Jimmy Casper
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Infobox cyclist tracking".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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 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 Template:Cycling data SAU 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 Template:Cycling data ALM team for the 2012 season.[3]
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
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- 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 File:Jersey yellow.svg 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 File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Picardie
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Grand Prix de Denain
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 1
- Held File:Jersey green.svg after Stage 1
- 2nd Tour de Vendée
- 2007
- 1st File:Jersey yellow.svg 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 File:Jersey yellow.svg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A pink jersey Giro d'Italia | — | DNF | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |
| A yellow jersey Tour de France | DNF | — | 144 | DNF | DNF | 147 | — | 136 | — | DNF |
| A red jersey Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | 125 | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
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