Rabobank to pull out of cycling
Friday 19 October 2012 16:07, UK
Dutch company Rabobank is to end its sponsorship of its professional cycling teams in the wake of the Lance Armstrong drugs scandal.
The Rabobank team have claimed 23 Tour de France stage wins since their sponsorship began in 1996, most recently by Sanchez in Saint-Flour in 2011. They looked set for overall victory in 2007 when Michael Rasmussen won nine stages, but the Dane was then withdrawn from the race and sacked by the team after lying about his whereabouts when he missed drug tests.
