Ondřej Sosenka

Ondřej Sosenka
	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) 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

Sosenka was excluded from the 2001 Peace Race after failing a hematocrit test prior to the event and received a two week ban.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3]