köln
- 2000
- 1st Hof
- 1st Rund um den Pfaffenteich
- 3rd Rund um Köln
- 3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 6th Overall Deutschland Tour
- 1st Stage 1
- 2001
- 1st Hürth-Gleuel
- 2003
- 1st GP Buchholz
- 1st Gladbeck
- 3rd Hel van het Mergelland
- 3rd Rund um die Hainleite
- 2004
- 1st Stolberg-Gressenich
- 3rd Hel van het Mergelland
- 2005
- 1st Jena
- 6th Hel van het Mergelland
References[edit]
- ^ Heppner giving up hope
- ^ "French Senate releases positive EPO cases from 1998 Tour de France".
- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Germany". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ Kraus, Rainer (2016). Die Welt hat Pedale und Freunde, die sie treten (in German). Bielefeld: Delius Klasing. p. 136. ISBN 978-3-667-10706-0.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Jens Heppner at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results for Jens Heppner
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