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{{short description|French cyclist}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name          = Jimmy Casper
| image         = Jimmy Casper 2008.jpg
| caption       = Casper at the 2008 [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
| fullname      = Jimmy Casper
| nickname      =
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1978|5|28|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Montdidier, Somme]], France
| height        = {{convert|1.75|m|abbr=on}}
| weight        = {{convert|69|kg|abbr=on}}
| currentteam   = Retired
| discipline    = Road
| role          = Rider
| ridertype     = Sprinter
| amateuryears1 =
| amateurteam1  =
| proyears1     = 1998–2003
| proteam1      = {{UCI team code|FDJ|1998}}
| proyears2     = 2004–2006
| proteam2      = {{UCI team code|COF|2004}}
| proyears3     = 2007
| proteam3      = [[Unibet.com]]
| proyears4     = 2008
| proteam4      = {{UCI team code|AGR|2008}}
| proyears5     = 2009–2011
| proteam5      = {{UCI team code|SAU|2009}}
| proyears6     = 2012
| proteam6      = {{UCI team code|ALM|2012}}
| majorwins     = '''[[Grand Tours]]'''
: '''[[Tour de France]]'''
::1 individual stage ([[2006 Tour de France|2006]])
}}
'''Jimmy Casper''' (born 28 May 1978) is a French retired [[road bicycle racer]], who competed as a professional between 1998 and 2012. He won stage 1 of the [[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 [[lanterne rouge|red lantern]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20070727011122/http://www.byjamesraia.com/articles/8/1/Lanterne-Rouge-The-Honor-Of-Being-Last-In-The-Tour-de-France/Page1.html Lanterne Rouge]}}</ref>

[[File:Jimmy Casper.jpg|thumb|left|Casper at the [[2006 Tour de France]].]]
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.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/7551944.stm | publisher=BBC News | title=Fifth Tour rider fails drugs test | date=9 August 2008}}</ref> He has been cleared of any charges during the hearing held by the Fédération Française de Cyclisme. For 2009 he signed with the {{UCI team code|SAU|2009}} team, with whom he enjoyed success, winning two stages at the [[Étoile de Bessèges]], a stage of the [[Critérium International]], the [[Paris–Camembert]], and the [[Grand Prix de Denain]]. Casper joined the {{UCI team code|ALM|2012}} team for the 2012 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/08/news/jimmy-casper-joins-ag2r-la-mondiale-for-one-year-deal_187678|title=Jimmy Casper joins Ag2r–La Mondiale for one-year deal|date=10 August 2011|access-date=1 January 2012|work=[[VeloNews]]|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|archive-date=1 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901001725/http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/08/news/jimmy-casper-joins-ag2r-la-mondiale-for-one-year-deal_187678|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/casper-retires-from-professional-cycling|title=Casper retires from professional cycling|website=[[Cycling News]]|date=21 December 2012|access-date=22 December 2012}}</ref>

==Career achievements==
===Major results===
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;1996 
: 7th [[UCI Road World Championships – Junior men's road race|Road race]], [[1996 UCI Road World Championships|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 [[Delta Profronde|Ronde van Midden-Zeeland]]
;2000
: 8th Overall [[Tour de Normandie]]
;2001
: 1st Stage 3 [[Tour Méditerranéen]]
: 1st Stage 2a [[Route d'Occitanie|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 [[2002 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[2002 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
: 8th [[Classic Haribo]]
;2003
: 1st Stage 3a [[Giro della Liguria]]
: 2nd Overall [[Record Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen|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 [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Circuit Franco-Belge]]
::1st Stage 2
: 1st [[Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen]]
: 1st Stage 1 [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
: 1st Stage 6 [[2004 Danmark Rundt|Danmark Rundt]]
: 2nd Overall [[Tour de Picardie]]
::1st Stage 3b
: 5th [[2004 Gent–Wevelgem|Gent–Wevelgem]]
: 6th [[Nokere Koerse]]
: 7th [[Classic Haribo]]
;2005
: 1st [[Châteauroux Classic]]
: 1st [[2005 Grand Prix de Denain|Grand Prix de Denain]]
: 1st Stage 5 [[Étoile de Bessèges]]
: 2nd Overall [[Circuit Franco-Belge]]
;2006
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Tour de Picardie]]
::1st Stage 3
: 1st [[2006 Grand Prix de Denain|Grand Prix de Denain]]
: [[2006 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Stage 1
::Held [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] after Stage 1
: 2nd [[Tour de Vendée]]
;2007
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen]]
::1st Stage 1
: 1st [[Le Samyn|Memorial Samyn]]
;2008
: 1st Stage 2 [[Tour Méditerranéen]]
: 1st Stage 2 [[Circuit de Lorraine]]
: 2nd [[Classic Loire Atlantique]]
: 2nd [[2008 Grand Prix de Denain|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 [[2009 French Road Cycling Cup|French Road Cycling Cup]]
: 1st [[Paris–Camembert]]
: 1st [[2009 Grand Prix de Denain|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 [[2009 Tro-Bro Léon|Tro-Bro Léon]]
;2010
: 1st [[Val d'Ille U Classic 35]]
: 1st Stage 1 [[2010 Tour of Oman|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 [[2010 Scheldeprijs|Scheldeprijs]]
: 8th [[2010 Grand Prix de Denain|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 [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Boucles de la Mayenne]]
::1st Stages 2 & 3
: 1st [[2011 Grand Prix de Denain|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 [[French National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 6th [[Grand Prix d'Isbergues]]
: 10th [[2012 Grand Prix de Denain|Grand Prix de Denain]]
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===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Grand Tour
! scope="col" | 1999
! scope="col" | 2000
! scope="col" | 2001
! scope="col" | 2002
! scope="col" | 2003
! scope="col" | 2004
! scope="col" | 2005
! scope="col" | 2006
! scope="col" | 2007
! scope="col" | 2008
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2000 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2003 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[1999 Tour de France|DNF]]
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2001 Tour de France|144]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2002 Tour de France|DNF]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2003 Tour de France|DNF]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2004 Tour de France|147]]
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2006 Tour de France|136]]
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2008 Tour de France|DNF]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]] [[List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|Vuelta a España]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2005 Vuelta a España|125]]
|—
|—
|—
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="row" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did not finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Tour de France Lanterne Rouge}}

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