Connor Swift

Connor Swift

Swift in 2018.
Personal information
Full name	Connor Swift
Born	(1995-10-30) 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[1][2]
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 2023 Veneto Elite

Connor Swift (born 30 October 1995) is an English racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.^[3] He was the 2018 British National Road Race Champion.^[4]

Early life

Swift grew up in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. He attended Trinity Academy.^[5] His cousin, Ben Swift, is also a professional cyclist.

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

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.

External links

• Connor Swift at UCI
• Connor Swift at Cycling Archives
• Connor Swift at ProCyclingStats
• Connor Swift at CycleBase