Chris Boardman

Christopher Miles Boardman ( born August 26, 1968 in Hoylake, United Kingdom) is a former English racing cyclist.

In 1992, Chris Boardman Olympic gold in the 4000 -meter individual pursuit. He was known primarily as an individual time trial specialist and held until 19 July 2005 and the hour record. His best performance ( 56.375 km ), which he set up on 6 September 1996 at the Manchester Velodrome, was subsequently annulled by the UCI, as the UCI changed the rules and only traditional racing bikes allowed. This included all world hour records from 1984 to 1996. On 27 October 2000, he took the record back, now on a "permitted" wheel

Boardman used as many Stundenweltrekordler special racing bikes, where he stretched out due to a modified triathlon bracket long lay on the handlebars. This aerodynamically very favorable position would still be allowed with slight modifications according to current regulations, also Boardman used not so different -sized wheels, such as Francesco Moser or a special position as Graeme Obree. Nevertheless, his records as of Moser, Indurain, Rominger and others only as bests apply.

In 1996 Boardman won the bronze medal in the individual time trial at the Olympic Games in Atlanta. In addition, Boardman recorded several world championship titles, won in 1996 at the Grand Prix des Nations and the Critérium International and was chosen three times the prologue of the Tour de France for themselves: in 1994 in Lille, 1997 in Rouen, and in 1998 in Dublin.

Since 2007, Chris Boardman, the company operates Boardman bikes that the Professional Continental team UnitedHealthcare equips, among other things since the 2011 season.