# Jesper Skibby

Jesper Skibby (born 21 March 1964 in Silkeborg, Denmark) is a retired professional road racing cyclist. He won at least one stage at each of the major tours. He was 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 1989 to 1997, but switched to the Danish team Team home - Jack & Jones in 1998, where he ended his active career in 2000.

## Professional career

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). 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 leading the race when his bike got driven over by a race director car climbing the Koppenberg, resulting in a deformed wheel. As a result, the Koppenberg got taken out of the route of the Tour of Flanders for 17 years before returning in 2004 with improved rider safety.

## Personal life

In 2005 he participated in the television show Vild Med Dans (Dancing with the Stars).
In August 2013 he participated in the television show Doping Epidemien (Doping Epidemics) where he told about the consequences of using doping for more than 10 years.
His sister is Olympic cyclist Karina Skibby and his father is Olympic cyclist Willy Skibby.

## Doping

In November 2006, he released his autobiography, in which he confesses to having used doping for more than 10 years. In 1991 he started using steroids, in 1992 growth hormones and testosterone, and in 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.

## Major results
### 1986

    3rd Trofeo Baracchi
    5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

### 1987

    1st Stage 1b Danmark Rundt
    9th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
    9th Scheldeprijs

### 1988

    1st Stage 5a Danmark Rundt
    2nd Grand Prix de la Libération
    4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

### 1989

    1st Grand Prix de la Libération
    1st Stage 19 Giro d'Italia
    4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

### 1990

    Tour de la Communauté Européenne
       1st Stages 3 & 10 (ITT)
    7th Milan–San Remo
    7th Paris–Brussels
    10th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

### 1991

    Vuelta a España
       1st Stage 3 & 7
    2nd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    5th Overall Ronde van Nederland
    6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Stage 7
    6th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
    7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
    7th Tour of Flanders

### 1992

    2nd Trofeo Luis Puig
    8th Tour of Flanders

### 1993

    1st Stage 5 Tour de France
    2nd Wincanton Classic
    4th Giro di Campania
    6th Giro di Lombardia
    7th Overall Ronde van Nederland
       1st Stage 5
    9th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
    9th Paris–Tours

### 1994

    1st Overall Ronde van Nederland
       1st Stage 5
    1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico
    Vuelta Asturias
       1st Stages 1 & 6
    5th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
    5th Coppa Sabatini
    6th Brabantse Pijl

### 1995

    1st Stage 9 Vuelta a España
    Danmark Rundt
       1st Stages 2 & 5
    5th Amstel Gold Race
    6th Tour of Flanders
    9th Milan–San Remo

### 1996

    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Clásica de Almería
    6th Overall Danmark Rundt
       1st Stage 4a
    7th Coppa Sabatini
    7th Coppa Placci
    10th Overall Ronde van Nederland

### 1997

    3rd Overall Danmark Rundt

### 1998

    1st Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen

### 1999

    1st Circuito de Getxo
    1st Stage 5 Tour de Luxembourg
    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    2nd Overall Tour Down Under
    2nd Overall Tour of Sweden
       1st Stage 3
    2nd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Marc Streel)
    4th Overall Tour du Limousin
    7th GP Herning

### 2000

    7th Brabantse Pijl

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | 29 | — | 41 | DNF | DNF | 56 | 53 | 45 | 49 | 29 | 82 | — | — | DNF |
| / Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | 28 | DNF | — | DNF | 48 | DNF | DNF | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |