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I was watching the final kilometres of last night’s stage in the Tour of the Basque Country (stage 3) and couldn't help but feel that Michael Rasmussen has been royally screwed as I watched Vino solo away to the win. Loads of riders have been popped for doping violations in recent years, many of whom lied in order to maintain their innocence. So too did the Chicken Man, although crucially he never failed a dope test, but was, in my opinion, rightly suspended for lying about his whereabouts to his team and the UCI.
The thing that pisses me off is that he's one of only a handful of riders who was never given a second chance, unlike Basso, Vino, Kashechkin etc. So what's the deal?

He is free to race and any team is free to sign him up if they want to.
My feeling is that despite his excellent climbing, he is not that good of a general bike racer, especially off-EPO. He was never a complete package, remember those awful time trials? So maybe nobody wants to take a chance with him? (Even Ricco got signed up by a decent team).

I also find that he got screwed, especially since he was never caught using or failing the doping test. Basso, Franck Schleck, Valverde and many others got a pretty sweet deal compared to Rasmussen.

 

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He is so weird.

any questions why nobody wants to hire him?