Rasmussen criticises handling of Contador case

Michael Rasmussen has criticised the handling of the Alberto Contador affair and decried the disciplinary systems currently in place in cycling. The controversial Danish rider was removed from the 2007 Tour de France while wearing the yellow jersey after it emerged that he had deliberately misled drug testers as to his whereabouts in the build-up to the race. Contador went on to inherit the vacant jersey and win his first Tour.

Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.