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5 unusual facts about Chris Boardman


Boardman Bikes

(stylised "cboardman") is a British bicycle manufacturer, founded by the professional cyclist Chris Boardman, Sarah Mooney and Alan Ingarfield, and launched in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 2007.

Chris Boardman

Boardman lives with his wife and six children in his native Wirral.

Lotus 108

A new world record of 4 minutes 24.496 seconds was established as well as Chris Boardman winning the 4000m pursuit, catching World Champion Jens Lehmann in the final.

Chris Boardman’s Olympic gold medal winning bike was on display at the Science Museum in South Kensington, London, in a temporary exhibition which ran from 16th March to 20th June 1993, entitled "SuperBike: An Exhibition on the Olympic Gold Medal Bicycle", and was later returned to Lotus Engineering.

Oscar Egg

Only Chris Boardman has equalled Egg and Berthet's feat of taking the record three times.



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