Stephen Swart

Stephen Swart (born Auckland, 5 January 1965) is a former New Zealand cyclist. He began his professional career with British team, ANC-Halfords and rode the 1987 Tour de France with them. After the ANC team folded later that year, he rode for American teams.

With the Motorola team, he participated in the 1994 and 1995 Tour de France. He won the Herald Sun Tour (Australia) and the Tour of Canada.

Swart's older brother, Jack, was a top amateur cyclist.

In the 1986 Commonwealth Games he competed in the 4000m team pursuit, the team came second for silver; and in the 4000m individual pursuit.

Doping and cheating revelations

Prompted by his son's taking up racing, Swart spoke up about doping in cycling. He described Lance Armstrong, his Motorola teammate, as one of the strongest advocates of doping when the team decided to dope. “He was the instigator,” Swart told Sports Illustrated. “It was his words that pushed us toward doing it.” Swart also described his own doping.

When he initially made his disclosures, he was vilified and called a loser. Later, in 2012, he was named the 'New Zealander of the Year' for having told the truth.

Swart also testified, under oath in 2006, that he was paid $50,000 to lose a race, by Armstrong.

Major results 1988 8th Fleche Hesbignonne 9th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan 1989 7th Philly Cycling Classic 1991 6th Thrift Drug Classic 1992 1st National Criterium Championships 1st Stage 3 Tour of the Adirondacks 2nd Overall Celestial Bicycle Classic 1st Stages 1 & 2 5th Overall Herald Sun Tour 1st Stages 10 & 11 1993 1st Stage 11 Herald Sun Tour 1994 9th Wincanton Classic 1995 4th Overall Tour of Luxembourg

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Giro d'Italia — — — — — — — — — Tour de France DNF — — — — — — 112 109 Vuelta a España — — — — — — — — —