Ben Swift is hoping to get his career back on track in 2018 after a first season of personal and professional transition at Team UAE Emirates in 2017.
The Yorkshire man left Team Sky for UAE Team Emirates with the hope of continuing his success in the sprints and perhaps even stepping up from his two podium finishes at Milan-San Remo. He admits to Cyclingnews that the change of team and fatherhood meant he pushed himself too hard.
With Alexander Kristoff joining UAE Team Emirates as lead sprinter and team leader for the Classics, Swift’s role has morphed somewhat. He will still have sprint opportunities but will also work for Kristoff and get his first-ever taste of the cobbled Classics.
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Swift spent seven seasons at Team Sky as one of their core British riders. He turned 30 in November and knows there is no point in looking back at what could have been. His eyes are fixed firmly on future ambitions as he savours life as a young father.
He raced for 75 days in 2017, including the Tour de France, trying to contest as many sprints and target as many hilly races as he could. His best result was second, to his close friend and former Sky teammate Pete Kennaugh, on the Alpe d’Huez stage at the Critérium du Dauphiné and then fifth in the road race at the UCI World Championships in Bergen, while riding for Great Britain.
"2017 wasn’t my best year for sure. I wouldn't say I had a bad year but there was a lot of change and a lot of things didn't go too well," Swift admits to Cyclingnews.
A solid winter
A first taste of the cobbled Classics
Leading out or taking leadership
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