Jesper Worre
Personal information
Full nameJesper Worre
Born (1959-06-05) 5 June 1959
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1982–1985Sammontana
1986Santini – Cierre
1987Selca – Conti – Galli
1988–1990Café de Colombia
1991Scott – BiKyle Flyers
1992Amore & Vita – Fanini

Jesper Worre, (born 5 June 1959) is a former Danish professional bicycle racer and a former director of the Danmarks Cykle Union (DCU) by the board of directors.[1]

Biography

Worre competed in the team time trial event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[2]

He was a professional between 1982 and 1992 and took part in the 1989 Tour de France, finishing 88th in the general classification.

Worre has once been tested positive for amineptine in 1992, he confessed to the use of doping, receiving a conditional suspension. Amineptine is a mild but pleasant stimulant and a fast-acting mood-brightener. Amineptine had been on the doping list for a couple of months before Worres confession of using amineptine, and was removed again from the list of banned performance-enhancing drugs shortly after. Worre was caught a doping a second time, making him the only Danish rider aside from Kim Andersen to be caught doping multiple times.

Ironically, Worre now promotes himself for his strong and uncompromising struggle against the use of doping in professional cycling, in both media and in the Danish cycling federation (DCU).

Doping

  • 1992: Jesper Worre found guilty of the abuse of amineptine during competition.

Road honours

1977
  • Denmark Junior road Champion of Denmark
1980
  • Denmark Champion of Denmark in amateur teams- mountains
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1990
1991

Track honours

World championships

Colorado Springs 1986
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Individual pursuit
Vienna 1987
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Individual pursuit
Gand 1988
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Individual pursuit

References

  1. ↑ "CyklingDanmark". Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Jesper Worre Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
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