Chris Boardman

Chris Boardman is an English former racing cyclist, born on 26 August 1968, who specialised in time trials and prologues. He won the individual pursuit gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics, took the inaugural men's world time trial championship in 1994, broke the world hour record three times and won three Tour de France prologues, wearing the yellow jersey each time. He rode the Lotus 108 time trial bicycle designed by Mike Burrows, and later set up Boardman Bikes and Boardman Elite. After racing he promoted walking and cycling, serving as Greater Manchester's walking and cycling commissioner and later as Commissioner of Active Travel England.