Bruce Biddle
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| Born | 2 November 1949 (age 72) Warkworth, New Zealand | |||||||||||||
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Bruce William Biddle (born 2 November 1949 in Warkworth) is a former road racing cyclist from New Zealand, who was a professional rider from 1974 to 1979. He won the gold medal in the men's individual road race at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, where he came fourth in the men's individual road race. Although Jaime Huelamo from Spain, who came third, was disqualified for failing a drug test, the bronze medal was not awarded to Biddle as he had not been tested for drugs.[1]
Career highlights[]
- 1969
- National Road Race Champion
- 1st Overall Dulux Tour of the North Island
- 1970
- 1st Commonwealth Games Road Race
- 1971
- 2nd, Stage 11 Milk Race, Bognor Regis (GBR)
- 1972
- 4th, Olympic Road Race
- 1974
- 3rd, Giro del Lazio (ITA)
- 1976
- 3rd, Stage 5 part b Tirreno - Adriatico (ITA)
- 2nd, Stage 7 Tour de Suisse, Lausanne (SUI)
- 2nd, Stage 8 Tour de Suisse, Solothurn (SUI)
- 2nd, Möhlin (SUI)
- 1978
- 34th, GC Giro d'Italia (ITA)
References[]
- ^ "Bruce Biddle Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
External links[]
- Profile New Zealand Olympic Committee[permanent dead link]
- NZ Herald
- Bruce Biddle at Cycling Archives
- Bruce Biddle at ProCyclingStats
- Bruce Biddle at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Bruce Biddle at Olympedia
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- 1949 births
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- Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of New Zealand
- Cyclists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
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- People from Warkworth, New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
- New Zealand cycling biography stubs