Rasmussen gets his due

Will he cop it sweet or appeal? Do we care anymore? Rasmussen gets 2 years for telling fibs about where he was, or wasn't... Nearly one year after he was forced to leave the Tour de France while wearing the race leader's maillot jaune, Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen has been suspended for two years for missing out-of-competition doping controls prior to the race.

Still, it did make for an interesting, if confused, L eTour. It's hard to believe Landis won and lost 2 years ago, and Rasmussen was pulled out just a year ago. This year, of course, we have Boonen sidelined (even if his drink was spiked) and Contador sitting it out 'cause Astana is a bad word around Paris. Cross your fingers, it'll all start again soon enough.