The Cyclist Blog

Rasmussen the liar November 12, 2007

Well last week Michael Rasmussen confirmed the statement made by Italian Davide Cassani that he had reportedly saw him in Italy when Rasmussen said he was in Mexico to his Team.  This was a major mistake it was during the same time as out of competition drug test.  This all leaked out at the height of this years tour de France.  Rasmussen was holding the yellow jersey at the time and was fired for his lie.  Rabobank now complete supports the decision that was made by the team to release Rasmussen even though he was in the major contention to win the race.  I’m glad to see this myself it just shows the steps to clean up cycling.  Even though they don’t exactly know what Rasmussen was doing in Italy (it could be doping related) but the major fact is he reluctantly missed a drug test which only leads to suspicion.