A spokesman for the Rabobank team of Michael Rasmussen read out a statement in the early hours of Thursday morning, following the announcement that their Danish rider, who has lead the Tour de France since Sunday, July 15, lied about his whereabouts, seemingly to avoid out of competition tests.
"The reason for our decision is that the information came out that Michael Rasmussen was not in Mexico when he said he was. He was in Italy.
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