# Jimmy Casper > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jimmy_Casper > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jimmy_Casper.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Casper > Source revision: 1311457287 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) French cyclist Jimmy Casper Casper at the 2008 Four Days of Dunkirk Personal information Full name Jimmy Casper Born (1978-05-28) 28 May 1978 (age 48) 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 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 individual stage (2006) **Jimmy Casper** (born 28 May 1978) is a French retired [road bicycle racer](/source/Road_bicycle_racer), who competed as a professional between 1998 and 2012. He won stage 1 of the [2006 Tour de France](/source/2006_Tour_de_France). ## Career He has on two occasions finished in last place in the [General classification](/source/General_classification) of the [Tour de France](/source/Tour_de_France), thereby 'winning' the [red lantern](/source/Lanterne_rouge).[1] Casper at the [2006 Tour de France](/source/2006_Tour_de_France). Casper was suspended from his team, [Agritubel](/source/Agritubel) because he tested positive for [corticosteroid](/source/Corticosteroid), an asthma drug that is banned unless the user has a medical exemption for its use, during the [2008 Tour de France](/source/2008_Tour_de_France) by the [Agence Française de Lutte contre le Dopage](/source/Agence_Fran%C3%A7aise_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 [Besson Chaussures–Sojasun](/source/Sojasun_(cycling_team)) team, with whom he enjoyed success, winning two stages at the [Étoile de Bessèges](/source/%C3%89toile_de_Bess%C3%A8ges), a stage of the [Critérium International](/source/Crit%C3%A9rium_International), the [Paris–Camembert](/source/Paris%E2%80%93Camembert), and the [Grand Prix de Denain](/source/Grand_Prix_de_Denain). Casper joined the [Ag2r–La Mondiale](/source/Decathlon_CMA_CGM_Team) 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 **1996** - 7th [Road race](/source/UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Junior_men's_road_race), [UCI Junior Road World Championships](/source/1996_UCI_Road_World_Championships) **1999** - [Deutschland Tour](/source/Deutschland_Tour) - 1st Stages 1, 3, 4 & 8 - 1st Stage 1a [Tour de l'Ain](/source/Tour_de_l'Ain) - 1st Stage 4a [Four Days of Dunkirk](/source/Four_Days_of_Dunkirk) - 9th [Ronde van Midden-Zeeland](/source/Delta_Profronde) **2000** - 8th Overall [Tour de Normandie](/source/Tour_de_Normandie) **2001** - 1st Stage 3 [Tour Méditerranéen](/source/Tour_M%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9en) - 1st Stage 2a [Route du Sud](/source/Route_d'Occitanie) - 1st Stage 2b [Circuit des Mines](/source/Circuit_des_Mines) - 1st Stage 3 [Tour du Poitou-Charentes](/source/Tour_du_Poitou-Charentes) - 6th Overall [Étoile de Bessèges](/source/%C3%89toile_de_Bess%C3%A8ges) **2002** - 1st [Cholet-Pays de Loire](/source/Cholet-Pays_de_Loire) - 1st [Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen](/source/Kampioenschap_van_Vlaanderen) - 1st Stage 2 [GP Erik Breukink](/source/GP_Erik_Breukink) - 1st Stage 7 [Circuit des Mines](/source/Circuit_des_Mines) - 1st Stage 9 [Tour de l'Avenir](/source/Tour_de_l'Avenir) - 6th [Road race](/source/2002_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_road_race), [UCI Road World Championships](/source/2002_UCI_Road_World_Championships) - 8th [Classic Haribo](/source/Classic_Haribo) **2003** - 1st Stage 3a [Giro della Liguria](/source/Giro_della_Liguria) - 2nd Overall [Driedaagse Van West-Vlaanderen](/source/Record_Driedaagse_van_West-Vlaanderen) - 1st Stage 1 - 3rd [GP de Villers-Cotterêts](/source/GP_de_Villers-Cotter%C3%AAts) - 6th [Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne](/source/Kuurne%E2%80%93Brussels%E2%80%93Kuurne) - 8th Overall [GP Erik Breukink](/source/GP_Erik_Breukink) - 1st Stage 1 - 8th [Grote Prijs Jef Scherens](/source/Grote_Prijs_Jef_Scherens) **2004** - 1st Overall [Circuit Franco-Belge](/source/Circuit_Franco-Belge) - 1st Stage 2 - 1st [Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen](/source/Kampioenschap_van_Vlaanderen) - 1st Stage 1 [Four Days of Dunkirk](/source/Four_Days_of_Dunkirk) - 1st Stage 6 [Danmark Rundt](/source/2004_Danmark_Rundt) - 2nd Overall [Tour de Picardie](/source/Tour_de_Picardie) - 1st Stage 3b - 5th [Gent–Wevelgem](/source/2004_Gent%E2%80%93Wevelgem) - 6th [Nokere Koerse](/source/Nokere_Koerse) - 7th [Classic Haribo](/source/Classic_Haribo) **2005** - 1st [Châteauroux Classic](/source/Ch%C3%A2teauroux_Classic) - 1st [Grand Prix de Denain](/source/2005_Grand_Prix_de_Denain) - 1st Stage 5 [Étoile de Bessèges](/source/%C3%89toile_de_Bess%C3%A8ges) - 2nd Overall [Circuit Franco-Belge](/source/Circuit_Franco-Belge) **2006** - 1st Overall [Tour de Picardie](/source/Tour_de_Picardie) - 1st Stage 3 - 1st [Grand Prix de Denain](/source/2006_Grand_Prix_de_Denain) - [Tour de France](/source/2006_Tour_de_France) - 1st Stage 1 - Held after Stage 1 - 2nd [Tour de Vendée](/source/Tour_de_Vend%C3%A9e) **2007** - 1st Overall [Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen](/source/Driedaagse_van_West-Vlaanderen) - 1st Stage 1 - 1st [Memorial Samyn](/source/Le_Samyn) **2008** - 1st Stage 2 [Tour Méditerranéen](/source/Tour_M%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9en) - 1st Stage 2 [Circuit de Lorraine](/source/Circuit_de_Lorraine) - 2nd [Classic Loire Atlantique](/source/Classic_Loire_Atlantique) - 2nd [Grand Prix de Denain](/source/2008_Grand_Prix_de_Denain) - 3rd [GP de la Ville de Rennes](/source/GP_de_la_Ville_de_Rennes) - 7th [GP Cholet](/source/GP_Cholet) - 8th Overall [Boucles de la Mayenne](/source/Boucles_de_la_Mayenne) - 1st Stage 2 - 9th [Tour de Picardie](/source/Tour_de_Picardie) - 10th [Route Adélie de Vitré](/source/Route_Ad%C3%A9lie_de_Vitr%C3%A9) **2009** - 1st Overall [French Road Cycling Cup](/source/2009_French_Road_Cycling_Cup) - 1st [Paris–Camembert](/source/Paris%E2%80%93Camembert) - 1st [Grand Prix de Denain](/source/2009_Grand_Prix_de_Denain) - 1st [Châteauroux Classic](/source/Ch%C3%A2teauroux_Classic) - [Étoile de Bessèges](/source/%C3%89toile_de_Bess%C3%A8ges) - 1st Stages 1 & 2 - 1st Stage 1 [Critérium International](/source/Crit%C3%A9rium_International) - 1st Stage 2 [Tour de Gironde](/source/Tour_de_Gironde) - 1st Stage 1 [Ronde de l'Oise](/source/Ronde_de_l'Oise) - 1st Stage 1 [Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne](/source/Tour_du_Poitou_Charentes_et_de_la_Vienne) - 2nd [GP Cholet](/source/GP_Cholet) - 3rd Overall [Tour de Picardie](/source/Tour_de_Picardie) - 4th [Grand Prix de Fourmies](/source/Grand_Prix_de_Fourmies) - 6th Overall [Boucles de la Mayenne](/source/Boucles_de_la_Mayenne) - 1st Stage 1 - 10th [Le Samyn](/source/Le_Samyn) - 10th [Tro-Bro Léon](/source/2009_Tro-Bro_L%C3%A9on) **2010** - 1st [Val d'Ille U Classic 35](/source/Val_d'Ille_U_Classic_35) - 1st Stage 1 [Tour of Oman](/source/2010_Tour_of_Oman) - 1st Stage 4 [Tour de Normandie](/source/Tour_de_Normandie) - 1st Stage 3 [Tour of Belgium](/source/Tour_of_Belgium) - 1st Stage 3 [Volta a Portugal](/source/Volta_a_Portugal) - 6th Overall [Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne](/source/Tour_du_Poitou_Charentes_et_de_la_Vienne) - 1st Stage 5 - 8th [Scheldeprijs](/source/2010_Scheldeprijs) - 8th [Grand Prix de Denain](/source/2010_Grand_Prix_de_Denain) - 9th [GP Cholet](/source/GP_Cholet) - 10th Overall [Tour de Picardie](/source/Tour_de_Picardie) - 1st Stage 3 - 10th [Châteauroux Classic](/source/Ch%C3%A2teauroux_Classic) - 10th [Grand Prix de la Somme](/source/Grand_Prix_de_la_Somme) **2011** - 1st Overall [Boucles de la Mayenne](/source/Boucles_de_la_Mayenne) - 1st Stages 2 & 3 - 1st [Grand Prix de Denain](/source/2011_Grand_Prix_de_Denain) - 1st Stage 3 [Tour de Picardie](/source/Tour_de_Picardie) - 1st Stage 1 [Tour de l'Ain](/source/Tour_de_l'Ain) - 7th [Le Samyn](/source/Le_Samyn) - 9th [Paris–Troyes](/source/Paris%E2%80%93Troyes) **2012** - 4th [Flèche d'Emeraude](/source/Fl%C3%A8che_d'Emeraude) - 6th [Road race](/source/French_National_Road_Race_Championships), National Road Championships - 6th [Grand Prix d'Isbergues](/source/Grand_Prix_d'Isbergues) - 10th [Grand Prix de Denain](/source/2012_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 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Lanterne Rouge](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) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Fifth Tour rider fails drugs test"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/7551944.stm). BBC News. 9 August 2008. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Jimmy Casper joins Ag2r–La Mondiale for one-year deal"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110901001725/http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/08/news/jimmy-casper-joins-ag2r-la-mondiale-for-one-year-deal_187678). *[VeloNews](/source/VeloNews)*. [Agence France-Presse](/source/Agence_France-Presse). 10 August 2011. Archived from [the original](https://velonews.competitor.com/2011/08/news/jimmy-casper-joins-ag2r-la-mondiale-for-one-year-deal_187678) on 1 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Casper retires from professional cycling"](http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/casper-retires-from-professional-cycling). *[Cycling News](/source/Cycling_News)*. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012. v t e Lanternes rouges of the Tour de France 1903–1919 1903: Arsène Millocheau 1904: Antoine Deflotrière 1905: Clovis Lacroix 1906: Georges Bronchard 1907: Albert Chartier 1908: Henri Anthoine 1909: Georges Devilly 1910: Constant Collet 1911: Lucien Roquebert 1912: Maurice Lartigue 1913: Henri Alavoine 1914: Henri Leclerc 1915–1918 World War I 1919: Jules Nempon 1920–1939 1920: Charles Raboisson 1921: Henri Catelan 1922–23: Daniel Masson 1924: Victor Lafosse 1925: Fernand Besnier 1926: André Drobecq 1927: Jacques Pfister 1928: Édouard Persin 1929: André Léger 1930: Marcel Ilpide 1931: Richard Lamb 1932: Rudolf Risch 1933: Ernest Neuhard 1934: Antonio Folco 1935: Willy Kutschbach 1936: Aldo Bertocco 1937: Aloyse Klensch 1938: Janus Hellemons 1939: Armand Le Moal 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 2025: Simone Consonni --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jimmy Casper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Casper) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Casper?action=history)). 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