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I did not realise this place existed as a mine of information at the time the Rasmussen thing kicked off.
Assembling a few obvious truths:
He appears to be a victim of the "blacklist", the saxobank thing leaves question marks. also, I am sure a victim of "payback" from those in Danish cycling federation who he clearly had a history with, and they in turn appeared to want to "settle a score"
He also said "the team knew where he was" even if he had not told UCI, on which basis he won court cases - now appealing for more. It seemed outrageous at the time, a rider being pulled out whilst leading other than for testing negative.
I have read very mixed views, from peloton riders supporting him, saying he was clean. One explanation I heard of the whereabouts row was it involved "other women"! I also heard at least some alleged connection to some doping network.
If nothing else it contrasts differences in federations, in which he appeared to be liable to far more testing than (say) a spanish rider. He says his greatest regret is not taking up mexican nationality, which would have obviated the need to do TWO sets of testing, UCI and Danish, accounting for a lot of tests.
So my question is, from those in the know was Rasmussen
Victim? Clean? Doper? What is the low down on him?
Assembling a few obvious truths:
He appears to be a victim of the "blacklist", the saxobank thing leaves question marks. also, I am sure a victim of "payback" from those in Danish cycling federation who he clearly had a history with, and they in turn appeared to want to "settle a score"
He also said "the team knew where he was" even if he had not told UCI, on which basis he won court cases - now appealing for more. It seemed outrageous at the time, a rider being pulled out whilst leading other than for testing negative.
I have read very mixed views, from peloton riders supporting him, saying he was clean. One explanation I heard of the whereabouts row was it involved "other women"! I also heard at least some alleged connection to some doping network.
If nothing else it contrasts differences in federations, in which he appeared to be liable to far more testing than (say) a spanish rider. He says his greatest regret is not taking up mexican nationality, which would have obviated the need to do TWO sets of testing, UCI and Danish, accounting for a lot of tests.
So my question is, from those in the know was Rasmussen
Victim? Clean? Doper? What is the low down on him?