Stephen Swart
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Stephen Swart (born Auckland, 5 January 1965) is a former New Zealand cyclist. He began his professional career with British team, ANC-Halfords and rode the 1987 Tour de France with them. After the ANC team folded later that year, he rode for American teams.
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Born | (1965-01-05) 5 January 1965 (age 59) New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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1987 | ANC–Halfords | ||||||||||||||
1988 | S.E.F.B.–Peugeot–Tönissteiner | ||||||||||||||
1989–1993 | Coors Light–ADR | ||||||||||||||
1994–1995 | Motorola | ||||||||||||||
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With the Motorola team, he participated in the 1994 and 1995 Tour de France. He won the Herald Sun Tour (Australia) and the Tour of Canada.
Swart's older brother, Jack, was a top amateur cyclist.[1]
In the 1986 Commonwealth Games he competed in the 4000m team pursuit, the team came second for silver; and in the 4000m individual pursuit.