Mirko Celestino

Celestino at the 2005 Giro d'Italia

Personal information

Full name

Mirko Celestino

Born

19 March 1974
Albenga, Italy

Team information

Current team

Retired

Discipline

Road

Role

Rider

Professional team(s)

1996–2000

Team Polti

2001–2004

Saeco Macchine per Caffè

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
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.

Major results

1996 – Polti: First year as a professional
1997 – Polti: -
1998 – Polti: 1st, Tour d'Emilie; 1st, Regio-Tour
1999 – Polti: 1st, Giro di Lombardia; 1st, HEW Cyclassics Cup; 1st, Coppa Placci
2000 – Polti: -
2001 – Saeco: 1st, Milano–Torino; 1st, Tre Valli Varesine; 1st, Trofeo Laigueglia
2002 – Saeco: 1st, Brixia Tour stage 2
2003 – Saeco: 1st, Milano–Torino; 1st overall, Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
2004 – Saeco Macchine per Caffè: 2nd overall and Stage 2 win, Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali; DNF, Tour de France
2005 – Domina Vacanze: 3rd, Amstel Gold Race; 3rd, Giro dell'Emilia
2006 – Team Milram: DNF, Tour de France

External links

Official website
Mirko Celestino profile at Cycling Archives

Giro di Lombardia winners

1900–1919	Giovanni Gerbi (1905) Cesare Brambilla (1906) Gustave Garrigou (1907) François Faber (1908) Giovanni Cuniolo (1909) Giovanni Micheletto (1910) Henri Pélissier (1911) Carlo Oriani (1912) Henri Pélissier (1913) Lauro Bordin (1914) Gaetano Belloni (1915) Leopoldo Torricelli (1916) Philippe Thys (1917) Gaetano Belloni (1918) Costante Girardengo (1919)

1920–1939	Henri Pélissier (1920) Costante Girardengo (1921–1922) Giovanni Brunero (1923–1924) Alfredo Binda (1925–1927) Gaetano Belloni (1928) Pietro Fossati (1929) Michele Mara (1930) Alfredo Binda (1931) Antonio Negrini (1932) Domenico Piemontesi (1933) Learco Guerra (1934) Enrico Mollo (1935) Gino Bartali (1936) Aldo Bini (1937) Cino Cinelli (1938) Gino Bartali (1939)

1940–1959	Gino Bartali (1940) Mario Ricci (1941) Aldo Bini (1942) (1943–1944, not held) Mario Ricci (1945) Fausto Coppi (1946–1949) Renzo Soldani (1950) Louison Bobet (1951) Giuseppe Minardi (1952) Bruno Landi (1953) Fausto Coppi (1954) Cleto Maule (1955) André Darrigade (1956) Diego Ronchini (1957) Nino Defilippis (1958) Rik Van Looy (1959)

1960–1979	Emile Daems (1960) Vito Taccone (1961) Jo de Roo (1962–1963) Gianni Motta (1964) Tom Simpson (1965) Felice Gimondi (1966) Franco Bitossi (1967) Herman Van Springel (1968) Jean-Pierre Monseré (1969) Franco Bitossi (1970) Eddy Merckx (1971–1972) Felice Gimondi (1973) Roger De Vlaeminck (1974) Francesco Moser (1975) Roger De Vlaeminck (1976) Gianbattista Baronchelli (1977) Francesco Moser (1978) Bernard Hinault (1979)

1980–1999	Alfons De Wolf (1980) Hennie Kuiper (1981) Giuseppe Saronni (1982) Sean Kelly (1983) Bernard Hinault (1984) Sean Kelly (1985) Gianbattista Baronchelli (1986) Moreno Argentin (1987) Charly Mottet (1988) Tony Rominger (1989) Gilles Delion (1990) Sean Kelly (1991) Tony Rominger (1992) Pascal Richard (1993) Vladislav Bobrik (1994) Gianni Faresin (1995) Andrea Tafi (1996) Laurent Jalabert (1997) Oscar Camenzind (1998) Mirko Celestino (1999)

2000–2019	Raimondas Rumšas (2000) Danilo Di Luca (2001) Michele Bartoli (2002–2003) Damiano Cunego (2004) Paolo Bettini (2005–2006) Damiano Cunego (2007–2008) Philippe Gilbert (2009–2010) Oliver Zaugg (2011) Joaquim Rodríguez (2012–2013) Dan Martin (2014) Vincenzo Nibali (2015)

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