Lorna Webb

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Lorna Webb
Personal information
Full nameLorna jo Webb
Born (1983-05-26) 26 May 1983 (age 35)
Flag of England.svg  England
Amateur team(s)
Bromsgrove Olympique Cycling Club
Professional team(s)
2002Team PowerBar
2003Life Repair Group Pro Cycling Team
2006Team FBUK
2007 Rapha - Condor [1]

Lorna Webb (born 26 May 1983) [1] is an English professional cyclist from Walsall, West Midlands, born in Runcorn. She represented Great Britain twice at the World Championships in Plouay and Lisbon as a junior. [2]

Walsall town in the English Midlands

Walsall is a large industrialised market town in the West Midlands. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Birmingham, 6 miles (10 km) east of Wolverhampton and 9 miles (14 km) from Lichfield.

West Midlands (county) County of England

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western-central England with a 2014 estimated population of 2,808,356, making it the second most populous county in England after Greater London. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The county itself is a NUTS 2 region within the wider NUTS 1 region of the same name. The county consists of seven metropolitan boroughs: the City of Birmingham, the City of Coventry and the City of Wolverhampton, as well as the boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall.

Runcorn town in Cheshire, United Kingdom

Runcorn is an industrial town and cargo port in Halton, Cheshire, in the southeast of the Liverpool City Region. Its population in 2011 was 61,789. The town is on the southern bank of the River Mersey, where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap. Directly to the north across the River Mersey is the town of Widnes, upstream and 8 miles (12.9 km) to the northeast is the town of Warrington, and downstream and 16 miles (26 km) to the northwest is the city of Liverpool.

Palmarès

2003
1st Overall Jo Brunton Women's RR Series 2003
1st Moscow Gallops Jo Brunton RR
1st Michelin National Women's Team Road Race
2nd Women's Omnium, Milton Keynes
3rd Women's Omnium, Halesowen
2005
2nd 500m TT, British National Track Championships
2nd Sprint, British National Track Championships
2006
2nd British National Road Race Championships
1st Cheshire Classic Women's Road Race
3rd Corswarem (BEL)
1st Burcht (BEL)
3rd Circuit de Wallonie (BEL)
3rd Helfaut (FRA)

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References

  1. 1 2 "Lorna Webb". Cycling Website.
  2. Jim Golden (2002). "LORNA'S LEARNING YEAR". British Cycling.