Roger Swerts

Roger Swerts
	Swerts c. 1973
Personal information
Full name	Roger Swerts
Born	28 December 1942 (age 80); 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
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing Belgium
World Championships

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ "Roger Swerts Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
^ Roger Swerts at Cycling Archives

External links[edit]

Roger Swerts at CycleBase

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[sports-reference-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

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1940–1959	Odiel Van Den Meersschaut (1940) André Defoort (1941) André Maelbrancke (1942) Rik Van Steenbergen (1943, 1945) Émile Masson Jr. (1946–1947) Achiel Buysse (1948) Valère Ollivier (1949) Albert Ramon (1950) Lode Anthonis (1951) Jozef Schils (1952) Alois Vansteenkiste (1953) Rik Van Steenbergen (1954) Emiel Van Cauter (1955) André Vlayen (1956–1957) Rik Van Looy (1958) Petrus Oellibrandt (1959)
1960–1979	Frans De Mulder (1960) Michel Van Aerde (1961) Jef Planckaert (1962) Rik Van Looy (1963) Edward Sels (1964) Walter Godefroot (1965) Guido Reybrouck (1966) Jozef Boons (1967) Julien Stevens (1968) Roger De Vlaeminck (1969) Eddy Merckx (1970) Herman Van Springel (1971) Walter Godefroot (1972) Frans Verbeeck (1973) Roger Swerts (1974) Willy Teirlinck (1975) Freddy Maertens (1976) Michel Pollentier (1977–1978) Gery Verlinden (1979)
1980–1999	Jos Jacobs (1980) Roger De Vlaeminck (1981) Frank Hoste (1982) Lucien Van Impe (1983) Eric Vanderaerden (1984) Paul Haghedooren (1985) Marc Sergeant (1986) Ferdi Van Den Haute (1987) Etienne De Wilde (1988) Carlo Bomans (1989) Claude Criquielion (1990) Benjamin Van Itterbeeck (1991) Johan Museeuw (1992) Alain Van Den Bossche (1993) Wilfried Nelissen (1994–1995) Johan Museeuw (1996) Tom Steels (1997–1998) Ludo Dierckxsens (1999)
2000–2019	Axel Merckx (2000) Ludovic Capelle (2001) Tom Steels (2002) Geert Omloop (2003) Tom Steels (2004) Serge Baguet (2005) Niko Eeckhout (2006) Stijn Devolder (2007) Jürgen Roelandts (2008) Tom Boonen (2009) Stijn Devolder (2010) Philippe Gilbert (2011) Tom Boonen (2012) Stijn Devolder (2013) Jens Debusschere (2014) Preben Van Hecke (2015) Philippe Gilbert (2016) Oliver Naesen (2017) Yves Lampaert (2018) Tim Merlier (2019)
2020–2039	Dries De Bondt (2020) Wout van Aert (2021) Tim Merlier (2022) Remco Evenepoel (2023)