"I almost prefer it that Boardman has taken the record away from me because that will help me motivate myself to beat it again," Rominger said in Valencia, where he competes in Saturday's opening stage of the Tour of Spain.
"This year I was going to beat my own record but I didn't have the motivation to compete against anyone," he explained. But he added he now intended to go after a new record in either October or November next year at an unspecified European location.
"It will be my last race as a professional before I retire," Rominger said.
Boardman annihilated Rominger's hour record of 55.291 kilometres, set in Bordeaux in 1994, when he raced 56.3759 kilometres (35.03 miles) at the Manchester Velodrome on Friday evening.
Boardman said after his stunning performance at his local track that he did not intend to improve on his mark.
Boardman, 28, used the outstretched arms superman style invented by fellow Briton and former hour record holder Graeme Obree to break the previous record of 55.291 km (34.357 miles) set by Switzerland's Tony Rominger in Bordeaux in 1994.
Boardman, who previously set the world record in 1993 when he rode 52.270 km (32.479 miles) in Bordeaux, was on target from the start. In a very controlled ride, he was 10 seconds ahead of schedule after 10km, 20 up after 20km and 45 seconds after 40m.
He covered over 220 laps of the track, and when he crossed the line for the last time before a capacity crowd of 3,500, he waved a finger in the air to signal that he was No. 1 again.
It is the third world record Boardman has set in 10 days, and all three were set at the Manchester veledrome. At the world track championships last week he twice set the world record in the 4,000-meter pursuit.
The hour record is cycling's equivalent of the mile mark in athletics and has been held by greats such as Belgian Eddy Merckx, Italy's Francesco Moser and Spain's Miguel Indurain.
Since Boardman held the record for the first time, the mark has been surpassed and held by Obree, Indurain and Rominger.
35,325 km: Desgrange (Fra) 11-05-1893 Parijs 38,220 km: Dubois (Fra) 31-10-1894 Parijs 39,240 km: Van den Eynde (Bel) 30-07-1897 Parijs 40,781 km: Hamilton (VSt) 09-07-1898 Denver 41,110 km: Petit-Breton (Fra) 24-08-1905 Parijs 41,520 km: Berthet (Fra) 20-06-1907 Parijs 42,360 km: Egg (Zwi) 22-08-1912 Parijs 42,741 km: Berthet 07-08-1913 Parijs 43,525 km: Egg 21-08-1913 Parijs 43,775 km: Berthet 20-09-1913 Parijs 44,247 km: Egg 18-06-1912 Parijs 44,588 km: Van Hout (Ned) 25-08-1933 Roermond 44,777 km: Richard (Fra) 29-08-1933 St-Truiden 45,067 km: Olmo (Ita) 31-10-1935 Milaan 45,375 km: Richard 14-10-1936 Milaan 45,535 km: Slaats (Ned) 29-09-1937 Milaan 45,817 km: Archambaud (Fra) 03-11-1937 Milaan 45,848 km: Coppi (Ita) 07-11-1942 Milaan 46,159 km: Anquetil (Fra) 29-06-1956 Milaan 46,393 km: Baldini (Ita) 19-09-1956 Milaan 46,923 km: Riviere (Fra) 18-09-1957 Milaan 47,346 km: Riviere 23-08-1958 Milaan 48,093 km: Bracke (Bel) 30-10-1967 Rome 48,653 km: Ritter (Den) 10-10-1968 Mexico 49,431 km: Merckx (Bel) 25-10-1972 Mexico 50,808 km: Moser (Ita) 19-01-1984 Mexico 51,151 km: Moser 23-01-1984 Mexico 51,596 km: Obree (GBr) 17-07-1993 Hamar 52,270 km: Boardman (GBr) 23-07-1993 Bordeaux 52,713 km: Obree 27-04-1994 Bordeaux 53,040 km: Indurain (Spa) 02-09-1994 Bordeaux 53,832 km: Rominger (Zwi) 22-10-1994 Bordeaux 55,291 km: Rominger 05-11-1994 Bordeaux 56,375 km: Boardman 06-09-1996 Manchester
Stage 1, Burgh-Haamstede-Renesse: 1. Van Elven (Rucphen) 1 35 km in 2.59.32 2. Van de Vliet (Oost Grachtdijk) 0.03 3. Reinerink (Harbrinkhoek) 4. Hey (Zevenhuizen) 5. Kistemaker (Purmerend) 6. De Bakker (Bel) 7. Hordijk (Rotterdam) 0.13 8. Hoedemakers (Eerde) 9. Schurer (Oud-Gastel) 10. Westerbeek (Breda)