One of these most iconic sporting moments in cycling history from an athlete who was immense throughout the 90''s....winning prologues at the Tour, wearing the yellow jersey....beating the hour record and of course the first gold in 72 years for great britain.....
I was in an early season 10 mile time trial and Chris was off last in a field of 120. On a cold windy morning on the H10-1 course i came home in a disappointing 23.48 whilst my friend, the best in our club at the time and a future national champion finished in a respectable 22:30. Boardman posted a jaw dropping 20:02, almost 30 mph and about 1 minute ahead of the second place man.
The days when GB won so few Olympic medals even a bronze got front pages and we knew their names and faces, let alone cycling gold. Nowadays, GB wins so many gold medals we only remember the set from our sports of interest! Boardman and Obree set things up for the lottery years. GB now doing it in gymnastics, swimming, but athletics - not so much. I don't even know all the Brits in races like Tour de Romandie or Women's Vuelta
Rode in many races with Chris as an amateur & he was always 10% better than the rest. It was evident he was going places in world cycling. He didn't know it, but I followed him in as many races as possible when I wasn't racing myself, right through his Olympic rides, his hour records & as a Professional. I've seen him on top of the world in his wins, that AMAZING TDF prologue win & suffering like a dog in some Alpine stages. A special rider indeed & also a gent. The sport was made better by the likes of Chris Boardman & another Brit, Graeme Obree. I have huge respect to the both of them.
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One of these most iconic sporting moments in cycling history from an athlete who was immense throughout the 90''s....winning prologues at the Tour, wearing the yellow jersey....beating the hour record and of course the first gold in 72 years for great britain.....
I was in an early season 10 mile time trial and Chris was off last in a field of 120. On a cold windy morning on the H10-1 course i came home in a disappointing 23.48 whilst my friend, the best in our club at the time and a future national champion finished in a respectable 22:30. Boardman posted a jaw dropping 20:02, almost 30 mph and about 1 minute ahead of the second place man.
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RIP Mike Burrows
The days when GB won so few Olympic medals even a bronze got front pages and we knew their names and faces, let alone cycling gold. Nowadays, GB wins so many gold medals we only remember the set from our sports of interest! Boardman and Obree set things up for the lottery years. GB now doing it in gymnastics, swimming, but athletics - not so much. I don't even know all the Brits in races like Tour de Romandie or Women's Vuelta
Rode in many races with Chris as an amateur & he was always 10% better than the rest. It was evident he was going places in world cycling.
He didn't know it, but I followed him in as many races as possible when I wasn't racing myself, right through his Olympic rides, his hour records & as a Professional.
I've seen him on top of the world in his wins, that AMAZING TDF prologue win & suffering like a dog in some Alpine stages.
A special rider indeed & also a gent.
The sport was made better by the likes of Chris Boardman & another Brit, Graeme Obree.
I have huge respect to the both of them.
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