Rasmussen hits the road with Garmin

Denmark's four-time track cycling world champion Alex Rasmussen signed a two year contract with the Garmin road race team, the American outfit announced on Wednesday. The 27-year-old - twice a world champion in scratch (2005 and 2010) and who took gold in Madison and Team pursuit in the 2009 championships - has failed to translate his success on the track to road racing since he turned professional in 2009. Rasmussen's best results have been two stage wins in last year's Four Days to Dunkirk race for Team Saxo Bank. However, his team for this season HTC-Highroad announced last week it was folding at the end of the year having failed to find a backer.