Connor Swift

Connor Swift

Connor Swift (2018)
To person
Date of birth	October 30, 1995
nation	United Kingdom
discipline	Street
To the team
Current team	Arkéa-Samsic
Last updated: June 3, 2020

Connor Swift (born October 30, 1995 in Thorne ) is a British cyclist .

Athletic career

Connor Swift began his athletic career as a triathlete before focusing on cycling. From 2015 he started with various national criteria .

In 2017 Swift got a contract with the UCI Continental Team Madison Genesis . In 2018 he was surprisingly British road racing champion, the first British road champion after a decade to not belong to a UCI WorldTeam (most recently Kristian House in 2009). A little later he finished second in the overall ranking of Kreiz Breizh Elites . From August 1st until the end of the year he worked as a trainee for Dimension Data .

In May 2019 Swift finished ninth in the Tour de Yorkshire . Shortly afterwards he signed a contract with Arkéa-Samsic , André Greipel's team .

family

Connor Swift is a cousin of racing cyclist Ben Swift .

successes

2018

• British champion - road racing

Teams

• 2017 Madison Genesis
• 2018 Madison Genesis
• 2018 Team Dimension Data (from August 1st)
• 2019 Team Arkéa-Samsic (from May 10th)
• 2020 Team Arkéa-Samsic

Web links

Commons : Connor Swift  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Connor Swift in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Connor Swift in the ProCyclingStats.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Feature Interview: Connor Swift (Madison Genesis). In: velouk.net. Retrieved June 7, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Simon MacMichael: Road Nationals: Surprise wins for Connor Swift and Jess Roberts. In: road.cc. July 1, 2018, accessed June 7, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Connor Swift joins Greipel's sprint train. In: radsport-news.com. May 13, 2019, accessed June 7, 2019 .