Roger Swerts

Roger Swerts
	Swerts c. 1973
Personal information
Full name	Roger Swerts
Born	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

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]

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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	—	—	—	—	—	—

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

	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	—	—

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

Major results