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Chris Boardman

1968 - Today

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Christopher Miles Boardman, (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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Boardman has received more than 686,918 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Boardman is the 489th most popular cyclist (down from 390th in 2019), the 5,885th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,030th in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Cyclist.

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  • 35.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Chris Boardman ranks 489 out of 1,214Before him are José Azevedo, Stuart O'Grady, Steffen Wesemann, Riccardo Riccò, Anna Kiesenhofer, and Michael Mørkøv. After him are Sylvain Chavanel, Gianluca Bortolami, Andreas Kappes, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Christophe Moreau, and Michael Rogers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Chris Boardman ranks 568Before him are Kazuya Maekawa, Dimitri Diatchenko, Junot Díaz, Dan Calichman, Magnus Erlingmark, and Bjarne Goldbæk. After him are Gianluca Bortolami, Shahbaz Bhatti, Naoto Otake, Ingrid Klimke, Knut Tore Apeland, and Firmin Ngrébada.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Boardman ranks 5,885 out of 7,765Before him are Ricky Hatton (1978), James Key (1972), Jamie Waylett (1989), Bukayo Saka (2001), Jeremy Irvine (1990), and Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein (1995). After him are Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet (1803), Tom Daley (1994), Laurie Lee (1914), Steve Coppell (1955), Windsor Davies (1930), and Joel Fry (1983).

Among CYCLISTS In United Kingdom

Among cyclists born in United Kingdom, Chris Boardman ranks 19Before him are Geraint Thomas (1986), Graeme Obree (1965), Max Sciandri (1967), Sean Yates (1960), Simon Yates (1992), and Dan Martin (1986). After him are Adam Yates (1992), Philippa York (1958), Chris Hoy (1976), Lizzie Deignan (1988), Tom Pidcock (1999), and Dario Cioni (1974).