Roger Swerts
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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 and won a bronze medal at the 1965 UCI Road World Championships. He turned professional later in 1965.
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
7th Overall Course de la Paix
1966
1st Stage 2b (TTT) Tour of Belgium
4th Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke
5th Road race, National Road Championships
10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1967
4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
1968
1st Stage 6a Volta a Catalunya
4th Brabantse Pijl
5th Sassari-Cagliari
6th Overall Tour of Belgium
8th Giro del Veneto
1969
1st Züri–Metzgete
1st Stage 1b (TTT) Tour de France
5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
6th Overall Giro di Sardegna
1970
1st Stage 3a (TTT) Tour de France
1971
1st Prologue (TTT) Tour de France
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 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
3rd Brabantse Pijl
6th Tour of Flanders
9th Tour du Condroz
10th La Flèche Wallonne
10th Züri–Metzgete
1973
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
10th Overall Vuelta a España 1st Prologue, Stages 8a & 12 Held after Prologue & Stage 1
10th Gent–Wevelgem
1975
Vuelta a España 1st Prologue Held after Prologue & Stage 1
5th Road race, National Road Championships
5th Overall Tour of Belgium
7th Paris–Roubaix
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification in the World Championships World Championships | 3 | — | — | — | 5 | — | 10 | DNF | — | DNF | — | — | — | — |
| Classification in the Belgian National Road Race Championships National Championships | 37 | 5 | 14 | — | 27 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 22 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
External links
- at CycleBase ()