Mark Peter Christian (born 20 November 1990) is a Manx former

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, who last rode for

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. A former member of the Great Britain Olympic Development Program, Christian won a bronze medal for the Isle of Man at the

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in the Scratch Race. He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Anna Christian.

Professional background

In 2007, Christian was signed to the British Olympic Development Program. In 2008, he won the Junioren Rundfahrt in Germany, and picked up a number of medals at the European Track Championships. In February 2009, Christian was selected for

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at the World Cup in Copenhagen. Later that month, he picked up the British Madison title in Manchester, alongside fellow Manxman

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. In July, he won silver in the under-23 team pursuit and bronze in the under-23 points race at the European Track Championships in Belarus. In 2010, Christian was confirmed as part of the Isle of Man squad for the

. On 6 October, he finished third in the final of the 40 km Points race in Delhi to win the bronze medal. He also reached the final of the scratch race at the Commonwealth Games, finishing sixth. Christian began 2011 at the

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in Beijing. He picked up a bronze medal as part of the team pursuit. In November 2011, Christian signed for professional UCI team . Christian won the British Madison title for the 3rd time in January 2012, alongside Simon Yates. He joined for the 2013 season. In 2015 Christian moved to the new team set up by

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aiming to prepare British riders for the

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at the

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. Christian joined the squad for its inaugural season in 2017. He was named in the startlist for the

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Major results

;2008 : National Junior Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Individual pursuit ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Points race : Junior Tour of Wales ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification ;2009 : National Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Madison (with

) ::3rd Scratch ;2010 : National Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Madison (with

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) ::3rd Points race : 7th ZLM Tour : 8th Overall

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;2011 : 3rd Points race, National Track Championships ;2012 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

Madison (with Simon Yates), National Track Championships ;2014 : 1st Madison (with

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, London : 2nd Points race, National Track Championships : 2nd Beaumont Trophy ;2016 : 5th Overall

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: 6th Overall

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;2017 : 7th Overall

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;2018 : 1st Jersey light blue

Mountains classification,

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;2019 : 3rd Overall

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Christian, Mark 1990 births Living people Manx male cyclists British male cyclists Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for the Isle of Man People from Douglas, Isle of Man Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games 21st-century British sportsmen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in cycling