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, , , , 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.

Road

 * 2006
 * National Under-23 Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg 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 MaillotDinamarca.svg Road race, National Championships
 * 2nd Colliers Classic
 * 5th Overall Tour de Bretagne
 * 6th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification


 * 2008
 * Tour of Qinghai Lake
 * 1st Jersey green.svg 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

Track

 * 2001
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Kilo
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Team pursuit
 * National Junior Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Kilo
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Sprint
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Team pursuit


 * 2002
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Kilo, National Championships
 * National Junior Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Kilo
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Points race
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Sprint
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Team pursuit
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Scratch, UCI World Junior Championships


 * 2003
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Kilo
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Team pursuit
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Individual pursuit, National Under-23 Championships
 * 3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Scratch, UEC European Under-23 Championships


 * 2004
 * UEC European Under-23 Championships
 * 1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Scratch
 * 2nd Silver medal europe.svg Madison (with Michael Berling)
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Individual pursuit
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Kilo
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Madison (with Michael Berling)
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Team pursuit
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Individual pursuit, National Under-23 Championships


 * 2005
 * 1st Rainbow Jersey Track.svg Scratch, UCI World Championships
 * UEC European Under-23 Championships
 * 1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)
 * 1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Scratch
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Individual pursuit
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Kilo
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Madison (with Michael Berling)
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Points race
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Team pursuit
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Individual pursuit, National Under-23 Championships


 * 2006
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Individual pursuit
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Kilo
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Team pursuit


 * 2007
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Individual pursuit
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Points race
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Team pursuit
 * 1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Michael Mørkøv)
 * 2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Championships


 * 2008
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Individual pursuit
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)
 * 1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Michael Mørkøv)
 * 2nd Silver medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Summer Olympics
 * UCI World Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal uci.svg Team pursuit
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Madison
 * 2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)


 * 2009
 * UCI World Championships
 * 1st Rainbow Jersey Track.svg Team pursuit
 * 1st Rainbow Jersey Track.svg Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Madison, National Championships (with Michael Mørkøv)
 * 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Michael Mørkøv)
 * 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)


 * 2010
 * 1st Rainbow Jersey Track.svg Scratch, UCI World Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg 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 Silver medal uci.svg 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)