Ondřej Sosenka
 Ondřej Sosenka, 2004 Tour de Pologne | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ondřej Sosenka |
| Born | 9 December 1975 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb; 12 st 13 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road, track |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2000 | PSK–Unit Expert |
| 2001–2003 | CCC |
| 2004–2006 | Acqua e Sapone |
| 2007 | CK Pribram Bei |
| 2008 | PSK Whirlpool–Author |
| Major wins | |
| Hour record 2005 until 2014 | |
Ondřej Sosenka (born 9 December 1975 in Prague) is a Czech professional cyclist who last rode for the UCI Professional Continental team PSK Whirlpool-Author. He won the Peace Race in 2002. He broke the five-year-old UCI hour record on 19 July 2005 in Moscow, Russia, riding 49.7 kilometres (30.9 mi) in one hour.
Biography
[edit]Sosenka was known as one of the largest professional cyclists competing in Europe. Standing 200 cm (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in) tall, he weighs 83 to 90 kg (183 to 198 lb) and rides a track bicycle with 190 mm (7.5 in) cranks. For his 2005-hour record attempt, he used a custom carbon fiber bicycle manufactured by Francesco Moser cycles.
In 2006, he won the Czech Republic national time trial championships and following this the two-man time trial Duo Normand with Radek Blahut.
Doping
[edit]In June 2008, he tested positive for the banned stimulant methamphetamine and its metabolites during his national time trial championships, and received a suspension which ended his career.[1]
Major results
[edit]- 1997
- 1st Stage 3 Hessen-Rundfahrt
- 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 1998
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 1999
- 1st
Overall Okolo Slovenska - 2000
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Stage 10 Peace Race
- 2001
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Tour de Pologne
- 1st Stage 8
- 1st Overall Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques
- 1st Stage 4b
- 2002
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 1st Overall Peace Race
- 1st Stages 4 & 10
- 1st Stage 5 Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques
- 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 5th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 1st Stage 8
- 2003
- 1st Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 1st Stages 4 & 5 (ITT)
- 2nd Overall Peace Race
- 1st Stage 4
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 9th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 2004
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour de Pologne
- 1st Stage 8 (ITT)
- 3rd Firenze–Pistoia
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 10th Milano–Torino
- 2005
- Hour record:
49.700 km - 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Chrono des Nations
- 1st Stage 3b (ITT) Tour of Belgium
- 5th Overall International UNIQA Classic
- 1st Prologue
- 2006
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Duo Normand (with Radek Blahut)
- 2007
- 9th Duo Normand (with Jan Novák)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Official webpage Ondřej Sosenka
- Ondřej Sosenka at Cycling Archives (archive)
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