Roger Swerts

Roger Swerts

Swerts c. 1973
Personal information
Full name	Roger Swerts
Born	(1942-12-28) 28 December 1942 (age 82) 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
1965–1967	Mercier-BP-Hutchinson
1968–1970	Faema
1971–1973	Molteni
1974–1975	IJsboerke–Colner
1976	Molteni–Campagnolo
1977	Fiat
1978	Old Lord's–Splendor–K.S.B.
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 4 TTT stages (1969–1972) 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 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]

Major results

1962

2nd Overall Tour de Pologne

1st Stage 5

1964

1st Stage 10 Tour de l'Avenir

1965

3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships

3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies

4th Grand Prix d'Isbergues

7th Overall Course de la Paix

1966

1st Stage 2b (TTT) Tour of Belgium

4th Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke

5th Road race, National Road Championships

5th La Flèche Wallonne

6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues

10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1967

4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

1968

1st Grand Prix de Monaco

1st Stage 6a Volta a Catalunya

4th Brabantse Pijl

4th Heist-op-den-Berg

5th Sassari-Cagliari

6th Overall Tour of Belgium

8th Giro del Veneto

8th Omloop der Zennevallei

1969

1st Züri–Metzgete

1st Stage 1b (TTT) Tour de France

5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

6th Overall Giro di Sardegna

6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

6th Trofeo Laigueglia

6th Omloop van de Fruitstreek

7th Druivenkoers Overijse

1970

1st Stage 3a (TTT) Tour de France

1971

1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs

1st Prologue (TTT) Tour de France

2nd Brussels–Ingooige

4th Züri–Metzgete

6th Paris–Tours

8th Amstel Gold Race

8th Brabantse Pijl

10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

1972

1st Overall Tour of Belgium

1st Stages 4 & 5b (ITT)

1st Gent–Wevelgem

1st Grand Prix des Nations

1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Eddy Merckx)

1st Stage 12b (ITT) Giro d'Italia

1st Stage 1a (ITT) Escalada a Montjuïc

1st Stage 3b (TTT) Tour de France

2nd Gran Premio di Lugano

3rd Brabantse Pijl

4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

6th Tour of Flanders

9th Tour du Condroz

10th La Flèche Wallonne

10th Züri–Metzgete

1973

1st Druivenkoers Overijse

1st Stage 2 Tour of Belgium

Giro d'Italia

1st Prologue (TTT)

Held after Prologue

3rd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

1st Stage 5b (ITT)

7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

9th Road race, National Road Championships

9th Overall Vuelta a España

1st Stages 6a & 6b (TTT)

1974

1st Road race, National Road Championships

1st Overall Tour of Belgium

7th Brabantse Pijl

8th Ronde van Limburg

9th Circuit des Onze Villes

10th Overall Vuelta a España

1st Prologue, Stages 8a & 12

Held after Prologue & Stage 1

10th Gent–Wevelgem

1975

1st Heist-op-den-Berg

Vuelta a España

1st Prologue

Held after Prologue & Stage 1

3rd Dwars door België

5th Road race, National Road Championships

5th Overall Tour of Belgium

7th Paris–Roubaix

8th Nationale Sluitingsprijs

9th Gent–Wevelgem

9th Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen

1976

7th Amstel Gold Race

8th Brabantse Pijl

1977

8th Overall Tour of Belgium

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	10	29	—	—	—
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	25	—	53	21	16	20	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	41	63	54	—	44	24	35	14	—	—	—	—	—	—

Classics results timeline

Monuments results timeline
Monument	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978
Milan–San Remo	—	—	—	—	—	143	—	30	34	26	35	55	—	—
Tour of Flanders	—	—	14	—	—	—	61	6	—	14	18	—	—	—
Paris–Roubaix	—	—	15	29	—	—	—	12	—	—	7	17	—	—
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	—	6	19	—	6	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	45
Giro di Lombardia	Did not contest during career

Major championship results timeline

	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978
World Championships	3	—	—	—	5	—	10	DNF	—	DNF	—	—	—	—
National Championships	37	5	14	—	27	18	11	16	9	1	5	22	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

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)

External links

• Roger Swerts at CycleBase