Ondřej Sosenka

Ondřej Sosenka (born 9 December 1975) 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 in one hour.

Biography Sosenka was known as one of the largest professional cyclists competing in Europe. Standing tall, he weighs and rides a track bicycle with 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 Sosenka was excluded from the 2001 Peace Race after failing a hematocrit test prior to the event and received a two week ban.

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.

Major results

1997 1st Stage 3 Hessen-Rundfahrt 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs 1998 National Road Championships

3rd Road race 1999

2000

1st Stage 10 Peace Race 2001

1st Stage 8

1st Stage 4b 2002 National Road Championships

3rd Road 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 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

2nd Time trial

1st Stage 8 (ITT) 3rd Firenze–Pistoia 10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos 10th Milano–Torino 2005

1st Chrono des Nations 1st Stage 3b (ITT) Tour of Belgium 5th Overall International UNIQA Classic 1st Prologue 2006

1st Duo Normand (with Radek Blahut) 2007 9th Duo Normand (with Jan Novák)