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As you all probably have heard by now, Rasmussen was sent home yesterday by the board of the Rabobank cycling team.
Personally I think this is a very good thing for the believability of the Tour de France and he should be punished in the right way.
True, he’s never been caught on taking doping, but if you say you’re in Mexico when you’re not. And even said it again in front
of 100 or more reporters everyday, that’s another thing.

But is there a reason why he didn’t say he was in Italy instead of Mexico?
I think there is. Now, I don’t have a medical history at all, but I know that some doctors can predict the exact time when they
need to ‘prepare’ a person with ‘doping’ so that he well perform very good on the day he needs it.
And to the anti-doping people from WADA, June is an important month to do the ‘surprise controls’ and they absolutely need to
know where the top-riders are. Rasmussen surely is one of them.

So why is he hiding this info?
EPO, I don’t think so because they can check if the Hematocrit value isn’t higher then 50 (what would suggest EPO-usage then)
Blood-transfusions, like Vinokourov did? I don’t think so either. This can easily traced.

I think it has something to do with the Growth hormone called IGF-1.
It strengthens the muscles, improves recuperation and above all, cannot be detected. And that’s very important off-course
Growth hormone, and more specifically IGF-1, triggers the production of growth hormone in the body. Growth hormone makes us grow,
but not only in length - feet, hands and muscles too. Growth hormone itself still is used as a doping product but might be detectable
in the near future, via blood tests. However, IGF-1 can’t be (yet).

Why else should he be so mysterious about his whereabouts if you have nothing to hide?
I don’t mean that ever cyclist in the peloton is on dope (I certainly hope NOT), but the cheaters should be banned for life!
You can’t be hard enough in these cases, a 1 or 2 year ban doesn’t scare people anymore.
And I’m not talking about cycling only, also other sports should use a life-time ban.

To end this entry, I sure hope I’m wrong about this, but if not sentence hard!

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