Swerts c. 1973
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Full name | Roger Swerts | ||||||||||||
Born |
Heusden-Zolder, Belgium |
28 December 1942 ||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||
Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
Professional team(s) | |||||||||||||
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 |
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Medal record
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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.