Jimmy Casper

Jimmy Casper

Casper at the 2008 Four Days of Dunkirk
Personal information
Full name	Jimmy Casper
Born	(1978-05-28) May 28, 1978 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 team(s)
1998–2003	Française des Jeux
2004–2006	Cofidis
2007	Unibet.com
2008	Agritubel
2009–2011	Besson Chaussures–Sojasun
2012	Ag2r–La Mondiale
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 stage (2006)
Infobox last updated on 1 January 2013

Jimmy Casper (born May 28, 1978 in Montdidier, Somme) is a French retired road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1998 and 2012. He is best known for winning 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 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.^[2] He has been cleared of any charges during the hearing held by the Federation Francaise de Cyclisme. For 2009 he signed with the Besson Chaussures–Sojasun 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 Ag2r–La Mondiale 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]

Major results

References