As most riders are having holiday now, there is little to write about. There is few races going on and therefore few interviews about racing and dreams. However, this is an interesting period of the year as we will find out who hires who, and what happens to the different teams. Who will receive WorldTour licence and what team will only exist on the paper and then disappear?

Next month, November, will also be interesting as we will most likely find out whether Alberto Contador will be suspended or not.

Also Danish rider Alex Rasmussen will have to wait another while to see if he faces sanction after receiving three warnings in an eighteen-month period for missing out of competition doping controls.

The Dane received two warnings from Anti-Doping Denmark in 2010 as he failed to compile his whereabouts form. This wouldn't have been a huge issue unless he had missed an out-of-competition test by the UCI in April of this year. And now he must wait until November 17 to know if he will be banned.

Rasmussen says that he missed the tests due to a lack of organisation on his part and not because he attempted to cheat.

Rasmussen had wished that the Danish Olympic Committee (DIF) would be able to reach a verdict in the next few days.

“The wait is a little annoying,” Rasmussen told sporten.tv2.dk. “The case is clear and I just want a decision so that I can move on. But unfortunately, DIF cannot assemble the people for consultation before then.”

If cleared, Rasmussen had already agreed to ride for Garmin-Cervélo for 2012 before he was informed about the three warnings. This means he doesn't have to worry about signing a contract if cleared, but Garmin-Cervélo could still have a problem with this, as they have a strict anti-doping stance and having missed three anti-doping controls don't sound like something they would like. The Garmin-Cervélo has earlier stated that it would not sign Rasmussen due to its “stringent” anti-doping policy, but since then Rasmussen claims that team manager Jonathan Vaughters will complete the signing if the Dane is cleared of wrongdoing.