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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 wa ...
. He is a two-time world team pursuit champion, winning the event in 1996 and 1997. He also competed at the 1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
and 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...
.
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 racing, six-day track cycling race held annually in Bassano del Grappa, Italy from 1986 to 1998. Two other editions took place in 2012 and 2013, but were only held over three days.
Winners
Ref ...
(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 OverallOlympia's Tour
The Olympia's Tour is a cycling stage race held in the Netherlands.
History
A.S.C. Olympia was founded in Amsterdam on 27 November 1898. It ran one-day races but wanted a race through all the Netherlands. The first Olympia's Tour was in 1909, wi ...
::1st Stage 2a
;1997
: 1st Gran 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
The Olympia's Tour is a cycling stage race held in the Netherlands.
History
A.S.C. Olympia was founded in Amsterdam on 27 November 1898. It ran one-day races but wanted a race through all the Netherlands. The first Olympia's Tour was in 1909, wi ...
::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 sportsmen 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-cycling-bio-1970s-stub