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

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, ...

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

Anna Christian Anna Elizabeth Christian (born 6 August 1995) is a Manx racing cyclist, who currently rides for More Stories Tomorrow. She rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. Christian became British Junior Road Race Champion in 2013. In October 20 ...

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

Peter Kennaugh Peter Robert Kennaugh MBE (born 15 June 1989) is a Manx former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2019 for and . In 2012 he won the gold medal as part of the Great Britain Team Pursuit team at the 2012 Summ ...

. 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 UCI Track World Cup 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

Bradley Wiggins Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE (born 28 April 1980) is a British former professional road and track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016. He began his cycling career on the track, but later made the transition to r ...

aiming to prepare British riders for the

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at the 2016 Summer Olympics. 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 :

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::1st

Points classification ::1st Jersey polkadot

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

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(with

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

(with

Luke Rowe Luke Rowe (born 10 March 1990) is a Welsh racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Biography Born in Cardiff, Rowe began racing at a young age, initially riding with his parents on a tandem. He began to enjoy cycling and became a member o ...

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

Tour de Berlin The Tour de Berlin was a road bicycle race held annually between 1953 and 2016 in Germany. From 2007 to its demise, the race was organised as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing com ...

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

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

Owain Doull Owain Daniel Doull (born 2 May 1993) is a Welsh road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Doull specialises in the team pursuit on the track, and won a gold medal in the discipline at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro; ...

), UCI Track World Cup, London : 2nd Points race, National Track Championships : 2nd

Beaumont Trophy The Beaumont Trophy is a cycle road race first run in 1952. The Trophy was presented to the Gosforth Road Club by Rex Beaumont who was a local cycle wholesaler on Tyneside. The Gosforth Road Club had been created in July 1951 as an offshoot of ...

;2016 : 5th Overall

Tour Alsace The Tour Alsace (or Tour d'Alsace) is a 6-day road bicycle race held annually in Alsace, France. It was first held in 2004 and it is a 2.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Roa ...

: 6th Overall

Okolo Slovenska Okolo Slovenska ( en, Tour of Slovakia; french: Tour de Slovaquie) is an annual road cycling stage race in Slovakia. Founded in 1954, since 2017 it has been rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is a stage race that usually includes f ...

;2017 : 7th Overall

Tour de Yorkshire The Tour de Yorkshire is a road cycling race in the historic county of Yorkshire, England which first took place in May 2015. It is promoted by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and is rated as a 2.HC event as part of the UCI Europe Tour. ...

;2018 : 1st Jersey light blue

Mountains classification,

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;2019 : 3rd Overall

Tour of the Reservoir The Tour of the Reservoir is a two-day road bicycle race around the Derwent Reservoir, Northumberland in the north of England, part of the British Premier Calendar The British Cycling Premier Calendar Road Race Series is a season-long compe ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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