Ondřej Cink

Ondřej Cink
Ondřej Cink at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born (1990-12-07) 7 December 1990 (age 33)
Rokycany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Current teamKross Orlen Racing Team
DisciplineMountain biking and road
RoleRider
Rider typeCross-country, Climber[1]
Professional teams
2009–2016Merida Biking
2017Bahrain–Merida
2018Primaflor–Mondraker–Rotor
2019–Kross Racing Team
Medal record
Representing  Czech Republic
Men's mountain bike racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Saalfelden-Leogang Under-23 Cross-country
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Vallnord Cross-country
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Mont Sainte-Anne Team relay

Ondřej Cink (Czech pronunciation: [ˈondr̝ɛj ˈtsɪŋk]; born 7 December 1990) is a Czech cross-country mountain biker and road racing cyclist.[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's cross-country at Hadleigh Farm, finishing in 14th place. He finished in the same position at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]

In October 2016 Bahrain–Merida announced that Cink would join them and switch to road racing for the 2017 season.[4] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.[5] Cink returned to mountain biking for the 2018 season, with Primaflor–Mondraker–Rotor.[6] He was on the start list for the 2018 Cross-country European Championship and he finished 10th.

Major results

Mountain bike

2010
3rd Team relay, UCI World Championships
2012
1st Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
1st Cross-country, European Under-23 Championships
2013
1st Cross-country, National Championships
3rd Team relay, UEC European Championships
2015
1st Cross-country, National Championships
3rd Cross-country, UCI World Championships
2016
3rd Cross-country, UEC European Championships
2019
1st Cross-country, National Championships
2020
1st Cross-country, National Championships
2021
1st Cross-country, National Championships
3rd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
2nd Leogang
2nd Les Gets
3rd Snowshoe
2022
1st Cross-country, National Championships
2023
1st Haiming
UCI XCO World Cup
3rd Leogang

Road

2017
9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2017
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia
A yellow jersey Tour de France DNF
A red jersey Vuelta a España
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ^ Fletcher, Patrick (9 November 2016). "Ondrej Cink: The accidental WorldTour pro". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Ondrej Cink". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 28 August 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Men's Cross-country". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Cink signs with Bahrain Merida". cyclingnews.com. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  5. ^ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. ^ PMRA Racing Team [@PMRARacingTeam] (1 January 2018). "¡Año nuevo, maillot nuevo! Ondrej Cink nos muestra los colores que utilizaremos durante esta temporada 2018 👕 🇬🇧 New year, new jersey! Ondrej Cink shows us the colors we will use during this season 2018" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 January 2018 – via Twitter.