Connor Swift Explained

Connor Swift
Fullname:	Connor Swift
Birth Date:	30 October 1995
Birth Place:	Thorne, South Yorkshire, England
Height:	1.90 m
Weight:	75 kg
Role:	Rider
Ridertype:	Rouleur
Amateuryears1:	2015
Amateurteam1:	Polypipe
Amateuryears2:	2016
Amateurteam2:	Envelopemaster Giant Sheffield
Amateuryears3:	2018
Amateurteam3:	(stagiaire)
Proyears1:	2017–2019
Proyears2:	2019–2022
Proteam2:	^[1] ^[2]
Proyears3:	2023–
Majorwins:	One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2018) Tro-Bro Léon (2021)

Connor Swift (born 30 October 1995) is an English racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .^[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 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 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
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	83
Tour de France	106	89	70	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

Notes and References

News: Franck Bonnamour et Romain Le Roux avec Arkéa-Samsic en 2020. French. Franck Bonnamour and Romain Le Roux with Arkéa-Samsic in 2020. . Pro Cycling Breizh. 14 October 2019. 11 January 2020. 11 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200111133352/https://www.team-arkea-samsic.fr/franck-bonnamour-romain-roux-arkea-samsic-2020/. dead.
Web site: Team Arkea - Samsic. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 7 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210107032912/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15261/1001277/280. 7 January 2021.
Web site: INEOS GRENADIERS. UCI. 2 January 2023.
Web site: Connor Swift goes solo to win men's British national road race title - Cycling Weekly. 1 July 2018. cyclingweekly.com. 1 July 2018.
Web site: 2018-04-10 . Tour de Yorkshire Hopes For Local Cyclist . 2024-07-27 . Thorne Times . en-GB.
Web site: British national champion Connor Swift joins Dimension Data as a stagiaire . Windsor . Richard . 2 August 2018 . Cycling Weekly. 18 August 2018.
Web site: Connor Swift joins André Greipel's team Arkéa-Samsic . Ballinger . Alex . 13 May 2019 . . 19 May 2019.
Web site: 107th Tour de France: Startlist . ProCyclingStats . 27 August 2020.