Benjamin (Ben) Swift (born 5 November 1987, Rotherham) is a British track and road racing cyclist. As a junior rider he won two national titles (2004 Junior Points Race; 2005, Scratch race). He made his professional road debut in August 2007 joining Barloworld as a trainee during which time he won the King of the Mountains title in the Tour of Britain. During 2008 he raced for the British Cycling development team and won his first UCI ranked race.

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  • Benjamin (Ben) Swift (born 5 November 1987, Rotherham) is a British track and road racing cyclist. As a junior rider he won two national titles (2004 Junior Points Race; 2005, Scratch race). He made his professional road debut in August 2007 joining Barloworld as a trainee during which time he won the King of the Mountains title in the Tour of Britain. During 2008 he raced for the British Cycling development team and won his first UCI ranked race. He represented Great Britain in the 2008 Olympic Games road race and at the UCI World Championships were he finished fourth in the under 23 race. After the championships he signed a two year professional contract with the new Russian Katusha team. In 2009 he was selected to ride the Giro d'Italia. Swift finished 3rd in the 2nd stage of the Giro d'Italia. Swift spoke with CyclingNews: "Swift sees himself as an allrounder, who can do well in the Classics and win stages. 'My weakness is in the time trial. I don't like doing them and I'm not really that good at them. '"
  • Benjamin Swift ist ein britischer Radrennfahrer. Ben Swift wurde 2004 britischer Bahnradmeister der Junioren im Punktefahren. Im nächsten Jahr gewann er den UIV Cup in Dortmund und er wurde Dritter der britischen Meisterschaft im Scratch. 2006 wurde er nationaler Vizemeister in der Mannschaftsverfolgung und 2007 wurde er U23-Europameister in derselben Disziplin. Auf der Straße gewann er eine Etappe beim Giro delle Regione und bekam einen Platz als Stagiaire bei dem Professional Continental Team Barloworld.
  • Benjamin Ian (Ben) Swift est un coureur cycliste britannique, membre de l'équipe Team Katusha.
  • Ben Swift is een Brits wielrenner die momenteel uitkomt voor Team Katjoesja.
  • Benjamin (Ben) Swift er en britisk bane- og landeveissyklist. Han fikk sin profesjonelle landeveisdebut i august 2007 som trainee (stagiaire) for Barloworld, og vant klatrekonkurransen i Tour of Britain. I 2008 syklet han for British Cycling sitt utviklingslag og vant sitt første UCI-ritt. Under VM ble han nummer fire i U23-rittet, og signerte en toårs kontrakt med Katjusja.
  • Ben Swift, brytyjski kolarz szosowy.
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  • Benjamin (Ben) Swift (born 5 November 1987, Rotherham) is a British track and road racing cyclist. As a junior rider he won two national titles (2004 Junior Points Race; 2005, Scratch race). He made his professional road debut in August 2007 joining Barloworld as a trainee during which time he won the King of the Mountains title in the Tour of Britain. During 2008 he raced for the British Cycling development team and won his first UCI ranked race.
  • Benjamin Swift ist ein britischer Radrennfahrer. Ben Swift wurde 2004 britischer Bahnradmeister der Junioren im Punktefahren. Im nächsten Jahr gewann er den UIV Cup in Dortmund und er wurde Dritter der britischen Meisterschaft im Scratch. 2006 wurde er nationaler Vizemeister in der Mannschaftsverfolgung und 2007 wurde er U23-Europameister in derselben Disziplin.
  • Benjamin Ian (Ben) Swift est un coureur cycliste britannique, membre de l'équipe Team Katusha.
  • Ben Swift is een Brits wielrenner die momenteel uitkomt voor Team Katjoesja.
  • Benjamin (Ben) Swift er en britisk bane- og landeveissyklist. Han fikk sin profesjonelle landeveisdebut i august 2007 som trainee (stagiaire) for Barloworld, og vant klatrekonkurransen i Tour of Britain. I 2008 syklet han for British Cycling sitt utviklingslag og vant sitt første UCI-ritt. Under VM ble han nummer fire i U23-rittet, og signerte en toårs kontrakt med Katjusja.
  • Ben Swift, brytyjski kolarz szosowy.
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