Bruce William Biddle (born 2 November 1948 in Warkworth) is a former

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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 The 1970 British Commonwealth Games (Scottish Gaelic: Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis Bhreatainn 1970) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 to 25 July 1970. This was the first time the name British Commonwealth Games was adopted, the first time ...

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, Scotland. He represented his native country at the

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, West Germany, where he came fourth in the men's individual road race. Although Jaime Huelamo from

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, 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.

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)

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Profile New Zealand Olympic Committee

NZ Herald
* 1949 births Living people New Zealand male cyclists Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for New Zealand Cyclists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Cyclists from Auckland People from Warkworth, New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling 20th-century New Zealand people Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-cycling-bio-stub