Kirk O'Bee

Kirk O'Bee
	O'Bee at the 2008 Tour de Taiwan
Personal information
Born	April 9, 1977 (age 47); Ada, Michigan
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
1999	Ikon–Lexus
Professional teams
1999	Mapei–Quick-Step (stagiaire)
2000	U.S. Postal Service
2001–2005	Navigators
2006–2008	Health Net–Maxxis
2009	Bissell

Kirk O'Bee (born April 9, 1977, in Ada, Michigan) is a former professional road racing cyclist from the United States. He won two national championships – in 1997 the USPRO pursuit championship, and in 2001 the USPRO criterium championship.

Doping[edit]

In 2002, O'Bee was suspended for a year after testing at the 2001 US championship showed an elevated testosterone-to-epitestosterone ratio.^[1] O'Bee said the positive drug test "resulted from a special training regimen recommended by his coach, which involved dietary supplements and exercise."^[2]

O'Bee was fired by the Bissell team on July 31, 2009, for a doping violation.^[3] On October 7, 2010, the United States Anti-Doping Agency handed O'Bee a lifetime ban for EPO usage. All results he obtained after October 3, 2005, were vacated.^[4]

Major results[edit]

1997: 1st – track pursuit,( United States National Pursuit Champion)
1999 Mapei - Quick Step: 1st – Hasselt-Spa-Hasselt; 1st – Lys Lez Lannoy; 1st – Dunquerke-Wacuhal (Espoir); 1st – two stages, Tour de Mosselle; 1st – points jersey, Tour de Mosselle
2000 – U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team
2001 – Navigators Insurance Cycling Team: 1st United States National Criterium Championships
2002 – Navigators Insurance Cycling Team: 1st – GP Pino Cerami; 1st – GP de la ville de Rennes; 1st, Sprint Competition – Sea Otter Classic
2003 – Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
2004 – Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
2005 – Navigators Insurance Cycling Team: 1st Overall – Tour de Delta; 1st Stage 4 – Cascade Classic; 1st Stage 6 – Cascade Classic; 1st Stage 2 – Tour de Delta; 1st – Tour de White Rock Road Race; 1st Overall – Canada Cup Road Race Series; KOM – Ronde van Drenthe; KOM – Tour de White Rock; 2nd – Ronde van Drenthe; 5th – USPRO Championship
2006 – Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis: ~~1st overall – Tour de Taiwan~~; ~~1st, Stage 5 – Tour de Taiwan~~
2007 – Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis: ~~1st stage 2 – Nature Valley Grand Prix~~; ~~1st stage 4 – Nature Valley Grand Prix~~; ~~1st stage 5 – Cascade Classic~~; ~~1st – Tour de Gastown~~; ~~1st – Giro di Burnaby~~; ~~1st United States National Criterium Championships~~