At a press conference in Denmark on November 9, former Tour de France leader Michael Rasmussen admitted that he lied.
Rasmussen spoke aware of the fact that an independent investigation commissioned by team sponsor Rabobank had completed an investigation and would be revealing its findings this week.
Speaking for the first time about the events leading up to his firing by Rabobank and dismissal from the Tour, Rasmussen admitted that he has not been telling the public the truth about his whereabouts in the period during which he missed crucial out of competition drug tests.
"I would like to clearly state that I was not in Mexico in June. I have therefore misinformed both the UCI and the public."
This week the Rabobank investigators reported that Rasmussen "deliberately provided incorrect whereabouts information on multiple occasions and could therefore deliberately not be tested for a given period. When an athlete is deliberately out of reach for doping testing organisations during a specific period before the Tour de France, and does not provide a credible explanation, this creates a strong suspicion that he may be using substances from the forbidden doping list."
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Quel surprise... At least he admits to part of the lying? And really, that was not hard to prove, Rasmussen. Still, it is kind of sad.
T-minus 2.5 days until I go to France! Woohoo!
Rasmussen... he must be the most unpopular bike rider of our time. He had to know that his misinformation would catch up with him, as it did. SS
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