Jesper Skibby

Jesper Skibby

Personal information
Full name	Jesper Skibby
Born	March 21, 1964 (1964-03-21) (age 47) Silkeborg, Denmark
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1986-1988 1989-1997 1998-2000	Roland Cycling Team TVM Memory Card-Jack & Jones
Major wins
Tour de France, 1 stage Giro d'Italia, 1 stage Vuelta a España, 3 stages Tour of Holland (1994)
Infobox last updated on January 15, 2007

Jesper Skibby was born 21 March 1964 in Silkeborg, Denmark. He was a professional rider in road bicycle racing, and one of the most popular in Denmark, not only because of his talent, but also because of his wit and his constant banter. He rode for the Dutch TVM from 1991 to 1997, but switched to the Danish team Team home - Jack & Jones in 1998, where he ended his active career in 2000.

He participated in Tour de France 11 times, completed it 8 times, and won stage 5 between Avranches and Évreux in 1993. He is one of the relatively few riders to have won stages in all three major tours (Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España), and the only Dane. In March 1993 Skibby suffered a double fracture of the skull during a crash in the bunch sprint of stage 5 of Tirreno–Adriatico, however he made a remarkable recovery and was back racing later that year.

Skibby won the Tour of Holland stage race in 1994 after an epic breakaway on the last stage, as well as numerous individual stages in other races. In the 1987 Tour of Flanders, he was the anti-hero, in that his bike got driven over by a car on the Koppenberg, resulting in a deformed wheel. As a result, the Koppenberg got taken out of the official track of the Tour of Flanders, only to return in 2004.

In 2005 he participated in the television show Vild Med Dans (Dancing with the Stars).

In November 2006 he released his autobiography, in which he confesses^[1] to having used doping for more than 10 years. In 1991 he started using steroids, in 1992 growth hormones and testosterone, and finally by 1993 he was also using EPO. He claims that he requested the drugs himself, and he does not name any other riders or contacts in the book.

Palmarès

1986

1. Mechelen

1987

1. Danmark Rundt stage 1b

1988

1. Danmark Rundt stage 5a

1989

1. GP Libération

1990

1. Tour de la Communauté Europeènne stage 3

1. Tour de la Communauté Europeènne stage 10

1991

Vuelta a España:

1. stage 3

1. stage 7

1992

1993

Tour de France:

1. stage 5

1. Ronde van Nederland stage 5

1994

1. Ronde van Nederland

1. stage 5

1995

Vuelta a España:

1. stage 9

1. Danmark Rundt stage 2

1. Danmark Rundt stage 5

1996

1. Danmark Rundt stage 4a

1997

1998

1. Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen

1999

Circuito de Getxo

1. Tour de Luxembourg stage 5

1. Postgirot Open stage 3

 Denmark National Team Time Trial Championship

2000

External links

• Jesper Skibby profile at Cycling Archives
• Official Tour de France results for Jesper Skibby

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
• List of doping cases in cycling

References

1. ^ Baunø, Piet (2006-11-19). "Jesper Skibby indrømmer dopingmisbrug" (in Danish). Ekstra Bladet. http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/cykling/article244809.ece. Retrieved 2006-11-21. ^{[dead link]}

Persondata
Name	Skibby, Jesper
Alternative names
Short description	Danish racing cyclist
Date of birth	1964-03-21
Place of birth	Silkeborg, Denmark
Date of death
Place of death