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.

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Alex Rasmussen

Rasmussen at the 2010 Four Days of Dunkirk
Personal information
Full name	Alex Nicki Rasmussen
Born	(1984-06-09) 9 June 1984 (age 39) Svendborg, Southern Denmark, Denmark
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time trialist
Amateur teams
2007	Odense Energi
2008	Team Designa Køkken
Professional teams
2009–2010	Team Saxo Bank
2011	HTC–Highroad
2012–2013	Garmin–Barracuda
2014	Riwal Cycling Team
2015	Team TreFor–Blue Water
2016	Team ColoQuick–Cult
Major wins
Road Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 2 TTT stages (2011, 2012) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2007) Track Madison, World Championships (2009) Scratch, World Championships (2005, 2010) Team pursuit, World Championships (2009)
Medal record Representing  Denmark Men's track cycling Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team pursuit World Championships 2005 Los Angeles Scratch 2009 Pruszków Madison 2009 Pruszków Team pursuit 2010 Ballerup Scratch 2008 Manchester Team pursuit 2014 Cali Team Pursuit 2007 Palma de Mallorca Team pursuit 2008 Manchester Madison

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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.^[1] However, on 17 November, Rasmussen was cleared of the charges due to a procedural error on the part of the UCI.^[2] His previously signed contract with Garmin–Barracuda for the 2012 season, nullified upon news of the whereabouts violations, was again honored.^[3] 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.^[4][5]

On 19 March 2013, Garmin–Sharp re-signed Rasmussen for the remainder of the 2013 season.^[6][7] Rasmussen left Garmin–Sharp following the 2013 season,^[8] and subsequently announced plans to re-enter track cycling.^[9] Rasmussen joined Riwal Cycling Team for the 2014 season.^[10]