Mirko Celestino
Mirko Celestino at the Giro d'Italia 2005 | |
To person | |
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Date of birth | March 19, 1974 |
nation | Italy |
discipline | Road , mountain bike |
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Current team | MTB national team Italy |
function | National coach |
Most important successes | |
Last updated: February 11, 2017 |
Mirko Celestino (born March 19, 1974 in Albenga ) is a former Italian cyclist who was successful in road cycling and mountain biking . Following his active career, he became the Italian national mountain bike trainer.
Career
In 1995 Celestino was U23 European champion in road racing . In the 1996 season, Celestino received his first regular contract with an international cycling team with Team Polti , after he had already been a stagiaire there the previous year . He celebrated his first international elite success in 1998 in Germany as stage and overall winner of the Regio Tour . Among his greatest career successes on the road to victory in the included HEW Cyclassics in 1999, the classic Tour of Lombardy and the half classic Milan-Turin in 2001 and 2003. Another important position he achieved in the 2005 season and was the ProTour -race Amstel Gold Race third behind Danilo Di Luca and Michael Boogerd .
After finishing his career as a road cyclist at the end of 2007, Celestino switched to mountain biking. There he was able to achieve quick successes, especially in the marathon : in 2010 he won the silver medal at the world championships and in 2011 the bronze medal.
In 2017 Celestino took over the role of the Italian national mountain bike trainer.
successes
- 1995
- 1998
- Overall ranking and a stage Regio Tour
- 1999
- 2001
- 2002
- one stage Brixia Tour
- 2003
- Overall ranking Settimana Internazionale
- Milan – Turin
- 2004
- a stage Settimana Internazionale
- 2009
- 2010
- MTB marathon world championships
- European Championship - MTB Marathon
- 2011
- Italian champion - MTB marathon
- MTB marathon world championships
Teams
- 1995 Team Polti (Stagiaire)
- 1996–2000 Team Polti
- 2001 Saeco
- 2002 Saeco-Longoni Sport
- 2003-2004 Saeco
- 2005 Domina Vacanze
- 2006-2007 Team Milram
Individual evidence
- ↑ Italia MTB. Mirko Celestino nuovo CT. tuttobiciweb.it, February 10, 2017, accessed on February 11, 2017 (Italian).
Web links
- Mirko Celestino in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Mirko Celestino in the database of CycleBase.nl
- Mirko Celestino in the Tour de France database(French / English )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Celestino, Mirko |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1974 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Albenga , Italy |