Roger Swerts

Belgian cyclist

Roger Swerts

Swerts c. 1973

Personal information
Full name| Roger Swerts
Born|  (1942-12-28) 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
| 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]

## 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]

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

## External links[edit]

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* Roger Swerts at CycleBase

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Belgian National Road Race Champion (men)

1880–1899|

* Léon Houa (1894)
* Henri Luyten (1895–1896)
* Henri Bertrand (1897–1898)
* Jules Degeetere (1899)

1900–1919|

* Mathieu Quoidbach (1900)
* Paul Burger (1901)
* Jules Defrance (1902)
* Arthur Vanderstuyft (1903)
* Jules Sales (1904)
* Dieudonné Jamar (1905)
* Francois Verstraeten (1907–1908)
* Cyrille van Hauwaert (1909)
* Henri Hanlet (1910)
* Odile Defraye (1911)
* Omer Verschoore (1912)
* Joseph Van Daele (1913)
* Victor Dethier (1914)
* Jean Rossius (1919)

1920–1939|

* Jules Vanhevel (1920–1921)
* René Vermandel (1922)
* Félix Sellier (1923)
* René Vermandel (1924)
* Gerard Debaets (1925)
* Félix Sellier (1926)
* August Mortelmans (1927)
* Joseph Dervaes (1928)
* Joseph Wauters (1929–1930)
* Alphonse Schepers (1931)
* Georges Lemaire (1932)
* Louis Duerloo (1933)
* Louis Roels (1934)
* Gustave Danneels (1935)
* Jean Aerts (1936)
* Karel Kaers (1937)
* Petrus Van Theemsche (1938)
* Marcel Kint (1939)

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)

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