# Alex Rasmussen

Alex Nicki Rasmussen (born 9 June 1984) is a Danish former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2016 for the Team Saxo Bank, HTC–Highroad, Garmin–Sharp, Riwal Cycling Team, Team TreFor–Blue Water and Team ColoQuick–Cult teams. Primarily specialising in track cycling, Rasmussen was also proficient in road racing, winning the Danish National Road Race Championships in 2007.

## Career

He was the 2005 Scratch World Champion. Together with Michael Mørkøv, Rasmussen won the Danish Madison Championships six times in a row, and as such, are nicknamed the 'Par nummer syv' (Pair number seven).
On 15 September 2011, his contract with HTC–Highroad was terminated for missing a doping control, at which time the team was made aware of two previous controls he had missed before he joined them. Rasmussen was also removed from the Danish UCI Championships team, and faced criminal prosecution. However, on 17 November, Rasmussen was cleared of the charges due to a procedural error on the part of the UCI. His previously signed contract with Garmin–Barracuda for the 2012 season, nullified upon news of the whereabouts violations, was again honored. The UCI appealed this decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in December 2011, with the original decision being overturned on 4 July 2012. As a result, Rasmussen was given a backdated 18-month ban, meaning that he would be suspended until April 2013. His contract with the renamed Garmin–Sharp squad was also terminated.
On 19 March 2013, Garmin–Sharp re-signed Rasmussen for the remainder of the 2013 season. Rasmussen left Garmin–Sharp following the 2013 season, and subsequently announced plans to re-enter track cycling. Rasmussen joined Riwal Cycling Team for the 2014 season.

## Major results
### Road
#### 2006

    National Under-23 Championships
       1st Time trial
       3rd Road race
    1st Overall Tour de Berlin
       1st Stages 2 & 3 (ITT)
    3rd GP Herning
    9th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Championships

#### 2007

    1st Road race, National Championships
    2nd Colliers Classic
    5th Overall Tour de Bretagne
    6th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
       1st Points classification

#### 2008

    Tour of Qinghai Lake
       1st Points classification
       1st Prologue, Stages 1, 3 & 9
    1st Stage 3 Ronde de l'Oise
    3rd Rogaland GP
    4th Duo Normand (with Jens-Erik Madsen)

#### 2009

    2nd Time trial, National Championships
    4th Giro del Capo Challenge 4
    4th Profronde van Fryslan

#### 2010

    1st GP Herning
    Four Days of Dunkirk
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    1st Stage 4 (ITT) Vuelta a Andalucía
    2nd Time trial, National Championships
    10th Designa Grand Prix

#### 2011

    1st Philadelphia International Championship
    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
    4th Time trial, National Championships

#### 2012

    1st Stage 4 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
    2nd Grand Prix de Denain

#### 2013

    1st Stage 1 Bayern–Rundfahrt
    4th Time trial, National Championships

#### 2014

    Dookoła Mazowsza
       1st Stages 3 & 4
    2nd Skive–Løbet

#### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Giro d'Italia | 153 | 150 | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | 134 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |

### Track
#### 2001

    National Championships
       1st Kilo
       1st Team pursuit
    National Junior Championships
       1st Kilo
       1st Sprint
       1st Team pursuit

#### 2002

    1st Kilo, National Championships
    National Junior Championships
       1st Kilo
       1st Points race
       1st Sprint
       1st Team pursuit
    3rd Scratch, UCI World Junior Championships

#### 2003

    National Championships
       1st Kilo
       1st Team pursuit
    1st Individual pursuit, National Under-23 Championships
    3rd Scratch, UEC European Under-23 Championships

#### 2004

    UEC European Under-23 Championships
       1st Scratch
       2nd Madison (with Michael Berling)
    National Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Kilo
       1st Madison (with Michael Berling)
       1st Team pursuit
    1st Individual pursuit, National Under-23 Championships

#### 2005

    1st Scratch, UCI World Championships
    UEC European Under-23 Championships
       1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)
       1st Scratch
    National Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Kilo
       1st Madison (with Michael Berling)
       1st Points race
       1st Team pursuit
    1st Individual pursuit, National Under-23 Championships

#### 2006

    National Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Kilo
       1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)
       1st Team pursuit

#### 2007

    National Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)
       1st Points race
       1st Team pursuit
    1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Michael Mørkøv)
    2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)
    3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

#### 2008

    National Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)
    1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Michael Mørkøv)
    2nd Team pursuit, Summer Olympics
    UCI World Championships
       2nd Team pursuit
       3rd Madison
    2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)

#### 2009

    UCI World Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)
    1st Madison, National Championships (with Michael Mørkøv)
    1st Six Days of Ghent (with Michael Mørkøv)
    1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)

#### 2010

    1st Scratch, UCI World Championships
    1st Madison, National Championships (with Michael Mørkøv)
    1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)
    3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Michael Mørkøv)
    3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Michael Mørkøv)

#### 2011

    1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)

#### 2012

    2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)

#### 2014

    2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
    2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)
    3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Michael Mørkøv)

#### 2015

    1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)
    2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Michael Mørkøv)

#### 2016

    1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Jesper Mørkøv)