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McQuaid: Rasmussen has no place in cycling

The president of the UCI, Pat McQuaid, told Danish television on Fridaythat Michael Rasmussen had no place in the sport after lying before theTour de France.Rasmussen, a former two-time winner of the race's polka dot jersey forthe best climber, was pulled out of this year's race by Rabobank whilewearing the fabled yellow jersey due to major doping suspicions arousingfrom revelations that he had missed several random doping controls.Rasmussen said Thursday helied over his whereabouts - having insisted he was in Mexico when anti-dopingcontrollers failed to find him in Europe to carry out random tests - dueto personal reasons."I don't think he (Rasmussen) has any place in cycling," said McQuaidon Friday. "How can we trust him? For me a lie is no different from a positivedoping test."

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