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Alex Rasmussen angry at UCI over suspension end date confusion

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January 10, 13:39

The confusion over the end date of Alex Rasmussen's suspension continues, with the date now standing at March 14.  The Dane had recently received notice from the UCI that it would end as of January 26, and had already made plans to start racing again, until he was notified of yet another date change. Rasmussen was given an 18-month ban for violating the whereabouts requirements, which was originally scheduled to end on April 1, 2013. The beginning of this month he was told the ban would be shortened by one month, to March 1. Only days later, his manager Dries Smets received an email from the UCI's legal department, saying the ban expires on January 26, according to politiken.dk.  Rasmussen promptly made plans to ride the Copenhagen Six-Days race (January 1-February 5), and hoped to ride the Track World Championships in Belarus at the end of February. He was in fact preparing …