Mario Scirea (; born 7 August 1964) is an Italian former

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Career

Scirea was a professional for 15 years, riding with six different teams throughout his career. He rode in 29

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between 1989 and 2004. He also rode in the team time trial event at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. From 1996 until the end of his career in 2004, he rode with

Mario Cipollini Mario Cipollini (; born 22 March 1967), often abbreviated to "Cipo", is a retired Italian professional road cyclist most noted for his sprinting ability, the longevity of his dominance (his first pro win came in 1988, his last in 2005; 170 p ...

and was a key member of Cipollini's legendary

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. Scirea's only major victory was in 1987, when he won the World Time Trial Team Championships with teammates Roberto Fortunato,

Eros Poli Eros Poli (born 6 August 1963 in Isola della Scala, Veneto) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist of the 1990s, notably employed as Mario Cipollini's lead-out man in bunch sprints. Biography Poli won the gold medal in the Team Time ...

and

Flavio Vanzella Flavio Vanzella (born 4 March 1964) is a former Italian professional road bicycle racer. He was professional in 1989 to 1998. He won 3 victories. In the 1994 Tour de France he wore the yellow jersey for 2 days. Other victories included a stage ...

. He also finished second in the same event the previous year. His only notable win as a professional was stage two of the

Hofbrau Cup The Schwabenbräu Cup (1988–1990), Hofbräu Cup (1992–1997) or Dekra Open (1999–2000) was a short professional multi-day cycling race held annually in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country i ...

in 1996.

Major results

;1986 : 2nd World Time Trial Team Championships ;1987 : 1st jersey rainbow

World Time Trial Team Championships (with Roberto Fortunato,

and

) ;1996 : 1st Stage 2

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* 1964 births Living people Italian male cyclists Olympic cyclists of Italy Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Cyclists from the Province of Bergamo UCI Road World Champions (elite men) {{Italy-cycling-bio-1960s-stub