Who would have predicted that the current yellow jersey wearer of the
Tour de France would be fired by his team almost immediately after
winning a stage of the race? Rasmussen is out of the race. Apparently
the rest of the team has been given the option of continuing to race
should they choose. The justification for the firing is that the team
learned Rasmussen lied to them about his whereabouts during the
period when he missed some out of competition doping controls thus
violating team rules. He was apparently in Italy when he had reported
being in Mexico.