Mirko Celestino
 Celestino at the 2005 Giro d'Italia | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mirko Celestino | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 March 1974 Albenga, Italy | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1996–2000 | Team Polti | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Saeco | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Domina Vacanze | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Team Milram | |||||||||||||||||
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Stage races
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Mirko Celestino (born 19 March 1974 in Albenga) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, specializing in the classic cycle races. His biggest career achievements to date include winning the monumental classic—Giro di Lombardia, the classic HEW Cyclassics and two-time winner of the semi-classic Milano–Torino. Since retiring from road racing, Celestino has been active in mountain bike racing, achieving a silver medal at the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships and a bronze medal at the 2011 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships.
Career achievements
[edit]Major results
[edit]- 1995
- 1st
Road race, European Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st GP Palio del Recioto
- 1996
- 4th Overall Regio-Tour
- 1997
- 2nd Coppa Placci
- 4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 6th Milan–San Remo
- 7th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 10th Paris–Brussels
- 1998
- 1st
Overall Regio-Tour
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 2nd Giro del Lazio
- 2nd Coppa Placci
- 2nd Paris–Brussels
- 2nd Gran Premio di Chiasso
- 2nd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
- 2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 3rd GP Industria Artigianato e Commercio Carnaghese
- 3rd GP Villafranca de Ordizia
- 6th Tre Valli Varesine
- 7th Milano–Torino
- 8th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 1999
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st HEW Cyclassics Cup
- 1st Coppa Placci
- 2nd Japan Cup Cycle Road Race
- 3rd Memorial Gastone Nencini
- 5th Giro del Lazio
- 8th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 9th Giro dell'Emilia
- 9th Paris–Brussels
- 2000
- 2nd Trofeo Pantalica
- 3rd Giro dell'Emilia
- 3rd Giro del Lazio
- 6th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
- 10th Overall Giro della Provincia di Lucca
- 2001
- 1st Milano–Torino
- 1st Tre Valli Varesine
- 1st Trofeo Laigueglia
- 6th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 2002
- 2nd Overall Brixia Tour
- 1st Stage 2
- 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 4th Gran Premio di Chiasso
- 5th Trofeo Pantalica
- 6th Giro di Toscana
- 6th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 7th GP Città di Camaiore
- 8th Coppa Sabatini
- 2003
- 1st
- 1st Milano–Torino
- 2nd Milan–San Remo
- 2nd Gran Premio di Chiasso
- 2nd Giro del Lazio
- 3rd Overall Brixia Tour
- 3rd Coppa Sabatini
- 5th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 5th HEW Cyclassics
- 5th Trofeo Melinda
- 7th GP de Fourmies
- 7th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 9th Coppa Placci
- 9th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 2004
- 2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
- 7th Tour du Haut Var
- 7th Gran Premio di Chiasso
- 9th Coppa Placci
- 9th Amstel Gold Race
- 2005
- 2nd Milano–Torino
- 3rd Amstel Gold Race
- 3rd Giro dell'Emilia
- 3rd Coppa Sabatini
- 4th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 4th GP Nobili Rubinetterie
- 8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 9th Züri Metzgete
- 10th Overall Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
- 2006
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd GP Città di Camaiore
- 3rd Milano–Torino
- 4th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 6th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 6th Giro del Lazio
- 6th Memorial Marco Pantani
- 7th Trofeo Laigueglia
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | DNF | — | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | — |
 Tour de France
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | DNF |
 Vuelta a España
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73 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| DNF | Did not finish |
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Mirko Celestino at Cycling Archives (archived)
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