Connor Swift

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Connor Swift
Connor Swift - 2017 Tour Series (Durham).jpg
Swift in 2017.
Personal information
Full nameConnor Swift
Born (1995-10-30) 30 October 1995 (age 25)
Thorne, South Yorkshire, England
Team information
Current teamArkéa–Samsic
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2015Polypipe
2016Envelopemaster Giant Sheffield
2018Team Dimension Data (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2017–2019Madison Genesis
2019–Arkéa–Samsic[1]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2018)
Tro-Bro Léon (2021)

Connor Swift (born 30 October 1995) is an English racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Arkéa–Samsic.[2] His cousin, Ben Swift, is also a professional cyclist. In 2018 he won the British National Road Race Championships.[3]

Career[]

In August 2018 Team Dimension Data announced that Swift would join the team as a stagiaire until the end of the season.[4] In May 2019 it was announced that Swift would join Arkéa–Samsic with immediate effect, with a role as a domestique for André Greipel.[5] In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France.[6]

Major results[]

2017
Tour Series
1st Bath
1st Stevenage
7th Velothon Wales
2018
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Road race, National Road 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
1st Jersey white.svg Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
1st Tro-Bro Léon
3rd National Marathon Championships
5th Bretagne Classic
6th Dwars door het Hageland
7th Overall Tour of Belgium

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour 2020 2021
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia
A yellow jersey Tour de France 106 89
A red jersey Vuelta a España
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References[]

  1. ^ "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. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Team Arkea - Samsic". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Connor Swift goes solo to win men's British national road race title - Cycling Weekly". cyclingweekly.com. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  4. ^ Windsor, Richard (2 August 2018). "British national champion Connor Swift joins Dimension Data as a stagiaire". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. ^ Ballinger, Alex (13 May 2019). "Connor Swift joins André Greipel's team Arkéa-Samsic". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  6. ^ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

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