{{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=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/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=== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;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]] {{div col end}}
===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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