Mario Scirea

Italian cyclist

Mario Scirea

Personal information
Born|  (1964-08-07) 7 August 1964 (age 60)
Oltre il Colle, Italy
Team information
Current team| Retired
Discipline| Road
Role| Rider
Professional teams
1989| Café de Colombia
1990–1993| Chateau d'Ax–Salotti
1994–1995| Team Polti–Vaporetto
1996–2001| Saeco–AS Juvenes San Marino
2002| Acqua & Sapone
2003–2004| Domina Vacanze–Elitron

Mario Scirea (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmaːrjo ʃʃiˈrɛːa]; born 7 August 1964) is an Italian former racing cyclist.

## Career

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Scirea was a professional for 15 years, riding with six different teams throughout his career. He rode in 29 Grand Tours between 1989 and 2004.[1][2] He also rode in the team time trial event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[3] From 1996 until the end of his career in 2004, he rode with Mario Cipollini and was a key member of Cipollini's legendary sprint train.

Scirea's only major victory was in 1987, when he won the World Time Trial Team Championships with teammates Roberto Fortunato, Eros Poli and Flavio Vanzella. 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 in 1996.

## Major results

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1986
2nd World Time Trial Team Championships
1987
1st  World Time Trial Team Championships (with Roberto Fortunato, Eros Poli and Flavio Vanzella)
1996
1st Stage 2 Hofbrau Cup

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour | 1989  | 1990  | 1991  | 1992  | 1993  | 1994  | 1995  | 1996  | 1997  | 1998  | 1999  | 2000  | 2001  | 2002  | 2003  | 2004

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Giro d'Italia | 131 | —  | 105 | —  | 115 | 85 | 102 | 95 | DNF | 61 | 67 | 56 | 121 | 109 | 84 | 121
Tour de France | DNF | —  | —  | 107 | 120 | DNF | 98 | DNF | —  | DNF | DNF | DNF | —  | —  | —  | —
Vuelta a España | —  | 117 | 106 | 112 | —  | —  | DNF | —  | 113 | —  | —  | —  | —  | DNF | —  | —
Legend  —  | Did not compete

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DNF | Did not finish

## References

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1. ^ "Mario Scirea". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
2. ^ "Mario Scirea". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
3. ^ "Mario Scirea". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

## External links

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* Mario Scirea at Cycling Archives
* Mario Scirea at ProCyclingStats
* Mario Scirea at CycleBase
* Mario Scirea at Olympedia

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