asshole, redux.
or something is rotten in the state of denmark. word up.
the chicken (above, in mid-flight) has flown the coop. ©afp
how many dudes wearing the yellow jersey get fired five days before they ride down the champs elysees being cheered on by enormous crowds? you’d think it impossible but you’d be wrong. today danish mountain goat michael rasmussen got sacked.
from velonews:
“He broke team rules,” explained Rabobank spokesman Jacob Bergsma, who said team officials believed Rasmussen had lied to them regarding his whereabouts in June of this year, when UCI and Danish Cycling Federation officials had been unable to locate the rider for out-of-competition [drug] testing.
Bergsma said the team officials learned that when Rasmussen had said he was in Mexico - where his wife lives - he had actually been in Italy, working with an as-of-yet-unnamed doctor.
Late last week, Danish federation officials announced that Rasmussen had been ejected from that country’s national squad and would not be representing Denmark at the world championships or at next year’s Olympic Games.
To add insult to injury, Rasmussen was also forced to fend off charges that he had attempted to trick a friend into transporting a cutting-edge hemoglobin replacement from the U.S. to Italy in 2002.
from jay:
asshole.