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 Jersey yellow.svg 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