Connor Swift
{{short description|British cyclist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Connor Swift
| image = File:20181003 Münsterland Giro, Team Dimension Data (07603).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Swift in 2018.
| fullname = Connor Swift
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|10|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Thorne, South Yorkshire, England
| height = 1.90 m
| weight = 75 kg
| currentteam = {{UCI team code|IGD}}
| discipline = {{ubl|Road|Gravel}}
| role = Rider
| ridertype = Rouleur
| amateuryears1 = 2015
| amateurteam1 = Polypipe
| amateuryears2 = 2016
| amateurteam2 = Envelopemaster Giant Sheffield
| amateuryears3 = 2018
| amateurteam3 = {{UCI team code|DDD|2018}} (stagiaire)
| proyears1 = 2017–2019
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|MGT|2017}}
| proyears2 = 2019–2022
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|ARK men|2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.team-arkea-samsic.fr/franck-bonnamour-romain-roux-arkea-samsic-2020/|title=Franck Bonnamour et Romain Le Roux avec Arkéa-Samsic en 2020|language=French|trans-title=Franck Bonnamour and Romain Le Roux with Arkéa-Samsic in 2020|work={{UCI team code|ARK|2019}}|publisher=Pro Cycling Breizh|date=14 October 2019|accessdate=11 January 2020|archive-date=11 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111133352/https://www.team-arkea-samsic.fr/franck-bonnamour-romain-roux-arkea-samsic-2020/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15261/1001277/280|title=Team Arkea - Samsic|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=7 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210107032912/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15261/1001277/280|archivedate=7 January 2021}}
| proyears3 = 2023–
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|IGD|2023}}
| majorwins = One-day races and Classics
:National Road Race Championships (2018)
:Tro-Bro Léon (2021)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{GBR}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's gravel cycling}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Veneto|Elite}}
| show-medals =
}}
Connor Swift (born 30 October 1995) is an English racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|IGD}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17721|title=INEOS GRENADIERS|publisher=UCI|access-date=2 January 2023}} He was the 2018 British National Road Race Champion.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/british-racing/national-mens-road-race-report-384686|title=Connor Swift goes solo to win men's British national road race title - Cycling Weekly|date=1 July 2018|website=cyclingweekly.com|accessdate=1 July 2018}}
Early life
Swift grew up in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. He attended Trinity Academy.{{Cite web |last= |date=2018-04-10 |title=Tour de Yorkshire Hopes For Local Cyclist |url=https://www.thornetimes.co.uk/tour-de-yorkshire-hopes-for-local-cyclist/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=Thorne Times |language=en-GB}} His cousin, Ben Swift, is also a professional cyclist.
Career
In August 2018 {{UCI team code|DDD|2018}} announced that Swift would join the team as a stagiaire until the end of the season.{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/british-national-champion-connor-swift-joins-dimension-data-stagiaire-389207 |title=British national champion Connor Swift joins Dimension Data as a stagiaire |last=Windsor |first=Richard |date=2 August 2018 |website=Cycling Weekly|access-date=18 August 2018}} In May 2019 it was announced that Swift would join {{UCI team code|FST|2019}} with immediate effect, with a role as a domestique for André Greipel.{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/connor-swift-joins-andre-greipels-team-arkea-samsic-423187 |title=Connor Swift joins André Greipel's team Arkéa-Samsic |last=Ballinger |first=Alex |date=13 May 2019 |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=19 May 2019}} In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France.{{cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2020/startlist |title=107th Tour de France: Startlist |work=ProCyclingStats |accessdate=27 August 2020}}
Major results
=Gravel=
;2023
: UCI World Series
::1st Gatehouse of Fleet
: 2nd National Championships
: 3rd 15px UCI World Championships
;2024
: 1st {{cjersey|uk}} National Championships
: UCI World Series
::1st Llyn Brenig
: 6th UCI World Championships
=Mountain bike=
;2021
: 3rd Marathon, National Championships
=Road=
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;2017
::1st Bath
::1st Stevenage
: 7th Velothon Wales
;2018 (1 pro win)
: 1st {{cjersey|uk}} 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 {{cjersey|white}} 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
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==Grand Tour general classification results timeline==
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! scope="row" | File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | 83 |
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! scope="row" | File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France | 106 | 89 | 70 | — | — |
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! scope="row" | File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — |
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scope="row" | DNF
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References
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External links
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