Keegan Swirbul

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Keegan Swirbul
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Personal information
Full nameKeegan Swirbul
Born (1995-09-02) September 2, 1995 (age 29)
Basalt, Colorado, United States
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current team Efapel Cycling
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2016 BMC Development Team
2023Vigo–Rías Baixas [1]
Professional teams
2014–2015 Bissell Development Team
2017–2018 Jelly Belly–Maxxis
2019 Floyd's Pro Cycling
2020 Ljubljana Gusto Santic [2]
2020–2022 Rally Cycling (stagiaire) [3]
2023– Efapel Cycling

Keegan Swirbul (born September 2, 1995) is an American cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Efapel Cycling. [4]

Contents

He formerly rode for UCI ProTeam Human Powered Health. [5] He is the older brother of cross-country skier Hailey Swirbul.

Career

In 2017 and 2018, Swirbul rode for Jelly Belly–Maxxis, until the team folded at the end of 2018. With this team, he finished 7th overall in the 2018 Tour of Utah. For 2019, he signed with Floyd's Pro Cycling, a new team founded by former cyclist Floyd Landis. [6] Floyd's Pro Cycling folded at the end of 2019, [7] and Swirbul joined Ljubljana Gusto Santic for the 2020 season.

In October 2020, Swirbul signed a two-year contract with Rally Cycling, from the 2021 season; he had previously competed for the team as a stagiaire in 2020. [8]

Major results

2014
2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Mount Evans Hill Climb
2015
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
2017
2nd Mount Evans Hill Climb
7th Overall Tour de Beauce
2018
2nd Mount Evans Hill Climb
7th Overall Tour of Utah
8th Overall Tour de Beauce
2019
1st Mount Evans Hill Climb
2nd Overall Tour de Langkawi
4th Overall Tour de Beauce
6th Overall Tour of the Gila

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References

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