 Rasmussen was leading the Tour when he was sacked
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Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen has lost his appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against a two-year drug ban.
The 34-year-old Dane was thrown out of the Tour de France in 2007 by his Dutch team for lying over his whereabouts when being sought for doping tests.
He was subsequently banned for two years by the Monaco Cycling Federation.
Rasmussen's ban runs until 26 July, with this year's Tour de France due to begin on 4 July.
The CAS ruling confirmed the MCF's decision to ban the Dane.
In July a Dutch court ruled his former team Rabobank must pay Rasmussen over half a million pounds for the way it sacked him after he instituted proceedings for unlawful dismissal, demanding damages of £4.4m.
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Rabobank had taken the route of immediate dismissal, a procedure that can only be used on urgent grounds, such as immediately after uncovering the facts warranting such action.
It was stated that in this case, Rabobank must have known about the lies for several weeks before deciding to fire the Dane.
The court found that Rasmussen was entitled to two months' salary and the bonus he would have received had he won the tour.
Rasmussen, who has denied doping, has said he lied in the run up to the race because of personal problems.
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