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Stephen Swart
Personal information
Born	5 January 1965 (age 59); New Zealand
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1987	ANC–Halfords
1988	S.E.F.B.–Peugeot–Tönissteiner
1989–1993	Coors Light–ADR
1994–1995	Motorola
Medal record
Representing New Zealand
Men's Track cycling
Commonwealth Games

Stephen Swart (born Auckland, 5 January 1965) is a former New Zealand cyclist. He began his professional career with British team, ANC-Halfords and rode the 1987 Tour de France with them. After the ANC team folded later that year, he rode for American teams.

With the Motorola team, he participated in the 1994 and 1995 Tour de France. He won the Herald Sun Tour (Australia) and the Tour of Canada.

Swart's older brother, Jack, was a top amateur cyclist.^[1]

In the 1986 Commonwealth Games he competed in the 4000m team pursuit, the team came second for silver; and in the 4000m individual pursuit.

Doping and cheating revelations

Prompted by his son's taking up racing, Swart spoke up about doping in cycling. He described Lance Armstrong, his Motorola teammate, as one of the strongest advocates of doping when the team decided to dope. “He was the instigator,” Swart told Sports Illustrated. “It was his words that pushed us toward doing it.” ^[2] Swart also described his own doping.

When he initially made his disclosures, he was vilified and called a loser. Later, in 2012, he was named the 'New Zealander of the Year' for having told the truth.^[3]^[4]

Swart also testified, under oath in 2006, that he was paid $50,000 to lose a race, by Armstrong.^[5]

Major results

1988

8th Fleche Hesbignonne

9th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan

1989

7th Philly Cycling Classic

1991

6th Thrift Drug Classic

1992

1st

United States National Criterium Championships

1st Stage 3 Tour of the Adirondacks

2nd Overall Celestial Bicycle Classic

1st Stages 1 & 2

5th Overall Herald Sun Tour

1st Stages 10 & 11

1993: 1st Stage 11 Herald Sun Tour
1994: 9th Wincanton Classic
1995: 4th Overall Tour of Luxembourg

Grand Tour	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—	112	109
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

References

^ "New Zealander emerges from pack Swart 3rd in prologue of Tour Du Pont". 10 May 1991.
^ "Stephen Swart: Lance Armstrong Was Ringleader in Encouraging Blood Doping". 18 January 2011.
^ "Walsh on heroes: Andreu, O'Reilly, Swart championed truth - VeloNews.com". 11 January 2013.
^ @PhilHTaylor, Phil Taylor Senior writer, Weekend Herald and New Zealand Herald phil taylor@nzherald co nz (14 December 2012). "New Zealander of the Year 2012: Stephen Swart" – via www.nzherald.co.nz.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Lance Armstrong Accused of Paying Competitors to Lose Races by Fellow Cyclist Stephen Swart (Video)". 20 October 2012.

Sources

Des Williams (2006). Born to Thunder: Champions of New Zealand Cycling. Last Side Publishing, Hamilton. pp. 252–264. ISBN 0-473-10929-8. Jack & Steven Swart: Serious Tour riders