Track cycling world champion Alex Rasmussen was cleared of charges connected to missed doping tests by the Denmark Sports Federation (Danmarks Sports Union) doping committee earlier today.

If the ruling stands, Rasmussen can compete next season for his new team, Garmin-Cervélo, and has a chance to participate in the 2012 London Olympics.

Rasmussen was suspended by his national cycling body and fired by his team HTC-Highroad in September, after missing three doping tests in 18 months.

He received two warnings from Denmark's anti-doping agency Anti-Doping Danmark and one from the International Cycling Union (UCI).

The sports federation said it cleared Rasmussen because the UCI didn't inform him about his third whereabouts violation until ten weeks after it happened.

According to the World Anti-Doping Agency's rules, Rasmussen should have been informed of the violation within fourteen days.

Officials with the UCI weren't immediately available for comment on whether they would appeal the Danish decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

"It is above all expectations. I am super happy. I hardly know what to say," Rasmussen told Danish news website spn.dk. "I will call a lot of people, and get the bikes back out again and move on."