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Roger Swerts

Swerts c. 1973
Personal information
Full name	Roger Swerts
Born	28 December 1942 (age 82) 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
1965–1967	Mercier-BP-Hutchinson
1968–1970	Faema
1971–1973	Molteni
1974–1975	IJsboerke–Colner
1976	Molteni–Campagnolo
1977	Fiat
1978	Old Lord's–Splendor–K.S.B.
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 4 TTT stages (1969–1972) Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (1972) 1 TTT stage (1973) Vuelta a España 5 individual stages (1973, 1974, 1975) 1 TTT stage (1973) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championship (1974) Gent–Wevelgem (1972)
Medal record Men's road bicycle racing Representing  Belgium World Championships 1965 San Sebastián Road race

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]

Monuments results timeline
Monument	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978
Milan–San Remo	—	—	—	—	—	143	—	30	34	26	35	55	—	—
Tour of Flanders	—	—	14	—	—	—	61	6	—	14	18	—	—	—
Paris–Roubaix	—	—	15	29	—	—	—	12	—	—	7	17	—	—
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	—	6	19	—	6	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	45
Giro di Lombardia	Did not contest during career

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

• Roger Swerts at CycleBase