Connor Swift

Connor Swift
Swift in 2018.
Personal information
Full nameConnor Swift
Born (1995-10-30) 30 October 1995 (age 29)
Thorne, South Yorkshire, England
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current teamIneos Grenadiers
Discipline
  • Road
  • Gravel
RoleRider
Rider typeRouleur
Amateur teams
2015Polypipe
2016Envelopemaster Giant Sheffield
2018Team Dimension Data (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2017–2019Madison Genesis
2019–2022Arkéa–Samsic[1][2]
2023–Ineos Grenadiers
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2018)
Tro-Bro Léon (2021)
Medal record
Representing  United Kingdom
Men's gravel cycling
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Veneto Elite

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]

Early life

Swift grew up in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. He attended Trinity Academy.[5]

Career

In 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

Gravel

2023
UCI World Series
1st Gatehouse of Fleet
2nd National Championships
3rd UCI World Championships
2024
1st National Championships
UCI World Series
1st Llyn Brenig
6th UCI World Championships

Mountain bike

2021
3rd Marathon, National Championships

Road

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

Grand Tour 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — — 83
A yellow jersey Tour de France 106 89 70 — —
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. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. 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. ^ "INEOS GRENADIERS". UCI. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Connor Swift goes solo to win men's British national road race title - Cycling Weekly". cyclingweekly.com. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Tour de Yorkshire Hopes For Local Cyclist". Thorne Times. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  6. ^ Windsor, Richard (2 August 2018). "British national champion Connor Swift joins Dimension Data as a stagiaire". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  7. ^ Ballinger, Alex (13 May 2019). "Connor Swift joins André Greipel's team Arkéa-Samsic". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  8. ^ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
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