Cycling: Rasmussen gets suspension

COPENHAGEN: Denmark’s four-time track cycling world champion Alex Rasmussen has been suspended by his national cycling federation for missing three out-of-competition doping controls during the past 18 months. The Danish cycling federation said in a statement that the HTC-Highroad rider has been ordered to appear before a sports tribunal and will not be competing in next week’s world championships.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 16^th, 2011.