The wheels are completely off the Tour

[MrCoffee]

Michael Rassmussen, the current leader of the Tour, was sent home by his own team for violating drug-testing rules. What in the screaming hell...

GOURETTE, France - Tour de France leader Michael Rasmussen of Denmark has been removed from the race, a devastating blow to cycling’s premier event which has been rocked by a series of doping scandals.

“Michael Rasmussen has been sent home for violating (the team’s) internal rules,” Rabobank team spokesman Jacob Bergsma told The Associated Press by phone Wednesday.

The expulsion, which Bergsma said was ordered by the Dutch team sponsor, was linked to “incorrect” information that Rasmussen gave to the team’s sports director over his whereabouts last month. Rasmussen missed random drug tests May 8 and June 28.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19952446/

[bicentennial_baby]

1. So how many is this now?

:crazy:

[MrCoffee]

2. 2 whole teams have already quit

I think 3 riders tested positive (2 for testosterone, one for blood packing).

Rasmussen didn't test positive, he just missed 2 random tests.