Jesper Skibby

Jesper Skibby ( born March 21, 1964 in Silkeborg ) is a former Danish racing cyclist who participated in the Tour de France, the Giro d' Italia and the Vuelta a España, among others.

Career

Skibby was from 1986 to 2000 pro and celebrated at this time 24 victories. From 1986 to 1988 he drove for the team Roland, 1989-1997 for TVM, in the years 1998 and 1999 for Home - Jack & Jones in 2000 for Memory Card - Jack & Jones. In 2000, he finished his career. Jesper Skibby crashed once during the Tour of Flanders on the slippery cobblestones of Koppenbergs and was run over by a hair's breadth from the jury car. Subsequently, the jury took the hill in the following years from the track program.

Skibbys greatest successes were stage victories in the Tour de France ( fifth stage of the Tour de France, 1993), the Giro d' Italia ( 1989) and the Tour of Spain (2 stage wins 1991/1995 ). In 1994 he was the winner of the Holland Tour.

Doping

On 22 November 2006 a biography in which Skibby confessed of their own accord doping appeared. The former stage winner of the Tour de France, the Giro d' Italia and the Vuelta in this biography portrays his years of systematic doping abuse. This confession he repeated in tears at a press conference. After that he had " other options " searching for a bad season in 1990 in order to be successful. From 1993, he had finally taken illicit performance-enhancing drugs without having a bad conscience. This was now the reason for his late confession, Skibby said that he wanted to face his daughters finally honest. He also hope that the book of youth helps to avoid doping and not to lose self-respect. By his own admission had systematic doping " revive his body ," Skibby drove in any case from now on stage wins in all three major Radportrundfahrten one. Although the Dane accused no backers in his biography, other former professional cyclist in his country such as the also still under strong suspicion of doping Bo Hamburger and Bjarne Riis did not want to comment on the confession. Skibby did this " to refer to his own cap ." In 2007, the two finally admitted but to have as Skibby doped.