Rasmussen Alberto Contador: "I was about to commit suicide" 
Despite two seasons of doping ban and 35 years with the Dane Michael Rasmussen continues to reap wins and after the Tour of Puebla, last September, leads the Vuelta a Chihuahua after winning Sunday's prologue, a 4.2km time trial in Cerro Coronel was imposed by a few hundredths to English Dani Moreno, for a second Oscar Sevilla and three to Paco Mancebo. Taking
to the entity of its rivals, it seems obvious that the Danish level remains very high. "Mexicans love me like one of them, I have estimated that the Danes over in my country," Rasmussen said after his victory in Chihuahua. "Come on chick, let you win for sure," they had encouraged him from the start. Since his wife is Mexican, Michael has taken refuge in the last two years in this country, hence either one of them. "In Sierra Nevada, mountain-bike World 2000, I met my wife, who then ran with the Mexican national team. I feel wanted here," he repeated with satisfaction, hence you have requested Mexican nationality.
"La noche de Pau del Tour 2007 was a terrible experience and I cried like never before done in my life"
However, although you see the end of the tunnel has not forgotten the 2007 Tour, in which the Rabobank team was excluded as a leader and only four days remaining. "That night," he said in reference to Pau, "I was very close to suicide. I took the team hotel and took me to another do not know where, which left me alone. I was there until the next morning. Was the longest night of my life, a terrible experience. I cried like never before. "
On top of the Aubisque, a few hours earlier, had proved the strongest to take 26 seconds to Leipheimer and 35 to counter. In general the Madrid excelled at 3:10 and 5:03 of Cadel Evans, so that the Tour was virtually his, but it all went wrong when, after the stage new evidence emerged that he pointed and said that in the weeks before the Tour de France had missed some surprise checks. "What I spent that night is indescribable, it was the biggest disappointment of my life."
"I was about to run the Tour of Spain with the Contentpolis-Ampo ... sure would have made the top 10" Within hours
went from heaven to hell. Furthermore, not through purgatory. "For me it was no surprise to achieve that level, "he says to this day." I suspected that it could reach for when in 1998 and 1999, its golden age in the mountain-bike, "I trained with Italian professionals, and saw that he had a good level up". A four days in Paris, however, ended his dream, which ended up being a nightmare. I had the Tour in hand, but in the end the victory went to Contador. "I'm just saying that if cycling can accept that the best did not win that Tour, then it is true that I did not win. "Far from it, to win, was sanctioned for doping." These past two years, cycling has been therapy for me. Sometimes I have suffered depression, but the next day came to thinking about the return train.
not forget, however, to those who have caused so much suffering: "The politics of cycling and hypocrisy," he says without hesitation. "Because there are many for those riders are just numbers. For them only worth the money, the business. If not do not understand that the Rabobank, my team and I was not punished. But can anyone imagine cycling in Holland without the Rabobank? Die ".
" It motivates me to train with Kreuziger and Fuglsang, among others, and check up I'm still better than them "
While looking back, he prefers to think of their future." I was running around the Tour of Spain with the Contentpolis-Ampo, but a stupid rule prevented. Unipublic was not pre-registered and not accepted, when in the same situation were three riders from the Silence-Lotto yes ran. They also said they had no biological passport in order, this is not true because I have more controls than half of the riders who are here in the Vuelta a Chihuahua. "Michael feels confident of his voice:" If there raced the Vuelta, I'm sure we would finish in the top 10. "
His dream now is to return to cycling in Europe." I have two or three offers from teams in a short time there and sign by one of them. Run again and play in Europe a big one: the Tour, most likely, or the Giro, maybe. Is the Tour? French do not think they really love me. "Age does not seem a problem for Rasmussen." Armstrong wants to win the Tour in 2010 and already has 38 years, right? Physically I feel young, but sometimes the head tells me that I am old, I'm motivated to train and Fuglsang Kreuziger and check up I'm still better than them. "
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