Michael Rasmussen has been ordered by the Dutch court to repay his former employers nearly all of the EUR 715,000 he had won from it in 2008 in an action he brought for wrongful dismissal. He had been dismissed by Rabobank despite being in the maillot jaune after it emerged he had lied about his whereabouts prior to the 2007 Tour. Harro Knijff advised the Rabo Cycling team on this matter.