Career
He shared the men"s sprint title with Adam Ptáčník and Denis Špička at the Czechoslovakian Track Cycling Championships, and later represented the Czechoslovakian Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics. On that same year, Babek also claimed the bronze medal in the 1 km time trial at the European Championships in Pruszków, Poland. Babek qualified for the Czechoslovakian squad in the men"s team sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving one of the team"s three available berths based on UCI"s selection process from the Track World Rankings.
Babek and his teammates Ptacnik and Spicka battled in an opening heat against the United States. trio of Michael Blatchford, Giddeon Massie, and Adam Duvendeck with an eleventh-place time in 45.678 and an average speed of 59.109 km/h, failing to advance further to the top eight match round.