Dave Nie

Dave Nie
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1940-12-29) 29 December 1940
Bentley, England
Sport
SportCycling
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.