Mirko Celestino

Mirko Celestino

Celestino at the 2005 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Full name	Mirko Celestino
Born	(1974-03-19) 19 March 1974 (age 50) Albenga, Italy
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road Mountain biking
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1996–2000	Team Polti
2001–2004	Saeco
2005	Domina Vacanze
2006–2007	Team Milram
Major wins
Stage races Settimana Coppi e Bartali (2003) One-day races and Classics Giro di Lombardia (1999) HEW Cyclassics (1999) Milano–Torino (2001, 2003) Giro dell'Emilia (1998) Tre Valli Varesine (2001) Others Trittico Lombardo (1998)
Medal record Representing  Italy Men's Mountain bike marathon World Championships 2010 Sankt Wendel Men's race 2011 Montello Men's race

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

Major results

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 Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

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

Grand Tour	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Giro d'Italia	—	DNF	—	74	—	—	—	—	—	34	—
Tour de France	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	—	DNF
Vuelta a España	73	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Legend

DSQ	Disqualified
DNF	Did not finish

External links

• Official website
• Mirko Celestino at Cycling Archives (archived)