In 1987, he was hit by a support vehicle while leading the Tour of Flanders. But even after that he experienced difficult moments.
Do you remember Jesper Skibby? Early in his career he was hit by a support car after a long flight in the Tour of Flanders, edition 1987.
After that, he would still ride in the top-10 three times in the Tour and, among other things, win stages in the three Grand Tours.
Doping, valium and sleeping pills
And also start doping and eventually end up in a black hole: “In 1993 I took Valium for the first time to stop the noise,” said Skibby in Long live the bike, raise the round.
“I took doping and that will make you more active. So then that built up with two Valiums and two sleeping pills, … Then it went downhill.”
Drug Abuse
“It led to drug abuse, including alcohol. That was the black hole, because you are nothing. On New Year’s Eve 2002 I took painkillers and vodka and thought I was going to die, but I woke up and thought it was stupid to have tried it .”
“My wife Mette stood at my bedside and gave me an ultimatum: it’s me and Elisabeth or the pills. Now it’s going well, but not much needs to be done to get me off course again.”
