# Jimmy Casper

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.
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. 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 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.
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.

## Career achievements
### Major results
#### 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 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 Overall Tour de Picardie
       1st Stage 3
    1st Grand Prix de Denain
    Tour de France
       1st Stage 1
       Held after Stage 1
    2nd Tour de Vendée

#### 2007

    1st 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 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 |
| 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 |