Roger Swerts

Roger Swerts
Swerts c. 1973
Personal information
Full nameRoger Swerts
Born (1942-12-28) 28 December 1942 (age 82)
Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1965–1967Mercier-BP-Hutchinson
1968–1970Faema
1971–1973Molteni
1974–1975IJsboerke–Colner
1976Molteni–Campagnolo
1977Fiat
1978Old Lord's–Splendor–K.S.B.
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
4 TTT stages (19691972)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (1972)
1 TTT stage (1973)
Vuelta a España
5 individual stages (1973, 1974, 1975)
1 TTT stage (1973)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championship (1974)
Gent–Wevelgem (1972)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing  Belgium
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1965 San Sebastián Road race

Roger Swerts (born 28 December 1942) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. As an amateur he placed 18th in the individual road race at the 1964 Summer Olympics[1] and won a bronze medal at the 1965 UCI Road World Championships. He turned professional later in 1965.[2]

  1. ^ "Roger Swerts Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  2. ^ Roger Swerts at Cycling Archives (archived, or current page in French)

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