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HTC sacks Rasmussen, Sastre retires
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September 16, 2011, Friday
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FOUR-TIME track cycling world champion Alex Rasmussen has been sacked by his HTC-Highroad team after missing a doping test, HTC said yesterday.
The Dane, who was due to join the Garmin-Cervelo team in 2012, is likely to face a ban from the sport and will miss next week's road world championships.
"Upon notification of a missed test, Alex Nikki Rasmussen's contract with HTC-Highroad has been terminated with immediate effect for breach of the team's code of conduct," HTC said in a statement. "The UCI, NOC and Sports Confederation of Denmark notified the team today that a missed test occurred and has been verified by a UCI review.
"The team was also notified that Rasmussen had two missed tests in 2010 prior to joining HTC-Highroad that had not been previously reported to the team."
Rasmussen, who won the team pursuit and Madison events at the 2009 track world championship, as well as the 2005 and 2010 scratch titles, will also miss the road world championship in Copenhagen where he was due to compete in the time trial.
Meanwhile, Spaniard Carlos Sastre, a surprise Tour de France champion in 2008, announced his retirement at the age of 36.
"The time has come to bring this cycle to a close," he said. "Next year I will start a new phase, although I do not yet know what I will do."
The Dane, who was due to join the Garmin-Cervelo team in 2012, is likely to face a ban from the sport and will miss next week's road world championships.
"Upon notification of a missed test, Alex Nikki Rasmussen's contract with HTC-Highroad has been terminated with immediate effect for breach of the team's code of conduct," HTC said in a statement. "The UCI, NOC and Sports Confederation of Denmark notified the team today that a missed test occurred and has been verified by a UCI review.
"The team was also notified that Rasmussen had two missed tests in 2010 prior to joining HTC-Highroad that had not been previously reported to the team."
Rasmussen, who won the team pursuit and Madison events at the 2009 track world championship, as well as the 2005 and 2010 scratch titles, will also miss the road world championship in Copenhagen where he was due to compete in the time trial.
Meanwhile, Spaniard Carlos Sastre, a surprise Tour de France champion in 2008, announced his retirement at the age of 36.
"The time has come to bring this cycle to a close," he said. "Next year I will start a new phase, although I do not yet know what I will do."
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