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Ron Webb 1932-2020

Ron Webb, the British-Australian track cyclist who became a leading six-day promoter and was eventually to build some of the world’s most famous velodromes, has died aged 87. He passed away peacefully on 1 March at the Farnham Mill Nursing Home in Surrey.

Born in Penshurst, New

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