Ondřej Sosenka

Who is Ondřej Sosenka?

Ondřej Sosenka is a Czech professional cyclist and rides for the UCI Professional Continental team PSK Whirlpool-Author. He won the Peace Race in 2002. He broke the nine-year old UCI hour record on July 19, 2005 in Moscow, Russia, riding 49.7 kilometres in one hour.

Sosenka was known as one of the largest professional cyclists competing in Europe. Standing 200 centimetres tall, he weighs 83 to 90 kilograms and rides a track bicycle with 190 millimetres 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.