TOUR DE FRANCE 2007: RASMUSSEN UNDER PRESSURE OVER MISSED DOPE TESTS

Michael Rasmussen Tour de France 2007 yellow jersey

Tour de France race leader Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) finished safely in the middle of the peloton as Tom Boonen (Quick Step) won the sprint in Castres but his troubled began as soon as he crossed the finish line.

Following the revelations that he had been issued a warning letter by the UCI after missing two out of competition doping tests, he was grilled by the media about other missed tests and asked to explain links with a former US mountain biker and a shoebox containing bovine haemoglobin.

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