Chris Boardman

Chris Boardman
CBE
Boardman at the 2018 Tour de Yorkshire
Personal information
Full nameChristopher Miles Boardman
NicknameThe Professor[1]
Born (1968-08-26) 26 August 1968 (age 56)
Hoylake, Merseyside, England
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)[2]
Team information
DisciplineRoad and track
Rider typeTime trialist
Amateur teams
Birkenhead Victoria CC
Manchester Wheelers' Club
GS Strada
North Wirral Velo Club-Kodak
Professional teams
1993–1998GAN
1999–2000Crédit Agricole
Major wins
Road

Grand Tours

Tour de France
3 individual stages (1994, 1997, 1998)

Stage races

Critérium International (1996)

One-day races and Classics

World Time Trial Championships (1994)
Track

Olympics

Men's individual pursuit (1992)

World Championships

Men's individual pursuit (1994, 1996)
Hour record holder (2000)
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Men's track cycling
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Individual pursuit
Men's road bicycle racing
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Time trial
World Championships
Men's track cycling
Gold medal – first place 1994 Palermo Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place 1996 Manchester Individual pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Hamar Individual pursuit
Men's road bicycle racing
Gold medal – first place 1994 Agrigento Time trial
Silver medal – second place 1996 Lugano Time trial
Bronze medal – third place 1997 San Sebastian Time trial
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Treviso Time trial
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place Edinburgh 1986 Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place Auckland 1990 Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place Auckland 1990 Team time trial

Christopher Miles Boardman, CBE (born 26 August 1968) is an English 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 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.

Boardman has also worked to promote walking and cycling across the UK, becoming Greater Manchester's walking and cycling commissioner in 2017, Greater Manchester's Transport Commissioner in 2021 and most recently, Commissioner of Active Travel England.

In 1992, he was awarded an MBE for services to cycling. Boardman was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2024 Birthday Honours for services to active travel.[3]

  1. ^ "FAQ's". Boardman Bikes. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Chris Boardman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Awards for Birthday Honours List 2024" (PDF).