The Cyclist Blog

Changes of Management in Rabobank November 29, 2007

In response to the firing of their Tour de France leader Michael Rasmussen during this years tour de France has lead the sponsor Rabobank to create changes in their teams medical requirements.  This has stemmed from the controversy of Michael Rasmussen lying of his where abouts during a team drug test.  During this time he is suspected to be doping which had caused him to have a positive test during his stay in the yellow jersey.  Rabobank has just placed their director of private banking, Harold Knebel in charge of all operations of the cycling team.  It seems to be a blame games within the team of who is to blame.  Rasmussen has said that the team director De Rooy and Breukink the sport director were aware of his where abouts.  Whom ever is to blame it doesn’t matter something was illegal done and the result was that the person of which who made the choice to gain an unfair advantage was fired.  In the end I feel as if Rabobank is trying to redirect the team and clean up is tarnished image.