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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.
The Lotus 108 bicycle, a forerunner to the Lotus 110 Chris Boardman used to set a new hour record of 56.375 km (35.030 mi) in 1996. Chris Boardman took up the challenge using a modified version of the Lotus 110 bicycle, a successor to the earlier Lotus 108 bicycle he'd ridden to victory at the 1992 Olympic Games.
Apr 15, 2015 · Just six days after Obree set his 51.596km record in Hamar in Norway, Chris Boardman, the Olympic pursuit champion from the previous year, rode 52.270km in Bordeaux.
Mar 1, 2017 · On September 6 1996, Chris Boardman killed the Hour Record. In front of a cheering home crowd at the Manchester velodrome, who were slowly getting accustomed to British cycling success,...
- Ed Pickering
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Oct 8, 2022 · In a super-human, superlative-defying performance, Ganna's astounding distance covered exceeded the performance of Hour Record legend Chris Boardman, whose 1996 mark of 56.375 was relegated to...
- Laura Weislo
Nov 10, 2020 · As a result, all records between 1972, including Boardman's 56.375km ride in 1996, were recognised in the record of 'Best Human Effort', and Merckx's former benchmark of 49.431km was...
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