Michael Rasmussen
- January 5, 2024
- Cyclist
Quick Facts
Michael Rasmussen Biography
| Name | Michael Rasmussen |
| Birthday | Jun 1 |
| Birth Year | 1974 |
| Place Of Birth | Denmark |
| Birth Country | Denmark |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
| Parents | Mona Rasmussen, Finn Rasmussen |
| Spouse | Cariza Muñoz Carrete |
| Children(s) | Milo Rasmussen |
Michael Rasmussen is one of the most popular and richest Cyclist who was born on June 1, 1974 in Denmark, Denmark. Danish road bicycle racer who competed in the Tour de France, specializing in mountain climbs.
He was implicated in the same doping scandal that brought down Lance Armstrong.
Rasmussen began his career as a mountain biker, and he won the Mountain Bike World Championships in 1999 before becoming a stagiaire with the professional cycling team CSC–Tiscali in 2001. There he secured a one-year contract for 2002, and following a string of good results in August and September, including his first professional win, he switched from CSC-Tiscali to Rabobank in 2003. After being sacked by Rabobank in the 2007 Tour de France, Rasmussen got a contract offer from Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo. The team’s manager then decided that the move would be too expensive and thus Rasmussen was without contract.
His first Tour de France was in 2004, in which he failed to get any stage wins but was third in the mountains classification, which was won by Richard Virenque. Rasmussen then agreed with his team that he could train alone and focus on the Tour de France for 2005.
He missed a crucial drug test because he was cheating on his wife.
Michael Rasmussen Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Cyclist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Michael Rasmussen is one of the richest Cyclist from Denmark. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Rasmussen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He started off mountain biking.
He was known for peeling stickers off his bike to lighten it by a few ounces.
Michael Rasmussen (born 1 June 1974) is a retired Danish professional cyclist who competed in road racing and mountain biking. His most notable victories include four stages of the Tour de France, one stage of the Vuelta a España and a win on the Italian classic Giro dell’Emilia in 2002. He also won the best climber classification in the 2005 and 2006 Tour de France.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 6′ 6″ |
| Weight | 132 lbs |
Michael Rasmussen height 6′ 6″ Michael weight 132 lbs & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Michael Rasmussen Dating?
According to our records, Michael Rasmussen married to Cariza Muñoz Carrete. As of December 1, 2023, Michael Rasmussen’s is not dating anyone.
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According to a multiple sourced VeloNews article published on 20 July 2007, mountain bike racer Whitney Richards accused Rasmussen of trying to get him to transport a box, which Rasmussen had told Richards contained his favourite cycling shoes, to his training base in Italy in early 2002. The box turned out to contain packets of Hemopure, a bovine-hemoglobin-based blood substitute which is not currently approved for human use outside South Africa and did not become commercially available there until January 2006, and which might potentially have been used in a doping program. At the time there was no screening test for Hemopure; it is, however, banned by the WADA. Richards said he destroyed the Hemopure, at which Rasmussen is said to have grown angry and said to Richards “Have you any idea how much that shit cost?”
Facts & Trivia
Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Cyclist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Denmark. Michael Rasmussen celebrates birthday on June 1 of every year.
In the 2007 Tour de France he won the 8th stage from Le Grand-Bornand to Tignes, taking the lead in the general classification and the mountains classification. On 25 July, he held a 3:10 lead on Alberto Contador, who was in second place for the yellow jersey. With four stages remaining, this made him favourite for the yellow jersey in Paris. That evening however, he was withdrawn from the race and fired by his team Rabobank for “violating internal rules”. Davide Cassani, an Italian retired professional rider, reported that he had seen Rasmussen in Italy in June 2007, a time when Rasmussen claimed to have been training in Mexico. The accusations were denied.