 Swerts c. 1973 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Roger Swerts | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 December 1942 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 | |||||||||||||||
| 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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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]
- ^ "Roger Swerts Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ Roger Swerts at Cycling Archives (archived)