Lancelot David Payne was a New Zealand racing cyclist, who competed for his country in the road race at two British Empire and Commonwealth Games, and won three national road race titles.
11 Facts About Lance Payne
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Lance Payne grew up on a farm at Glen Oroua and left home when he was 15 years old.
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Lance Payne worked as a Post Office clerk and took up cycling in 1950.
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Lance Payne represented New Zealand in the road race at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
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Lance Payne was unplaced after being part of a two-man breakaway with Malcolm Campbell of Wales that led for most of the race before being overtaken on the penultimate lap.
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Four years later, Lance Payne again competed in British Empire and Commonwealth Games road race.
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Lance Payne was in the leading group of three riders with 11 kilometres remaining, but punctured and eventually finished in 11th place.
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In 1959, Lance Payne was struck by a car in a head-on collision at Paremata, but he recovered and continued his amateur cycling career, winning the Tour of Manawatu in 1962, before retiring two years later.
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In 1980, Lance Payne left the Post Office and ran a dairy at Plimmerton for a time.
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Lance Payne then worked as the caretaker on Mana Island for the Department of Lands and Survey.
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Lance Payne then served as the lighthouse keeper on The Brothers in Cook Strait, until it was automated and no longer staffed in 1990.