Connor Swift

Connor Swift
	Swift in 2018.
Personal information
Full name	Connor Swift
Born	30 October 1995 (age 29); Thorne, South Yorkshire, England
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current team	Ineos Grenadiers
Discipline	Road; Gravel;
Role	Rider
Rider type	Rouleur
Amateur teams
2015	Polypipe
2016	Envelopemaster Giant Sheffield
2018	Team Dimension Data (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2017–2019	Madison Genesis
2019–2022	Arkéa–Samsic
2023–	Ineos Grenadiers
Major wins
	One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2018) Tro-Bro Léon (2021)
Medal record
Representing United Kingdom
Men's gravel cycling
World Championships

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]

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

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

References

^ "Franck Bonnamour et Romain Le Roux avec Arkéa-Samsic en 2020" [Franck Bonnamour and Romain Le Roux with Arkéa-Samsic in 2020]. Arkéa–Samsic (in French). Pro Cycling Breizh. 14 October 2019. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
^ "Team Arkea - Samsic". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
^ "INEOS GRENADIERS". UCI. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
^ "Connor Swift goes solo to win men's British national road race title - Cycling Weekly". cyclingweekly.com. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
^ "Tour de Yorkshire Hopes For Local Cyclist". Thorne Times. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ Windsor, Richard (2 August 2018). "British national champion Connor Swift joins Dimension Data as a stagiaire". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
^ Ballinger, Alex (13 May 2019). "Connor Swift joins André Greipel's team Arkéa-Samsic". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
^ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

External links

Connor Swift at UCI
Connor Swift at Cycling Archives (archived)
Connor Swift at ProCyclingStats
Connor Swift at CycleBase

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[1] "Franck Bonnamour et Romain Le Roux avec Arkéa-Samsic en 2020" [Franck Bonnamour and Romain Le Roux with Arkéa-Samsic in 2020]. Arkéa–Samsic (in French). Pro Cycling Breizh. 14 October 2019. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.

[2] "Team Arkea - Samsic". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[3] "INEOS GRENADIERS". UCI. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

[4] "Connor Swift goes solo to win men's British national road race title - Cycling Weekly". cyclingweekly.com. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

[5] "Tour de Yorkshire Hopes For Local Cyclist". Thorne Times. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[6] Windsor, Richard (2 August 2018). "British national champion Connor Swift joins Dimension Data as a stagiaire". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 18 August 2018.

[7] Ballinger, Alex (13 May 2019). "Connor Swift joins André Greipel's team Arkéa-Samsic". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 19 May 2019.

[8] "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

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v t e British National Road Race Champions (men)
NCU (1938–1958)	Jack Holmes (1938) Jack Fancourt (1939) Reg Braddick (1944) J. A. O'Driscoll (1945) Ernie Clements (1946) Alex Taylor (1947) Bob Maitland (1948) A D Newman (1949) Gordon Thomas (1950) Peter Procter (1951) Graham Vines (1952) Ted Gerrard (1953) B J Sandy (1954) Bernard King (1955) Alan Jackson (1956) Ron Coe (1957 Independent) Stan Brittain (1957 Amateur) Bill Seggar (1958)
BLRC (1943–1958)	Ernie Clements (1943) Percy Stallard (1944) Ernie Clements (1945) George Edwards (1946) E I Upton (1947) R C Ashwin (1948) Dave Bedwell (1949) Ralph Parkin (1950) Charlie Bland (1951) Mike Howarth (1952) Derek Evans (1953) Reg Browne (1954) Des Robinson (1955) Mike England (1956) Charlie Mather (1957) Bill Baty (1958)
BLRC Independent (1946–1958)	A H Clarke (1946) Dennis Jaggard (1947) Harold Johnson (1948) Bob Thom (1949) Leonard West (1950) Dave Bedwell (1951) Ian Steel (1952) Bob Maitland (1953) Arthur Ilsley (1954) Graham Vines (1955) not held in 1956 Ron Coe (1958–1957)
Amateur (1959–1995)	Bill Baty (1959) Bill Bradley (1960–(1961) Keith Butler (1962) Bob Addy (1963) Pete Gordon (1964) Les West (1965) Arthur Metcalfe (1966) Les West (1967) Pete Matthews (1968) Brian Jolly (1969) Dave Rollinson (1970–1971) Doug Dailey (1972) Grant Thomas (1973) William Nickson (1974) Kevin Apter (1975) Doug Dailey (1976) Steve Lawrence (1977) Robert Millar (1978–1979) Steve Lawrence (1980) Mark Bell (1981) Jeff Williams (1982) John Cavanagh (1983) Neil Martin (1984) Paul Watson (1985) Deno Davie (1986) Paul Curran (1987) Neil Hoban (1988) David Cook (1989) Simeon Hempsall (1990) John Hughes (1991) Simon Bray (1992) Rob Harris (1993–1994) Simon Bray (1995)
Professional (1959–1995)	Ron Coe (1959) race was not held in 1960 Dave Bedwell (1961) John Harvey (1962) Albert Hitchen (1963) Keith Butler (1964) Albert Hitchen (1965) Dick Goodman (1966) Colin Lewis (1967–1968) Bill Lawrie (1969) Les West (1970) Danny Horton (1971) Gary Crewe (1972) Brian Jolly (1973) Keith Lambert (1974) Les West (1975) Geoff Wiles (1976) Phil Edwards (1977) Phil Corley (1978) Sid Barras (1979) Keith Lambert (1980) William Nickson (1981) John Herety (1982) Phil Thomas (1983) Steve Joughin (1984) Ian Banbury (1985) Mark Bell (1986) Paul Sherwen (1987) Steve Joughin (1988) Tim Harris (1989) Colin Sturgess (1990) Brian Smith (1991) Sean Yates (1992) Malcolm Elliott (1993) Brian Smith (1994) Robert Millar (1995)
1996–	Dave Rand (1996) Jeremy Hunt (1997) Matt Stephens (1998) John Tanner (1999–2000) Jeremy Hunt (2001) Julian Winn (2002) Roger Hammond (2003–2004) Russell Downing (2005) Hamish Haynes (2006) David Millar (2007) Rob Hayles (2008) Kristian House (2009) Geraint Thomas (2010) Bradley Wiggins (2011) Ian Stannard (2012) Mark Cavendish (2013) Peter Kennaugh (2014–2015) Adam Blythe (2016) Steve Cummings (2017) Connor Swift (2018) Ben Swift (2019) not held in 2020 Ben Swift (2021) Mark Cavendish (2022) Fred Wright (2023) Ethan Hayter (2024)