Ondřej Sosenka
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
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
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
- 1997
- 1st Stage 3 Hessen-Rundfahrt
- 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 1998
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 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 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 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
References
- ^ Czech cyclist Ondrej Sosenka tests positive
External links
- Official webpage Ondřej Sosenka
- Ondřej Sosenka at Cycling Archives
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Preceded by | UCI hour record (49.700 km) 19 July 2005 – 18 September 2014 | Succeeded by |
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- Jerzy Lipiński (1933)
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- Bolesław Napierała (1939)
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- Andrzej Mierzejewski (1984)
- Marek Leśniewski (1985)
- Marek Kulas (1986)
- Zbigniew Piątek (1987)
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- Marek Wrona (1989)
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- Johan Vansummeren (2007)
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- Dan Martin (2010)
- Peter Sagan (2011)
- Moreno Moser (2012)
- Pieter Weening (2013)
- Rafał Majka (2014)
- Ion Izagirre (2015)
- Tim Wellens (2016)
- Dylan Teuns (2017)
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