Roger Swerts
Belgian cyclist
![]() Swerts c. 1973 | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Roger Swerts | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1942-12-28) 28 December 1942 (age 81) Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||
Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
1966 | Mercier-BP-Hutchinson | ||||||||||||||
1967 | Faema | ||||||||||||||
1968–1969 | Faemino | ||||||||||||||
1970–1971 | Molteni | ||||||||||||||
1972–1975 | IJsboerke-Colner | ||||||||||||||
1976 | Molteni-Campagnolo | ||||||||||||||
1977 | Fiat | ||||||||||||||
1978 | Old Lords-Splendor-KSB | ||||||||||||||
Major wins | |||||||||||||||
Belgian National Road Race Champion (1974) Züri-Metzgete (1969) Giro d'Italia, 2 stages Vuelta a España, 5 stages | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
Palmarès
- 1964
- 1st, Stage 10, Tour de l'Avenir
- 1965
- 3rd, World Road Race Championships
- 1968
- 1st, Stage 6, Volta a Catalunya
- 1969
- 1st, Züri-Metzgete
- 1971
- 1st, Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 1972
- 1st, Gent–Wevelgem
- 1st, Grand Prix de Forli
- 1st, Grand Prix des Nations
- 1st, Trofeo Baracchi
- 1st, Stage 14, Giro d'Italia
- 1st, Overall, Tour of Belgium
- 1st, Stages 4 & 5b
- 1973
- 1st, Druivenkoers Overijse
- 1st, Prologue, Giro d'Italia
- 1st, Stage 5b, Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st, Stage 2, Tour of Belgium
- 9th, Overall, Vuelta a España
- 1st, Stage 6a
- 1974
Belgium Road Race Championship
- 1st, Overall, Tour of Belgium
- 10th, Overall, Vuelta a España
- 1st, Prologue, Stages 8 & 12
- 1975
- 1st, Prologue, Vuelta a España
References
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