Lainaus:
Michael Rasmussen has finally admitted why he lied about his whereabouts in the build-up to the Tour de France 2007
He did it so that his wife would not know where he was, insinuating – but not saying directly – that he was with another woman.
Rasmussen had claimed to be in Mexico, his wife's home country, preparing for the Tour, whilst he was actually in Italy. When the “false information'” as he called it came to light, he was removed from the Tour, which he was leading, and subsequently suspended for two years.
“The thing is that my wife would like to think I was in Mexico. I was in Italy but I did not live at home,” he told Ekstra Bladet. He owns a home on Lake Garda.