Alex Rasmussen banned

[Cimber]

for 18 months due to his missed whereabouts

http://www.feltet.dk/nyheder/alex_rasmussen_idoemt_karantaene/

 

[CasperVg]

That's a nice clean team Vaughters has: Millar, Dekker and now Rasmussen

 

[LaFlorecita]

BS.

Poor Alex

 

[Fetisoff]

These "whereabouts" violations are ****ing bull****

 

[Fidolix]

Cimber do you really need to make a new thread for this? we have plenty as it is, one with Alex Rasmussen as well, even been posted in it today!!! http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=15302

 

[El Pistolero]

Those are the rules. If Offredo was banned, he should've been banned as well.

 

[Marcus135]

What a complete joke, yes he deserved to be sanctioned for missing the tests but 18 months is absolutely ridiculous!

 

[El Pistolero]

What a complete joke, yes he deserved to be sanctioned for missing the tests but 18 months is absolutely ridiculous!

Yes, a year would have made more sense.

 

[Ney the Viking]

What is interesting is imho that he got 18 months for a gross violation of the rules. And no clemency was given due to the fact that UCI was very late in their warning of the second offence, and no clemency was given even though Alex has been very cooporative throughout the process.

Should they punish him for being an idiot and set an example? Yes, should it be 18 months, no way.

Also, I find it slightly amusing that CAS who has delayed the procedings multiple times, thinks its a gross violation that Alex didnt have order in his paperwork...

 

[Kazistuta]

According to Alex CAS decided to make the ban longer, because he could and should have avoided some of the warnings....duh!

 

[sniper]

What is interesting is imho that he got 18 months for a gross violation of the rules. And no clemency was given due to the fact that UCI was very late in their warning of the second offence, and no clemency was given even though Alex has been very cooporative throughout the process.

Should they punish him for being an idiot and set an example? Yes, should it be 18 months, no way.

Also, I find it slightly amusing that CAS who has delayed the procedings multiple times, thinks its a gross violation that Alex didnt have order in his paperwork...

whatever happened to the possibility he missed those tests on purpose?

 

[thingswelike]

Word on Twitter is that he's already been sacked by Garmin-Sharp.
Rough, but understandable.

What isn't understandable is the exact nature of the UCI c_ck-ups.

 

[Bala Verde]

On Sporza they said the 18 months was reduced somehow to one year only. Not sure if that's true, or how they got to that outcome.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Perhaps this will up Alex's mentality and teach him a lesson. 18 months seem harsh, though.

 

[roundabout]

On Sporza they said the 18 months was reduced somehow to one year only. Not sure if that's true, or how they got to that outcome.

18months from the 1 October 2011 with credit given for provisonal suspension

http://www.tas-cas.org/d2wfiles/document/6026/5048/0/CAS20Award20267120_final_.pdf

 

[Big Doopie]

That's a nice clean team Vaughters has: Millar, Dekker and now Rasmussen

fyi -- all three violations were before he joined garmin. none since joining.

not saying garmin is clean. it's just important not to misrepresent the facts.

 

[D-Queued]

fyi -- all three violations were before he joined garmin. none since joining.

not saying garmin is clean. it's just important not to misrepresent the facts.

Had a personal conversation with JV once upon a time on a related subject.

He was very convincing in his claims that he gave all ryders a strict lecture about the no needle policy, and I was very impressed by his commitment and passion.

He even suggested, when I cited a case or two, that in certain cases, he may advise that he was aware of rumors of the ryder's past but that this past had better be the past.

All is good in the kingdom, then.

Except, of course, when you are recruiting a rasmussen with a big suspicion cloud over them. In such cases, the jury is still out.

Kind of like Riis breaking down because Contadope got suspended.

wtf? Are you a cycling newbie?

Dave.

 

[Orvieto]

Word on Twitter is that he's already been sacked by Garmin-Sharp.
Rough, but understandable.

What isn't understandable is the exact nature of the UCI c_ck-ups.

His firing I don't quite understand. Garmin knew Rasmussen had missed testing when they hired him. That was never in dispute. He wasn't sanctioned initially due to errors by UCI or the Danish Federation. These facts haven't changed. All that has changed is that CAS hasn't accepted Rasmussen's excuse or deemed the delayed notifications as mitigating. In effect all that was being ruled on was the technicality.
Why did Garmin hire Rasmussen in the first place then?

 

[Orvieto]

whatever happened to the possibility he missed those tests on purpose?

During one of those missed tests he was competing (Berlin 6 Day race?) and available for in-competition tests, not where you would choose to be if you were hiding out from the testers. The consensus from the reports I've seen is there was no nefarious intent in these violations.

 

[Normandy]

What is interesting is imho that he got 18 months for a gross violation of the rules. And no clemency was given due to the fact that UCI was very late in their warning of the second offence, and no clemency was given even though Alex has been very cooporative throughout the process.

Should they punish him for being an idiot and set an example? Yes, should it be 18 months, no way.

Also, I find it slightly amusing that CAS who has delayed the procedings multiple times, thinks its a gross violation that Alex didnt have order in his paperwork...

What happens about the races he has competed in this year?