Team dumps Rasmussen for violation of ‘internal rules’
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.
It is in the news that Rasmussen lied his whereabouts last June. He told his team that he was in training in Mexico yet the team Rabobank found out that he really was in Italy.