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Historic Overview Chris Boardman

Rider

Overall Rank743
NameChris BOARDMAN
Country
  Great Britain
Date of birth26-Aug-1968 - Hoylake (Merseyside)
ContemporiesView Contemporary Ranking

Biography

Chris Boardman

Christopher Miles Boardman, (born 26 August 1968) is a British former racing cyclist. A time trial and prologue specialist, Boardman won the inaugural men's World time trial championship in 1994, won the individual pursuit gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics, broke the world hour record three times, and won three prologue stages (and consequently wore the yellow jersey on three occasions) at the Tour de France.

Boardman's nickname is "The Professor", for his meticulous attention to detail in preparation and training, and his technical know-how. He had an altitude tent built in his house to help him prepare for the hour record attempt, although in an interview he claimed that all it did was help him focus. Boardman focused on interval training. He was a keen user of power measuring devices. For his winning ways in time trials and prologues of stage races, he was also nicknamed "Mr. Prologue".

Boardman is also notable for having used the Lotus 108 time trial bicycle designed by Mike Burrows and built by the sports car manufacturer Lotus. Later he worked with the UK carbon fibre bike specialist Hotta, to produce other time-trial frame designs, which he raced in various events including world championships, and Olympic games. He is now involved in producing commercial and competition bikes with the Boardman Bikes and Boardman Elite ventures.

In 1992, he was awarded an MBE for services to cycling.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

5 3 6 2 36

Major Victories

Critérium International 1996
G.P. des Nations 1996
Chrono des Nations - Les Herbiers 1993, 1996
World Championships Time Trial 1994
Paris - Nice - stages 1996 (1), 1999 (1)
Tour de France - stages 1994 (1), 1997 (1), 1998 (1)
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya - stages 1997 (2), 1998 (2)
Tour de Suisse - stages 1994 (1)
Dauphiné Libéré - stages 1994 (3), 1995 (1), 1996 (1), 1997 (1), 1998 (2)
Tour de Romandie - stages 1997 (2)
G.P. du Midi-Libre - stages 1995 (1)
Critérium International - stages 1999 (1)
Route du Sud - stages 1996 (1)
Vuelta a Valencia - stages 1997 (1)
Vuelta a Murcia - stages 1994 (2)
4 Jours de Dunkerque - stages 1995 (1), 1996 (1)
Tour of Britain - stages 1998 (2), 1999 (1)
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Seasons

Chris Boardman - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1989 Individual 0 1689
2. 1991 Individual 3 1201
3. 1993 GAN 193 247
4. 1994 GAN 1034 36
5. 1995 GAN 552 89
6. 1996 GAN 1555 21
7. 1997 GAN 1312 24
8. 1998 Crédit Agricole 695 79
9. 1999 Crédit Agricole 590 98
10. 2000 Crédit Agricole 344 218
Overall: 6278 743