Connor Swift (born 30 October 1995) is an English racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.[3] His cousin, Ben Swift, is also a professional cyclist. In 2018 he won the British National Road Race Championships.[4]
.jpg) Swift in 2018. | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Connor Swift | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 October 1995 Thorne, South Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Ineos Grenadiers | ||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Rouleur | ||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Polypipe | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Envelopemaster Giant Sheffield | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Team Dimension Data (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Madison Genesis | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Arkéa–Samsic[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Ineos Grenadiers | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
| One-day races and Classics | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editSwift grew up in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. He attended Trinity Academy.[5]
Career
editIn August 2018 Team Dimension Data announced that Swift would join the team as a stagiaire until the end of the season.[6] In May 2019 it was announced that Swift would join Arkéa–Samsic with immediate effect, with a role as a domestique for André Greipel.[7] In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France.[8]
Major results
editGravel
edit- 2023
- UCI World Series
- 2nd National Championships
- 3rd
UCI World Championships - 2024
- 1st
National Championships - UCI World Series
- 1st Llyn Brenig
- 6th UCI World Championships
Mountain bike
edit- 2021
- 3rd Marathon, National Championships
Road
edit- 2017
- Tour Series
- 1st Bath
- 1st Stevenage
- 7th Velothon Wales
- 2018 (1 pro win)
- 1st Road race, National Championships
- 2nd Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
- 4th Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic
- 5th Overall Tour of the Reservoir
- 5th Polynormande
- 2019
- 1st Redditch, Tour Series
- 9th Overall Tour de Yorkshire
- 9th Overall Tour de Normandie
- 2021 (2)
- 1st
Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine - 1st Tro-Bro Léon
- 5th Bretagne Classic
- 6th Dwars door het Hageland
- 7th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 2022
- 3rd Tro-Bro Léon
- 5th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 5th Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior
- 7th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 2023
- 3rd Time trial, National Championships
- 4th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 2024
- National Championships
- 4th Road race
- 5th Time trial
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | — | — | 83 |
 Tour de France
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106 | 89 | 70 | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Franck Bonnamour et Romain Le Roux avec Arkéa-Samsic en 2020" [Franck Bonnamour and Romain Le Roux with Arkéa-Samsic in 2020]. Arkéa–Samsic (in French). Pro Cycling Breizh. 14 October 2019. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Team Arkea - Samsic". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "INEOS GRENADIERS". UCI. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Connor Swift goes solo to win men's British national road race title - Cycling Weekly". cyclingweekly.com. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "Tour de Yorkshire Hopes For Local Cyclist". Thorne Times. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ Windsor, Richard (2 August 2018). "British national champion Connor Swift joins Dimension Data as a stagiaire". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ Ballinger, Alex (13 May 2019). "Connor Swift joins André Greipel's team Arkéa-Samsic". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Connor Swift.
- Connor Swift at UCI
- Connor Swift at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Connor Swift at ProCyclingStats
- Connor Swift at CycleBase
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