Jimmy Casper

Jimmy Casper
	Casper at the 2008 Four Days of Dunkirk
Personal information
Full name	Jimmy Casper
Born	28 May 1978 (age 46); Montdidier, Somme, France
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional teams
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2007	Unibet.com
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Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (2006)

Jimmy Casper (born 28 May 1978 in Montdidier, Somme) is a French retired road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1998 and 2012. He won stage 1 of 2006 Tour de France.

Career

He has on two occasions finished in last place in the General classification of the Tour de France, thereby 'winning' the red lantern.^[1]

Casper was suspended from his team, Agritubel because he tested positive for corticosteroid, an asthma drug that is banned unless the user has a medical exemption for its use, during the 2008 Tour de France by the Agence Française de Lutte contre le Dopage. The exemption had been renewed but with a previous asthma medication than the one prescribed and used during the Tour de France.^[2] He has been cleared of any charges during the hearing held by the Fédération Française de Cyclisme. For 2009 he signed with the You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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In December 2012, Casper announced his retirement as a professional cyclist. He had a total of 61 victories and stated that he would like to remain in the cycling environment with a coaching job.^[4]

Career achievements

Major results

1996

7th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships

1999

Deutschland Tour

1st Stages 1, 3, 4 & 8

1st Stage 1a Tour de l'Ain

1st Stage 4a Four Days of Dunkirk

9th Ronde van Midden-Zeeland

2000

8th Overall Tour de Normandie

2001

1st Stage 3 Tour Méditerranéen

1st Stage 2a Route du Sud

1st Stage 2b Circuit des Mines

1st Stage 3 Tour du Poitou-Charentes

6th Overall Étoile de Bessèges

2002

1st Cholet-Pays de Loire

1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

1st Stage 2 GP Erik Breukink

1st Stage 7 Circuit des Mines

1st Stage 9 Tour de l'Avenir

6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

8th Classic Haribo

2003

1st Stage 3a Giro della Liguria

2nd Overall Driedaagse Van West-Vlaanderen

1st Stage 1

3rd GP de Villers-Cotterêts

6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

8th Overall GP Erik Breukink

1st Stage 1

8th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

2004

1st

Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

1st Stage 2

1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

1st Stage 1 Four Days of Dunkirk

1st Stage 6 Danmark Rundt

2nd Overall Tour de Picardie

1st Stage 3b

5th Gent–Wevelgem

6th Nokere Koerse

7th Classic Haribo

2005

1st Châteauroux Classic

1st Grand Prix de Denain

1st Stage 5 Étoile de Bessèges

2nd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

2006

1st

Overall Tour de Picardie

1st Stage 3

1st Grand Prix de Denain

Tour de France

1st Stage 1

Held

after Stage 1

2nd Tour de Vendée

2007

1st

Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

1st Stage 1

1st Memorial Samyn

2008

1st Stage 2 Tour Méditerranéen

1st Stage 2 Circuit de Lorraine

2nd Classic Loire Atlantique

2nd Grand Prix de Denain

3rd GP de la Ville de Rennes

7th GP Cholet

8th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne

1st Stage 2

9th Tour de Picardie

10th Route Adélie de Vitré

2009

1st Overall French Road Cycling Cup

1st Paris–Camembert

1st Grand Prix de Denain

1st Châteauroux Classic

Étoile de Bessèges

1st Stages 1 & 2

1st Stage 1 Critérium International

1st Stage 2 Tour de Gironde

1st Stage 1 Ronde de l'Oise

1st Stage 1 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne

2nd GP Cholet

3rd Overall Tour de Picardie

4th Grand Prix de Fourmies

6th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne

1st Stage 1

10th Le Samyn

10th Tro-Bro Léon

2010

1st Val d'Ille U Classic 35

1st Stage 1 Tour of Oman

1st Stage 4 Tour de Normandie

1st Stage 3 Tour of Belgium

1st Stage 3 Volta a Portugal

6th Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne

1st Stage 5

8th Scheldeprijs

8th Grand Prix de Denain

9th GP Cholet

10th Overall Tour de Picardie

1st Stage 3

10th Châteauroux Classic

10th Grand Prix de la Somme

2011

1st

Overall Boucles de la Mayenne

1st Stages 2 & 3

1st Grand Prix de Denain

1st Stage 3 Tour de Picardie

1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Ain

7th Le Samyn

9th Paris–Troyes

2012

4th Flèche d'Emeraude

6th Road race, National Road Championships

6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues

10th Grand Prix de Denain

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Giro d'Italia	—	DNF	—	—	DNF	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	DNF	—	144	DNF	DNF	147	—	136	—	DNF
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	125	—	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ Lanterne Rouge Archived 2007-07-27 at archive.today
^ "Fifth Tour rider fails drugs test". BBC News. 9 August 2008.
^ "Jimmy Casper joins Ag2r–La Mondiale for one-year deal". VeloNews. Agence France-Presse. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
^ "Casper retires from professional cycling". Cycling News. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.

[1] Lanterne Rouge Archived 2007-07-27 at archive.today

[2] "Fifth Tour rider fails drugs test". BBC News. 9 August 2008.

[3] "Jimmy Casper joins Ag2r–La Mondiale for one-year deal". VeloNews. Agence France-Presse. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

[4] "Casper retires from professional cycling". Cycling News. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.

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1940–1959	1940–1946 World War II 1947: Pietro Tarchini 1948: Vittorio Seghezzi 1949: Guido De Santi 1950: Fritz Zbinden 1951: Abdel-Kader Zaaf 1952: Henri Paret 1953: Claude Rouer 1954: Marcel Dierkens 1955: Tony Hoar 1956: Roger Chaussabel 1957: Guy Million 1958: Walter Favre 1959: Louis Bisilliat
1960–1978	1960: José Herrero Berrendero 1961: André Geneste 1962: Augusto Marcaletti 1963: Willy Derboven 1964: Anatole Novak 1965: Joseph Groussard 1966: Paolo Mannucci 1967: Jean-Pierre Genet 1968: John Clarey 1969: André Wilhelm 1970: Frits Hoogerheide 1971: Georges Chappe 1972: Alain Bellouis 1973: Jacques-André Hochart 1974: Lorenzo Alaimo 1975: Jacques Boulas 1976: Aad van den Hoek 1977: Roger Loysch 1978: Philippe Tesnière
1979–1999	1979–80: Gerhard Schönbacher 1981: Faustino Cueli 1982: Werner Devos 1983: Marcel Laurens 1984: Gilbert Glaus 1985: Manrico Ronchiato 1986: Ennio Salvador 1987: Mathieu Hermans 1988: Dirk Wayenberg 1989: Mathieu Hermans 1990: Rodolfo Massi 1991: Rob Harmeling 1992: Fernando Quevedo 1993: Edwig Van Hooydonck 1994: John Talen 1995: Bruno Cornillet 1996: Jean-Luc Masdupuy 1997: Philippe Gaumont 1998: Damien Nazon 1999: Jacky Durand
2000–2019	2000: Olivier Perraudeau 2001: Jimmy Casper 2002: Igor Flores 2003: Hans De Clercq 2004: Jimmy Casper 2005: Iker Flores 2006–2008: Wim Vansevenant 2009: Yauheni Hutarovich 2010: Adriano Malori 2011: Fabio Sabatini 2012: Jimmy Engoulvent 2013: Svein Tuft 2014: Ji Cheng 2015: Sébastien Chavanel 2016: Sam Bennett 2017: Luke Rowe 2018: Lawson Craddock 2019: Sebastian Langeveld
2020–2039	2020: Roger Kluge 2021: Tim Declercq 2022: Caleb Ewan 2023: Michael Mørkøv 2024: Mark Cavendish