Dave Nie

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Dave Nie
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1940-12-29) 29 December 1940 (age 84)
Bentley, England
Sport
Sport Cycling
Event
Road
ClubDragon Road Club

Dave Nie (born 29 December 1940), is a male former cyclist and Cyclo-cross rider who competed for England.

Biography

In 1964, Nie rode cyclo-cross for the Velo Club Sacchi [1] and road raced for the Dragon Club. [2] He was an instrument maker in Heston by profession. [3]

Nie represented the England team [4] in the road race, finishing in a very respectable eighth place, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica. [5] [6] [7]

Nie was the 1971 British national champion in the Madison with Geoff Wiles and was national runner-up in the 1969 elite road race. [8]

He was a member of the Chequers London and Dragon Road Clubs before turning professional where he rode for Holdsworth-Campognolo.

References

  1. ↑ "Cycling Notes" . Middlesex Independent. 31 January 1964. p. 8. Retrieved 11 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Wheelers Curtain Raiser" . Tonbridge Free Press. 8 May 1964. p. 18. Retrieved 11 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Nie Whips the Pro Riders" . Daily Express. 22 March 1965. p. 23. Retrieved 11 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Midland cyclists in Games team" . Birmingham Daily Post. 19 May 1966. p. 28. Retrieved 11 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "1966 Athletes". Team England.
  6. ↑ "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
  7. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Profile". Cycling Archives.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.


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