Jesper Skibby

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.

Jesper Skibby

Personal information
Full name	Jesper Skibby
Born	(1964-03-21) 21 March 1964 (age 60) Silkeborg, Denmark
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1986-1988	Roland Cycling Team
1989-1997	TVM
1998-2000	Memory Card-Jack & Jones
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (1993) Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (1989) Vuelta a España 3 individual stages (1991, 1995)

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.

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.

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.

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	—	—	—

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