thefiestygoat Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/tdf2007/news/story?id=2949116 GOURETTE, France -- One of it's biggest stars is already gone, and now so is the leader of the Tour de France. Michael Rasmussen was removed from the race by his Rabobank team after winning Wednesday's stage, a day after Alexandre Vinokourov and his team withdrew when the star cyclist tested positive for a banned blood transfusion. "Michael Rasmussen has been sent home for violating [the team's] internal rules," Rabobank spokesman Jacob Bergsma told The Associated Press by phone. The expulsion, which Bergsma said was ordered by the Dutch team's sponsor, was linked to "incorrect" information that Rasmussen gave to the team's sports director over his whereabouts last month. Rasmussen missed random drug tests May 8 and June 28, saying he was in Mexico. But a former rider, Davide Cassani, told Denmark's Danmarks Radio on Wednesday that he had seen Rasmussen in Italy in mid-June. ------- That is the last thing cycling needed, there is even more in the article but I won't post the whole thing here for legal reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravisZajac Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Vinoukorov is out..As an other Italian.. Poor Tour de France :*( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harpua19 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 this sport/race needs major damage control Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanity_gallops Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Am I the only one who read this and thought, "Holy crap, Erik Rasmussen is a cyclist in the off season?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestevens Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Wow, should have stuck to hockey (jokinh of course, obviously not the same Ras-manian Devil) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal914 Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 i thought you ment Eric... wtf... i was all excited thinkin he body checked someone and got kicked out... mention first names too Goatie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonDevils Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Am I the only one who read this and thought, "Holy crap, Erik Rasmussen is a cyclist in the off season?" you are not alone in having a brief moment of-- WTF?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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