Cycling legend Chris Boardman has paid an emotional tribute to his mother after she died in a tragic accident this weekend.
Carol Boardman, from Hoylake, died on Sunday morning after she was involved in a collision with a pick up truck while cycling in north Wales.
In a tribute posted on his Twitter feed, Chris described his mother as ‘the most positive, outgoing person you could ever hope to meet’.
He wrote: ‘In the early hours of Sunday morning, our Mum, Carol Boardman, died from injuries sustained in collision with a car whilst out riding her bike in North Wales.
‘A racing cyclist of some standing in her day, she gave up competitive riding when Lisa and I came along but she never lost her love of the bike or of competing. A stealth combatant and full of energy; mum was one of those individuals who could quietly turn anything into a contest. On the ten minute walk to my Nan’s she would often force us to skip – it didn’t feel as strange then as it sounds now – which inevitably turned into a dog eat dog contest, a woman and two children frantically speed-skipping along a suburban pavement with a blue garden gate as the winning post. God knows what it looked like to people driving past.
‘Our Mum was the most positive, outgoing person you could ever hope to meet and her generosity of spirit inspired everyone she met.
‘Many of our childhood memories involve my mother and the outdoors, walking out over Hoylake sandbank, swimming in the deep gullies, or hunting for fossils on Llandega Moor in North Wales.
‘Wanting to share her passion for cycling, even well into her seventies, she often took groups of young novices out on their first forays into North Wales.
‘She leaves behind Keith, her partner for more than half a century, Lisa and I, and a large, loving family. We can not yet conceive of a world without her in it.
‘We love you Carol, may the wind be ever at your back.’
The accident happened on Saturday July 16 at 13.54hrs at the roundabout on Mold Road, Connah’s Quay with the Junction of Ffordd Llanarth. The collision involved a white Mitsubishi L200 pick up.
Police are renewing their appeal for anybody who may have witnessed the collision to contact officers on 101, quoting reference number U104385.