Rasmussen Looking for a Ride

After spending the past month riding in individual races, it looks like Michael Rasmussen is now serious about riding on another professional team this year.  He met with the Acqua & Sapone team yesterday to discuss employment possibilities. 

Rasmussen was fired from his Rabobank team because of all the questions surrounding his missed doping tests in the months leading up to the Tour de France.  The team said that he told them he was in Mexico, but it was revealed that he was in Italy instead.    Because Rasmussen hasn’t actually failed any tests, he is able to join another willing team at any time.

Rasmussen also said that he is taking legal action against his former employer.  He told reporters, “I’m the victim of a great injustice, and my lawyers are working to take care of me.”  He claims that the tests that he missed were from the Danish authority which has no control over him since he is registered in Monaco.  Even if that is true, there is still the question about why he lied about his location leading up to the Tour.  On this subject, Rasmussen said, “I am not able to say. There is something going on.  I can say that, other than the training in the Dolomites, I was in the Pyrénées in this same period. Rabobank knew where I was because it had paid me for the airplane ticket.”  So now it seems that he was in Spain, France, and Italy prior to the tour.  No mention of Mexico.  Basically, he is still a liar.  He lied to reporters all the way through the Tour, and it doesn’t really matter if Rabobank knew the truth or not.  There are too many lies….too many cover ups…too many inconsistencies remaining to believe that Rasmussen is clean.

23 August 2007 | News | Comments