Sacked Rasmussen pledges to ride again

MICHAEL RASMUSSEN has vowed not give up on his cycling career despite being withdrawn from the Tour de France and sacked by his team, Rabobank.

The Danish rider, who was leading the race at the time of his dismissal, was removed after winning Stage 16 on Wednesday amid claims from Rabobank that he “lied about his whereabouts” in the period leading up the Tour.

The decision to sack Rasmussen came after he was allegedly seen in Italy when he told the cycling’s governing body, the UCI, he was in Mexico.