In a detailed interview with Danish public broadcaster DR, Michael Rasmussen claims that the entire Rabobank team was doped at the 2007 Tour de France. In an interview with Politiken, he also claims that a simple phone call would have been enough for him to win that year's edition of the world's biggest bike race.

Last week, Michael Rasmussen rocked the cycling world when excerpts from his autobiography Yellow Fever accused several prominent persons and institutions from the cycling world of malpractices in relation to doping. Bjarne Riis, Ryder Hesjedal, Nicki and Rolf Sørensen, Frank Høj, Dr. Geert Leinders and the UCI have all been dragged through the mud by the former Tour de France king of the mountains.

Yesterday, Danish public broadcaster DR aired an interview where the Dane elaborated on his accusations. In addition to confirming what has already been revealed, he accused the entire Rabobank team at the 2007 Tour de France of doping.

That year Rasmussen led the race until he was ejected from the event by his Rabobank team at a time when he had all but sealed the overall win after winning the queen stage to Col d'Aubisque. Having already admitted to his own misdemeanors and described how team doctor Geert Leinders had played a central role, he claims that all of his teammates - Denis Menchov, Michael Boogerd, Thomas Dekker, Bram De Groot, Grischa Niermann, Juan Antonio Flecha, Oscar Freire and Pieter Weening - were also involved in doping.

"Within the Rabobank team: 100% [used doping products]," he said. Not everyone took the same products, but all riders were on some form of doping provided by the team."

Rasmussen was taken out of the race by his team when it emerged that he had lied about his whereabouts to the UCI. His main problem was a statement by Italian commentator and former rider Davide Cassani who claimed to have met Rasmussen in Italy at a time when he had claimed to be in Mexico.

Rasmussen claims that he would have won the Tour if he had just given Cassani a simple phone call.

"If I had not met Cassani, I would have won the Tour de France - that's for sure," he told politiken.dk. "I am also annoyed about the fact that if I had just called him and said: 'Shut up'. He never would have said a word.

"He has been a professional for 15 years, so he knows the environment from the inside. And if I had asked him to keep quiet, well, he would have done it. He has even told me."

Despite his revelations, Rasmussen hopes that he will be able to continue his work in the cycling world. He is involved in the management of the Danish Christina Watches-Onfone continental team and plans to maintain that association in the future.

"When I lied, people criticized me. When riders admit, people criticize them for not telling everything. Now I tell everything," he explained. "Right now, I consider myself to be one of the most trustworthy people in cycling because now I can take the garbage out once and for all.

"And I still have the ambition to operate a team in the future. The last thing I want is to run it under the conditions that I have ridden under. I would not be able to live with running a team like Rabo."

Rasmussen's revelations form the basis of an investigation that is currently being conducted by the Danish anti-doping authorities.