Michael Rasmussen, who was booted from le Tour de France while wearing the Yellow Jersey one day after having probably secured his eventual winning of the race, recently gave an extensive interview on the past week’s events to Denmark’s TV2. It has been reported on The Cycling News and the entire report can be read here.

Rasmussen specifically denied ever having done anything wrong. Perhaps this is the most telling portion of the entire story:

Exactly where Rasmussen was at the time is now hazy, with the rider refusing to comment on this key point. When repeatedly pressed on the topic, and confronted with a question of having documents such as passports to support his version of events, Rasmussen would only respond: “Well, what I am saying is that now we have to see what the [legal] case brings and we will take it from there.”

I agree with Rasmussen that the best rider did not win the race. What we do not know is whether Rasmussen’s superior performance was artificially produced to some degree. I hope time will tell.