In his autobiography, Michael Rasmussen claims to have been told that Lance Armstrong was seen crying when the press had asked him too many doping questions. As opposed to this, Rasmussen was not the least bothered by the many critical questions he faced himself.

Until now, Michael Rasmussen's autobiography Yellow Fever has mostly drawn attention because of its many doping allegations but now the book has taken the headlines because of its exposure of a surprisingly emotional Lance Armstrong. Rasmussen claims that the American was seen crying in the doping after having been met with a shower of doping questions by the press.

Shortly after winning the stage to the Col d'Aubisuqe in the 2007 Tour de France, Rasmussen had to answer a flurry of such questions.

"'They were pretty harsh out there," one of the doping controllers said. Another one told me how Lance Armstrong had been crying in the doping van because the press had been disgusting. I was pretty surprised to hear that. Armstrong crying? He had always seemed to be completely unaffected by the criticism of the journalists," Rasmussen writes in his book.

As opposed to this, Rasmussen himself wasn't too bothered by the many critical questions. After the control, he was transported back to the hotel in helicopter and spent the time wondering if he would now be able to buy the Ferrari 599 he had always dreamt about, instead of the cheaper 430s he had had until that point.

Rasmussen's book was released in Denmark today.