Roger Swerts

Roger Swerts
Swerts c. 1973
Personal information
Full nameRoger Swerts
Born (1942-12-28) 28 December 1942
Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1965–1967Mercier-BP-Hutchinson
1968–1970Faema
1971–1973Molteni
1974–1975IJsboerke–Colner
1976Molteni–Campagnolo
1977Fiat
1978Old Lord's–Splendor–K.S.B.
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
4 TTT stages (19691972)
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 SebastiánRoad 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 and won a bronze medal at the 1965 UCI Road World Championships. He turned professional later in 1965.