# 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 Team Milram. The highlight of his career was victory in the Belgian semi-classic Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne in 2003. Sentjens started his career with Rabobank 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 2 km 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