Richard-William Lamb

Richard-William Lamb
To person
Nickname	Fatty
Date of birth	December 26, 1907
date of death	1974
nation	Australia
discipline	Train / street
Most important successes
	Australian Champion - Road Race 1930, 1932
	Last updated: June 10, 2011

Richard-William "Fatty" Lamb (born December 26, 1907 in Melbourne , † 1974 ) was an Australian cyclist .

In 1928 Richard-William Lamb was the Australian road champion of the amateurs. Although this race was intended to qualify for the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, it was not nominated. Then he became a professional. In 1928 he won the "Great Austral Wheel Race", the oldest cycling race in the world, which is still held today. In 1930 and 1932 he was Australian road racing champion for professionals. Also in 1932 he won the Six Days of Brisbane along with Jack Standen .

“Fatty” Lamb was invited by Hubert Opperman to drive with him to Europe to race there and in the USA. In 1931 he took part in the Tour de France together with him and was 35 and last . In that year he started as a stayer at the Grand Prix de Marseille and set a new track record. Back in Australia he presented at the Velodrome in Melbourne a new stayer record on a specially designed by himself wheel, breaking the old record of Opperman.

Lamb also won national sprint titles in Australia and New Zealand .

Web links

Richard-William Lamb in the Radsportseiten.net database

Portrait on bicyclehistory.com.au ( Memento from May 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Portrait on aussievelos.net

Individual evidence

↑ Biographical cuttings on Richard (Fatty) Lamb, World record cyclist, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals. Retrieved November 10, 2011 .

personal data
SURNAME	Lamb, Richard-William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lamb, Fatty (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Australian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 26, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH	Melbourne
DATE OF DEATH	1974

[1] Biographical cuttings on Richard (Fatty) Lamb, World record cyclist, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals. Retrieved November 10, 2011 .