LeMond

Greg LeMond

LeMond at the 1989 Tour de Trump
Personal information
Full name	Gregory James LeMond
Nickname	"L'Americain" "LeMonster"
Born	(1961-06-26) June 26, 1961 (age 55) Lakewood, California, U.S.
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur team(s)
1976–1980	U.S. National Team
Professional team(s)
1981–1984	Renault–Elf–Gitane
1985–1987	La Vie Claire
1988	PDM–Ultima–Concorde
1989	ADR
1990–1994	Z–Tomasso
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France General classification (1986, 1989, 1990) Young rider classification (1984) Combination classification (1985, 1986) 5 individual stages Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (1986) Stage races Tour de l'Avenir (1982) Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1983) One-day races and Classics World Road Race Championships (1983, 1989) Other Super Prestige Pernod International (1983)
Medal record Representing the USA Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 1979 Buenos Aires Junior road race 1983 Altenrhein Road race 1989 Chambéry Road race 1982 Goodwood Road race 1985 Giavera di Montello Road race

Grand Tours

Stage races

One-day races and Classics

Other

Gregory James "Greg" LeMond (born June 26, 1961) is an American former professional road racing cyclist who won the Road Race World Championship twice (1983 and 1989) and the Tour de France three times (1986, 1989 and 1990). He is also an entrepreneur and anti-doping advocate. LeMond was born in Lakewood, California, and raised in ranch country on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, near Reno. He is married and has three children with his wife Kathy, with whom he supports a variety of charitable causes and organizations.

In 1986, LeMond became the first non-European professional cyclist to win the Tour de France, and he remains the only American cyclist to have won the Tour. LeMond was accidentally shot with multiple pellets while hunting in 1987 and missed the next two Tours. He returned to the 1989 Tour, completing an improbable comeback by winning in dramatic fashion on the race's final stage. He successfully defended his title the following year, claiming his third and final Tour victory in 1990, which made LeMond one of only seven riders who have won three or more Tours. He retired from competition in December 1994. He was inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 1996.

LeMond was the first American to win the elite Road World Championship, the first professional cyclist to sign a million-dollar contract, and the first cyclist to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated when the magazine named him as its Sportsman of the Year in 1989. During his career, LeMond championed several technological advancements in pro cycling, including the introduction of aerodynamic "triathlon" handlebars and carbon fiber bicycle frames, which he later marketed through his company LeMond Bicycles. His other business interests have included restaurants, real estate, and consumer fitness equipment.