Rafał Ratajczyk (born 5 April 1983, in

Żyrardów Żyrardów is a town and former industrial hub in central Poland with approximately 41,400 inhabitants (2006). It is the capital of Żyrardów County in the Masovian Voivodeship, west of Warsaw. Etymology Żyrardów, initially a textile settleme ...

) is a Polish former professional

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Doping

In December 2009, he was banned by the Polish Cycling Association for half a year for doping. He tested positive for

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.Ratajczyk zawieszony na pół rok
2 December 2009

Career highlights

# 2002: 3rd in European Championship, Track, Scratch, U23, Buttgen (GER) # 2004: 1st in European Championship, Track, Points race, U23, Valencia # 2004: 2nd in European Championship, Track, Scratch, U23, Valencia # 2005: 1st in National Championship, Road, ITT, U23, Poland, Sobótka (POL) # 2006: 1st in Manchester, Scratch (GBR) # 2006: 1st in Sydney, Scratch (AUS) # 2006: 2nd in World Championship, Track, Points race, Elite, Bordeaux # 2006: 2nd in European Championship, Track, Omnium, Elite, Ballerup (DEN) # 2007: 1st in Manchester, Scratch (GBR) # 2007: 3rd in World Championship, Track, Scratch, Elite, Palma de Mallorca (SPA) # 2007: 2nd in Aigle, Points race (SUI) # 2007: 2nd in European Championship, Track, Omnium, Elite, Alkmaar # 2007: 3rd in UIV Cup Dortmund, U23 (GER) # 2008: 2nd in Los Angeles, Points race (USA) # 2011: 1st in

European Track Championships The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC) ...

, Points race, Elite, Apeldoorn (NL)

References

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* 1983 births Living people People from Żyrardów Polish male cyclists Polish track cyclists Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Poland Doping cases in cycling Cyclists from Masovian Voivodeship Polish sportspeople in doping cases 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-cycling-bio-stub