Mirko Celestino is an Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 former professional road racing cyclist, specializing in the classic cycle races

Classic cycle races

The classic cycle races are one-day professional cycling road races in the international calendar. Most of the events, all run in western Europe, have been fixtures on the professional calendar for decades and the oldest ones date back to the 19th Century. They are normally held at roughly the same...

. 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.

Major achievements

1996 – Polti

First year as a professional

1997 – Polti
1998 – Polti

1st, Tour d'Emilie

1st, Regio-Tour

Regio-Tour

The Regio-Tour is a multi-stage road bicycle race held between France, Switzerland and Germany. It was first held in 1985 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour...

1999 – Polti

1st, Giro di Lombardia

1st, HEW Cyclassics Cup

1st, Coppa Placci

Coppa Placci

The Coppa Placci is a semi classic European bicycle race held between Imola, Italy and San Marino. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour....

2000 – Polti
2001 – Saeco

1st, Milano–Torino

1st, Trois Vallées Varésines

1st, Trofeo Laigueglia

Trofeo Laigueglia

The Trofeo Laigueglia is an early season road bicycle race held annually in Liguria, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is held about ten days after the opening to the Italian season, the Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi.-Palmarès:...

2002 – Saeco

1st, Brixia Tour stage 2

2003 – Saeco

1st, Milano–Torino

1st overall, Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali

2004 –

2nd overall and Stage 2 win, Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali

DNF, Tour de France

2004 Tour de France

The 2004 Tour de France was the 91st, taking place from July 3 to July 25, 2004. It consisted of 20 stages over 3391 km.Lance Armstrong became the first to win six Tours de France. Armstrong had been favored to win, his competitors seen as being German Jan Ullrich, Spaniards Roberto Heras and...

2005 – Domina Vacanze

Domina Vacanze

Domina Vacanze is a hotel group based in Italy. They are best known for the professional cycling team they sponsored. For the 2005 season the team competed in the 2005 UCI ProTour however they didn't have the budget of the other teams and produced very few wins...

3rd, Amstel Gold Race

3rd, Giro dell'Emilia

Giro dell'Emilia

The Giro dell'Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is considered one of the most important classic bicycle races in Italy....

2006 – Team Milram

Team MILRAM

Team Milram was a German pro cycling team, participating at the UCI ProTour.The pro cycling team was founded in the beginning of 2006, taking over the UCI ProTeam license of Team Domina Vacanze. The main sponsor is the Milram brand of the Bremen based Nordmilch company...

DNF, Tour de France

2006 Tour de France

The 2006 Tour de France was the 93rd Tour de France, taking place from July 1 to July 23, 2006. It was won by Óscar Pereiro following the disqualification of apparent winner Floyd Landis....

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