Connor Swift

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Connor Swift
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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 team Ineos Grenadiers
Discipline
  • Road
  • Gravel
RoleRider
Rider type Rouleur
Amateur teams
2015Polypipe
2016Envelopemaster Giant Sheffield
2018 Team Dimension Data (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2017–2019 Madison Genesis
2019–2022 Arkéa–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 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Men's gravel cycling
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 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]

Contents

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 Bronze medal uci.svg UCI World Championships
2024
1st Jersey of Great Britain.svg 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 Jersey of Great Britain.svg 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 Jersey white.svg 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 20202021202220232024
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 83
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 106 89 70
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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