COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s Sports Federation says its doping committee has cleared four-time track cycling world champion Alex Rasmussen of charges connected to missed doping tests.
Rasmussen was suspended by his national cycling body and fired by his team HTC-Highroad in September, after missing three doping tests in 18 months.
He received two warnings from Denmark’s anti-doping agency and one from the International Cycling Union.
The sports federation said on Thursday it cleared Rasmussen because the UCI didn’t inform him about his third whereabouts violation until 10 weeks after it happened.
According to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s rules, Rasmussen should have been informed of the violation within 14 days.
