Jens Heppner

Jens Heppner (born 23 December 1964) is a German former road bicycle racer. He wore the pink jersey as leader of the general classification during the 2002 Giro d'Italia. Although he rode for Telekom during ten years, he has consistently denied ever having doped.

His name was on the list of doping tests published by the French Senate on 24 July 2013 that were collected during the 1998 Tour de France and found positive for EPO when retested in 2004. He won the German National Road Race in 1994. After his career, he worked in his own company in Hergenrath (Germany).

Major results

1982 World Junior Team Time Trial Championship 1986 7th Overall GP Tell 1987

1990 7th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe 1992 10th Overall Tour de France 1993 3rd Amstel Gold Race 4th Züri-Metzgete 9th Rund um den Henninger Turm 1994

1st Stage 1

3rd Rund um Köln 3rd GP Ouest–France 1995 1st Stage 2 Tour du Limousin 2nd Rund um den Henninger Turm 9th Overall Route du Sud 10th Subida a Urkiola 1996 2nd Overall Regio-Tour 1st Stage 1 2nd Rund um den Henninger Turm 2nd GP Rik Van Steenbergen 9th Amstel Gold Race 1997 1st Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 3rd HEW Cyclassics 1998 1st Stage 3 Tour de France 3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 3rd Luk-Cup Bühl 1999

1st Rund um Köln 2000 1st Hof 1st Rund um den Pfaffenteich 3rd Rund um Köln 3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm 6th Overall Deutschland Tour 1st Stage 1 2001 1st Hürth-Gleuel 2003 1st GP Buchholz 1st Gladbeck 3rd Hel van het Mergelland 3rd Rund um die Hainleite 2004 1st Stolberg-Gressenich 3rd Hel van het Mergelland 2005 1st Jena 6th Hel van het Mergelland