Rasmmussen

Funkyzeit

Or RasMOOssen (as SK likes to call him) loses appeal... good enough for him...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/7845655.stm

Sacked Rasmussen loses ban appeal

Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen has lost his appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against a two-year drug ban.

The 34-year-old Dane was thrown out of the Tour de France in 2007 by his Dutch team for lying over his whereabouts when being sought for doping tests.

He was subsequently banned for two years by the Monaco Cycling Federation.

Rasmussen's ban runs until 26 July, with this year's Tour de France due to begin on 4 July.

The CAS ruling confirmed the MCF's decision to ban the Dane.

In July a Dutch court ruled his former team Rabobank must pay Rasmussen over half a million pounds for the way it sacked him after he instituted proceedings for unlawful dismissal, demanding damages of £4.4m.


Rabobank had taken the route of immediate dismissal, a procedure that can only be used on urgent grounds, such as immediately after uncovering the facts warranting such action.

It was stated that in this case, Rabobank must have known about the lies for several weeks before deciding to fire the Dane.

The court found that Rasmussen was entitled to two months' salary and the bonus he would have received had he won the tour.

Rasmussen, who has denied doping, has said he lied in the run up to the race because of personal problems.

scottreynolds

Funkyzeit wrote: »

... former team Rabobank must pay Rasmussen over half a million pounds for the way it sacked him after he instituted proceedings for unlawful dismissal

thats funny but also such a shame. Not several young Rabobank riders will miss out because of MOOSES lies. Its appauling

Chips Lovell

It ain't going to make a massive difference to be honest. Rasmussen was appealing because he was hoping to do the Tour this year. As it is, he'll still be eligable to ride the Vuelta. However, even if he did win, I'd say he would have had a hard time finding a team who both had an invite and would take him.

RobFowl

el tonto wrote: »

I'd say he would have had a hard time finding a team who both had an invite and would take him.

I'd love to believe this but Basso, Scarponi, Landis, Sevilla, Hamilton, DiLuca, Virenque, Zulle and the rest had very little trouble.

niceonetom

i say bring em all back. floyd, vino, rasmooosen, basso, lance... it'd be great.

Chips Lovell

RobFowl wrote: »

I'd love to believe this but Basso, Scarponi, Landis, Sevilla, Hamilton, DiLuca, Virenque, Zulle and the rest had very little trouble.

Virenque and Zulle was a different era.

Basso did the sackcloth and ashes routine, which got him back into the top flight.

Flandis, Sevilla, Hamilton all denied it like Rasmussen and are on distincly B-grade teams. They are essentially all on local US teams.

Sure DiLuca got lucky, but his case was less clearcut and LPR is definitely a step down from Liquigas.

Funkyzeit

el tonto wrote: »

Virenque and Zulle was a different era.

Basso did the sackcloth and ashes routine, which got him back into the top flight.

Flandis, Sevilla, Hamilton all denied it like Rasmussen and are on distincly B-grade teams. They are essentially all on local US teams.

Sure DiLuca got lucky, but his case was less clearcut and LPR is definitely a step down from Liquigas.

What about the one they call Lance...;)

TinyExplosions

Funkyzeit wrote: »

What about the one they call Lance...;)

He just bought his way back in -easy to do if you ain't looking for wages

scottreynolds

el tonto wrote: »

It ain't going to make a massive difference to be honest. Rasmussen was appealing because he was hoping to do the Tour this year. As it is, he'll still be eligable to ride the Vuelta. However, even if he did win, I'd say he would have had a hard time finding a team who both had an invite and would take him.

I'm more refferring to the 500,000 even large team with a budget of 15million would notice a chuck of change missing.

penfold83

niceonetom wrote: »

i say bring em all back. floyd, vino, rasmooosen, basso, lance... it'd be great.

The topic is about bringing banned riders back into the sport is it not?

Last time I checked Armstrong has never been banned for taking drugs.

Diarmuid

And Basso only "attempted" to dope. :rolleyes:

niceonetom

penfold83 wrote: »

The topic is about bringing banned riders back into the sport is it not?

Last time I checked Armstrong has never been banned for taking drugs.

*consults thread title.

either was rasmussen actually.