William Nickson

William Nickson
Personal information
Born (1953-01-30) 30 January 1953 (age 71)
Liverpool, England
Amateur team
East Liverpool Wheelers
Professional teams
1977-1978TI Raleigh - Campagnolo
1978-1986Falcon Cycles
Major wins
1974 Manx International
1974 National Amateur Road Race Championship
1975 Manx International
1976 Milk Race
1976 Lincoln Grand Prix
1981 National Professional Road Race Championship

William Nickson (born 30 January 1953) is a British former cyclist and 1981 British National Road Race Champion. He won the 1976 Milk Race whilst riding for the Great Britain "A" team. He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1] He also rode in the 1977 Tour de France.[2]

In the 1977 Tour de France he was one of a group of 30 riders that were sent home after finishing beyond the time limit in the toughest mountain stage Chamonix - Alpe d'Huez. Among those riders were points classification second Rik van Linden, stage winners Klaus-Peter Thaler and Patrick Sercu, and his team mates Aad van den Hoek and Piet van Katwijk.[3]

References

  1. ^ "William Nickson Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. ^ "64ème Tour de France 1977" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Dertig renners naar huis". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 20 July 1977 – via Delpher.nl. EN: Thirty riders send home


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