Alex Nicki Rasmussen (born 9 June 1984) is a Danish former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2016 for the , , , , and 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 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 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 squad was also terminated.

On 19 March 2013, re-signed Rasmussen for the remainder of the 2013 season. Rasmussen left following the 2013 season, and subsequently announced plans to re-enter track cycling. Rasmussen joined for the 2014 season.

Major results

Road

1. 2006

2. National Under-23 Championships

   1. 1st Time trial

   2. 3rd Road race

   1st Overall Tour de Berlin

   1. 1st Stages 2 & 3 (ITT)

   3rd GP Herning

3. 9th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Championships

4. 2007

5. 1st Road race, National Championships

6. 2nd Colliers Classic

7. 5th Overall Tour de Bretagne

8. 6th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne

   1. 1st Points classification

   2008

9. Tour of Qinghai Lake

   1. 1st Points classification

   2. 1st Prologue, Stages 1, 3 & 9

   1st Stage 3 Ronde de l'Oise

10. 3rd Rogaland GP

11. 4th Duo Normand (with Jens-Erik Madsen)

12. 2009

13. 2nd Time trial, National Championships

14. 4th Giro del Capo Challenge 4

15. 4th Profronde van Fryslan

16. 2010

17. 1st GP Herning

18. Four Days of Dunkirk

    1. 1st Stages 1 & 3

    1st Stage 4 (ITT) Vuelta a Andalucía

19. 2nd Time trial, National Championships

20. 10th Designa Grand Prix

21. 2011

22. 1st Philadelphia International Championship

23. 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia

24. 4th Time trial, National Championships

25. 2012

26. 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Giro d'Italia

27. 2nd Grand Prix de Denain

28. 2013

29. 1st Stage 1 Bayern–Rundfahrt

30. 4th Time trial, National Championships

31. 2014

32. Dookoła Mazowsza

    1. 1st Stages 3 & 4

    2nd Skive–Løbet

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Track

1. 2001

2. National Championships

   1. 1st Kilo

   2. 1st Team pursuit

   National Junior Championships

   1. 1st Kilo

   2. 1st Sprint

   3. 1st Team pursuit

   2002

3. 1st Kilo, National Championships

4. National Junior Championships

   1. 1st Kilo

   2. 1st Points race

   3. 1st Sprint

   4. 1st Team pursuit

   3rd Scratch, UCI World Junior Championships

5. 2003

6. National Championships

   1. 1st Kilo

   2. 1st Team pursuit

   1st Individual pursuit, National Under-23 Championships

7. 3rd Scratch, UEC European Under-23 Championships

8. 2004

9. UEC European Under-23 Championships

   1. 1st Scratch

   2. 2nd Madison (with Michael Berling)

   National Championships

   1. 1st Individual pursuit

   2. 1st Kilo

   3. 1st Madison (with Michael Berling)

   4. 1st Team pursuit

   1st Individual pursuit, National Under-23 Championships

10. 2005

11. 1st Scratch, UCI World Championships

12. UEC European Under-23 Championships

    1. 1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)

    2. 1st Scratch

    National Championships

    1. 1st Individual pursuit

    2. 1st Kilo

    3. 1st Madison (with Michael Berling)

    4. 1st Points race

    5. 1st Team pursuit

    1st Individual pursuit, National Under-23 Championships

13. 2006

14. National Championships

    1. 1st Individual pursuit

    2. 1st Kilo

    3. 1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)

    4. 1st Team pursuit

    2007

15. National Championships

    1. 1st Individual pursuit

    2. 1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)

    3. 1st Points race

    4. 1st Team pursuit

    1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Michael Mørkøv)

16. 2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)

17. 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

18. 2008

19. National Championships

    1. 1st Individual pursuit

    2. 1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)

    1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Michael Mørkøv)

20. 2nd Team pursuit, Summer Olympics

21. UCI World Championships

    1. 2nd Team pursuit

    2. 3rd Madison

    2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)

22. 2009

23. UCI World Championships

    1. 1st Team pursuit

    2. 1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)

    1st Madison, National Championships (with Michael Mørkøv)

24. 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Michael Mørkøv)

25. 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)

26. 2010

27. 1st Scratch, UCI World Championships

28. 1st Madison, National Championships (with Michael Mørkøv)

29. 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)

30. 3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Michael Mørkøv)

31. 3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Michael Mørkøv)

32. 2011

33. 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)

34. 2012

35. 2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)

36. 2014

37. 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

38. 2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)

39. 3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Michael Mørkøv)

40. 2015

41. 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)

42. 2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Michael Mørkøv)

43. 2016

44. 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Jesper Mørkøv)

References

External links

• Cycling Base: Alex Rasmussen

• Cycling Quotient: Alex Rasmussen