Chris Boardman Quotes

United Kingdom, Racer
August 26, 1968

Christopher Miles Boardman, MBE is a British former racing cyclist who won an individual pursuit gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics, broke the world hour record three times, and won three stages and wore the yellow jersey on three separate occasions at the Tour de France. In 1992, he was awarded an MBE for services to cycling.

There simply is nothing else like it. And, as a test of physical and mental endurance it has no equal. Other sports may be as intense, as pressurized, as hard for short periods: But the Tour does on day after day after day. It's the only race in the world where you have to get a haircut halfway through.

Chris Boardman
- World
- Sports
- Equal
By now, we have learnt that game-changing ideas do not come from experts, they come from people who haven't got a clue and ask stupid questions.

Chris Boardman
- People
- Ideas
- Stupid

Suffering for eight hours...the most unpleasant experience I've ever had.

Chris Boardman