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British

NationalityBritish (English)

Born (1940-12-29) 29 December 1940 (age 84)

Event

Road

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

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

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

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

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