1981National Professional Road Race Championship William Nickson (born 30 January 1953) is a British former

cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

. 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 A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

events at the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

. He also rode in the

1977 Tour de France The 1977 Tour de France was the 64th edition of the Tour de France, taking place between 30 June and 24 July. The total race distance was 22 stages over . Lucien Van Impe, the winner of the previous year, wanted to repeat his victory and going i ...

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* 1953 births Living people British male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Liverpool {{UK-cycling-bio-stub