Nathan Dahlberg (born 22 February 1964) is a former New Zealand

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. He rode in the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

in 1988 and 1989 and was 39th in the

1990 Giro d'Italia The 1990 Giro d'Italia was the 73rd edition of the race. It started off in Bari on May 18 with a individual time trial. The race came to a close with a mass-start stage that began and ended in Milan on June 6. Twenty-two teams entered the r ...

. Dahlberg spent his career being a domestique for other riders and occasionally being allowed to race for himself. After retiring from racing Dahlberg managed the until it folded in 2012. In 2015 he set sights on the world record for highest elevation cycled. He chose

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as the place for this attempt as it provided flat enough terrain to ride the required 20m for the record. While he was hiking up the 12th highest mountain in the world he slipped on some ice and fell down the hill. Luckily he didn't fall too far and was able to use his ice pick to stop himself. He survived with just a head cut but lost his passport and other valuables. His team abandoned the expedition at the second camp as conditions were unsuitable for the attempt.

Career

7/11 cycling team

Dahlberg's professional cycling career started with the team in 1988. His first race for the team was

Tour of the Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'', es, Vuelta al País Vasco, links=no, eu, Euskal Herriko Itzulia) is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races ...

where he came 73rd overall. He then rode

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and

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followed by the GP Betekom where he placed sixth. Dalhberg's first

participation was at the expense of his teammate ,

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, who crashed into a spectator the day before the Tour started. Dahlberg had just come home from a training ride, and was met by a staff member from the team saying he needed to get to France tomorrow. They ended up driving all night and arrived at 5:30am with the first stage starting at 9am.

Amateur again

In 2001 Dahlberg did not race for a professional team but he still managed to get some great results. In April he won the

Tour du Maroc Tour du Maroc is the most important road bicycle race in the African state of Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterrane ...

, a 13-stage race in Morocco. He won Stage 5 of the race by 54 seconds taking the leaders jersey then not losing time to his rivals in the remaining stages.

Marco Polo

In 2005 while riding for Dahlberg and fellow kiwi cyclist Robin Reid had a competition to see who could reach 10,000km the fastest. Dahlberg lost as he spent a lot of 2005 being the team director.

Major results

Sources: ;1985 : 2nd

Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies The Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Winners References

UCI Europe Tour races Cycle races in France 1977 establishments in France ...

;1988 : 6th GP Betekom ;1990 : 1st Stage 1

Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France ...

: 7th

Giro della Toscana The Giro di Toscana is a road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was not held in 2015. On 4 April 2016 it was announced that the race will ...

;1991 : 1st Stage 9 Ruta Mexico : 3rd Reading Classic : 6th Trofeo dell'Etna ;1992 : 3rd Overall Casper Classic ::1st Stage 8 ;2000 : 10th Overall

Tour of South China Sea The Tour of South China Sea is an annual professional road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau since 1996 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It has been held during Christmas holiday every year since 1996 to celeb ...

;2001 : 1st Overall

::1st Stage 5 : 4th Overall

Tour du Faso The Tour du Faso is a 10-day road bicycle racing stage race held in Burkina Faso in the late fall. The race is organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation, which also organises the Tour de France, and since 2005, the race has been part of the UCI ...

: 10th Overall Perlis Open ;2002 : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Serbia ;2004 : 1st Overall Tour d'Indonesia ;2010 : 7th Overall Tour d'Indonesia

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* 1964 births Living people New Zealand male cyclists Sportspeople from Whanganui Tour de Suisse stage winners {{NewZealand-cycling-bio-stub