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Cristiano Citton (born 25 October 1974) is an Italian former
track cyclist
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it ...
. He is a two-time world team pursuit champion, winning the event in 1996 and 1997. He also competed at the 1996
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and 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...
.
Major results
;1996 : 1st Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
, World Track Championships
;1997
: 1st Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
, World Track Championships
: 1st Six Days of Bassano del Grappa
The Six Days of Bassano del Grappa was a six-day track cycling race held annually in Bassano del Grappa, Italy
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(with Andrea Colinelli)
;1998
: 3rd Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
, World Track Championships
: World Cup Classics
::1st Team pursuit, Hyères
;1999
: World Cup Classics
::2nd Team pursuit, Fiorenzuola d'Arda
::3rd Team pursuit, Valencia
;2000
: World Cup Classics
::1st Team pursuit, Turin
Road
;1996 : 1st Overall Olympia's Tour ::1st Stage 2a ;1997 : 1stGran Premio della Liberazione
Gran Premio della Liberazione is an Italian road bicycle race that has been held annually on 25 April since 1946. It marks the anniversary of the 1945 fall of Benito Mussolini's Italian Social Republic. It is a Single-day race that is rated 1.2 ...
: 3rd Overall Olympia's Tour
::1st Stage 3b
References
External links
* 1974 births Living people Italian male cyclists Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Italy UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Cyclists from the Province of Vicenza Italian track cyclists 20th-century Italian people 21st-century Italian people {{Italy-cycling-bio-1970s-stub