Roy Sentjens

Roy Sentjens (born 15 December 1980) is a retired Belgian road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2013. Sentjens has also previously competed for UCI ProTour team. The highlight of his career was victory in the Belgian semi-classic Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne in 2003. Sentjens started his career with in 2002, and transferred to Predictor-Lotto for the 2007 season. Sentjens held dual citizenship, from both Belgium and the Netherlands, and from 2002 until 2004 raced under a Dutch licence. However, in 2005, he changed to a Belgian license as he felt more Belgian than Dutch.

Career
The largest win of Sentjens' career, was also his first. At the 2003 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, he attacked with 2km to leaving his four companions behind. He held them off to win by 19 seconds.

After being selected to ride the 2010 Vuelta a España did not start stage 12 after a positive doping test came to light.

Doping
On 8 September 2010, while he was riding the 2010 Vuelta a España, it was announced that Sentjens had failed an out of competition doping control and would be suspended from cycling. On 10 September, Sentjens admitted to having doped with EPO that he had obtained in Barcelona, Spain, and declined to request the testing of his B-sample. He also announced his immediate retirement from professional cycling. He later reversed his decision to retire, and returned to cycling when the ban had expired.

Speaking about his decision to dope, Sentjens explained on his personal website: "My season was already a disaster. I did everything I could but I didn’t meet up to my own expectations. I couldn’t sleep anymore, thinking all the time how in the hell I could still improve, I did everything. But even that did not help and I fell into a depression."

Major results
Sources:


 * 1999
 * 9th Ronde van Overijssel


 * 2000
 * 6th Omloop der Kempen


 * 2001
 * 1st Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
 * 8th Overall Ster Elektrotoer


 * 2002
 * 2nd Nationale Sluitingsprijs


 * 2003
 * 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
 * 4th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
 * 5th Le Samyn
 * 5th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
 * 10th OZ Tour Beneden-Maas


 * 2004
 * 1st Profronde van Fryslan
 * 5th Grand Prix Rudy Dhaenens
 * 7th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
 * 8th Overall Tour of Belgium
 * 10th Scheldeprijs


 * 2005
 * 5th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
 * 6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
 * 6th Noord Nederland Tour
 * 7th Omloop Het Volk
 * 9th Overall Three Days of De Panne
 * 9th Overall Danmark Rundt


 * 2006
 * 1st Grote Prijs Gerrie Knetemann
 * 4th Noord Nederland Tour
 * 4th Tour de Rijke
 * 6th Grand Prix de Wallonie
 * 10th Overall Tour de Luxembourg


 * 2007
 * 1st Druivenkoers Overijse
 * 2nd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
 * 5th Overall Tour de Picardie
 * 6th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
 * 10th Delta Profronde van Midden-Zeeland


 * 2008
 * 1st Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem


 * 2009
 * 3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie
 * 4th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
 * 5th Le Samyn
 * 6th Omloop van het Houtland


 * 2010
 * 8th Dutch Food Valley Classic


 * 2012
 * 9th Münsterland Giro


 * 2013
 * 5th Beverbeek Classic
 * 8th Ronde van Drenthe