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Greg LeMond Biography

Greg LeMond is one of the most popular and richest Cyclist who was born on June 26, 1961 in Lakewood, California, United States. He became the very first American bicyclist to take home his first Tour de France in 1986. He was the first to pioneer a variety of methods and changes throughout his time in the sport, including the introduction the aerodynamic handlebars for triathlon.

Both He and Lance Armstrong are two of the most well-known American cyclists. are two of the most famous American cyclists.

Gregory James “Greg” LeMond (born June 26, 1961) is an American former professional road racing cyclist, entrepreneur, and anti-doping advocate. A two-time winner of the Road Race World Championship (1983 and 1989) and a three-time winner of the Tour de France (1986, 1989, and 1990), LeMond is considered by many to be the greatest American cyclist of all time.

LeMond’s introduction to cycling came in 1975 thanks to freestyle skiing pioneer Wayne Wong, who recommended the bike as an ideal off-season training aid. LeMond started competing in 1976, and after dominating the Intermediate category (13–15) and winning the first 11 races he entered, he received permission to ride against older, more seasoned competitors in the Junior (16–19) category.

He had three children, Geoffrey, Scott, and Simone along alongside his spouse Kathy.

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Borysewicz, whom LeMond described as his “first real coach,” wanted to retain his protégé through the next Olympic cycle and discouraged him from turning pro, but LeMond was determined. Nevertheless, while he was the reigning Junior World Road Champion in 1980, LeMond received no professional offers, and so in the spring of 1980, he joined the U.S. National cycling team for a 6-week European racing campaign. There, he finished third overall in the Circuit des Ardennes before winning the 1980 Circuit de la Sarthe stage race in France, thereby becoming the first American and youngest rider of any nationality “in the history of the sport to win a major pro-am cycling event [in Europe].” That victory, and the subsequent press coverage, raised LeMond’s profile in Europe and he was scouted at his next event (the Ruban Granitier Breton stage race) by Cyrille Guimard, the Renault–Elf–Gitane team’s directeur sportif. Guimard said he was impressed with LeMond’s spirit, and told him, “You have the fire to be a great champion,” before offering him a professional contract for 1981 with Renault. After he returned to the United States, LeMond won the 1980 Nevada City Classic, considered to be one of the most historic and challenging professional cycling races in United States. Despite eventually receiving several other offers to turn professional besides Guimard’s, LeMond did not consider them seriously, and he signed with Renault in Paris on the day the 1980 Tour de France finished.

Greg LeMond Net Worth

Greg LeMond is one of the richest Cyclist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Greg LeMond's net worth $40 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The US boycott during the 1980 Olympics kept him from participating during the Olympics.

He was the third cyclist to take home the Tour de France 3 times with two of those wins came following an unfortunate hunting accident.

LeMond did not apologize. The U.S. team was not as set up as the European teams, and did not have an independent race to determine the national champion. Instead, the highest finisher at the World’s was considered the national champion. LeMond had argued for the team to compete as the European teams did, but team management and Boyer voted against him. Thus, unlike the other teams at the world championship, the US riders were competing against each other. Aged 21, LeMond was the first American pro to win a medal at the World’s since Frank Kramer took silver in 1912. Said LeMond: “I’m racing for Renault and I’m racing for myself. It’s a business and it’s my living. To me, that second place was almost as good as winning, especially at my age.”

LeMond’s first professional victory came three months into his 1981 debut when he won a stage of the French Tour de l’Oise. He followed with a win in the Coors Classic in the United States, finishing ahead of Sergei Sukhoruchenkov, the 1980 Olympic road champion. The major step forward in 1981 occurred in the Dauphiné Libéré stage race where LeMond placed third. The achievement is the more remarkable because he rode the race in support of team leader Bernard Hinault. LeMond missed standing on the podium with race winner Hinault, as Pascal Simon had finished ahead of him. Two weeks later Simon was assessed a 10-minute penalty when it was discovered he had been doping. LeMond considered the race to have been a “major steppingstone” in his career. Said LeMond: “It showed me that I had the kind of climbing ability that you need to win the top European stage races.” LeMond won a total of five races in his rookie season of 1981.

LeMond began his professional cycling career in 1981. In 1983, he became the first American male cyclist to win the Road World Championship. LeMond won the Tour de France in 1986; he is the first non-European professional cyclist to win the Tour. He was accidentally shot with pellets and seriously injured while hunting in 1987. Following the shooting, he underwent two surgeries and missed the next two Tours. At the 1989 Tour, he completed an improbable comeback to win in dramatic fashion on the race’s final stage. He successfully defended his Tour title the following year, becoming one of only seven riders to win three or more Tours. LeMond retired from competition in December 1994 and was inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 1996. He was the first professional cyclist to sign a million-dollar contract and the first cyclist to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In 1977, while still only 15, LeMond finished second in the Tour of Fresno to John Howard, then the United States’s top road cyclist and the 1971 Pan American Games champion. LeMond caught the attention of Eddie Borysewicz, the US Cycling Federation’s national team coach, who described LeMond as “a diamond, a clear diamond.” LeMond represented the United States at the 1978 Junior World Championships in Washington, D.C., where he finished ninth in the road race, and again in the 1979 Junior World Championships in Argentina, where he won gold, silver and bronze medals—the highlight being his victory in the road race. At age 18, LeMond was selected for the 1980 U.S. Olympic cycling team, the youngest ever to make the U.S. team. However, the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow prevented him from competing there.

LeMond broke his collarbone on April 11, 1982, while racing the cycling classic Liège–Bastogne–Liège. The injury forced LeMond to ride a reduced schedule before entering the World Championships, which were in Goodwood, England that year. In the men’s road race competition, LeMond broke for the line but was out-sprinted by Italian Giuseppe Saronni. Following the race, LeMond’s American teammate Jacques Boyer accused LeMond of chasing him down in the final 800 meters. Saronni was very strong at the end of the race and flew past Boyer and LeMond, winning by 5 seconds over LeMond, with another 5 seconds back to Kelly. Boyer placed tenth. Bronze medalist Sean Kelly, a favorite to win the race, was with Saronni when he caught LeMond with about 200 meters to go, but he could not hold his wheel. Said Kelly: “I don’t think that Boyer was fading…He got quite a good gap. Nobody wanted to go after him…Yes, LeMond chased down Boyer. Boyer was the only man up the road.”

Who is Greg LeMond Dating?

According to our records, Greg LeMond married to Kathy LeMond . As of December 1, 2023, Greg LeMond’s is not dating anyone.

Two weeks later, on September 20, 1982, LeMond won the mountainous 12-day, 837-mile (1,347 km) Tour de l’Avenir by a world-record 10 minutes, 18 seconds. The victory, and the time advantage LeMond held at the end, stunned Europe and provided broad confirmation that LeMond was indeed fuoriclasse.

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Fignon had won the Tour twice before, in 1983 and 1984, and was a very capable time trialist. It seemed improbable that LeMond could take 50 seconds off Fignon over the short course. This would require LeMond to gain two seconds per kilometer against one of the fastest chrono-specialists in the world. LeMond had done wind tunnel testing in the off season and perfected his riding position. He rode the time trial with a rear disc wheel, a cut-down Giro aero helmet and the same Scott clip-on aero bars which had helped him to the Stage 5 time trial win. Holding his time trialing position LeMond was able to generate less aerodynamic drag than Fignon, who used a pair of disc wheels but chose to go helmetless and did not use the aero bars that are now commonplace in time trials. Instructing his support car not to give him his split times, LeMond rode flat-out and finished at a record pace to beat Fignon by 8 seconds and claim his second Tour de France victory. As LeMond embraced his wife and rejoiced on the Champs-Élysées, Fignon collapsed onto the tarmac, then sat in shock and wept.

How did Greg LeMond get shot?

LeMond was hunting on a ranch owned by Louis Barber and LeMond’s father, Bob, about 28 miles northeast of Sacramento. The cyclist was hunting with his brother-in-law, Patrick Blades, and uncle, Rodney Barber, the son of the ranch owner. Blades fired a shotgun at a turkey and hit LeMond, who collapsed.

When did Greg LeMond get shot?

In 1987 LeMond was shot and nearly killed in a hunting accident. Although emergency surgery removed buckshot from his liver, kidneys, and intestines, two pellets remained in his heart lining and nearly 30 in his back and legs. After an abortive comeback in 1988, he regained top form for the 1989 Tour de France.

Why did Greg LeMond retire?

The topic is close to LeMond’s heart, as he was forced to retire early because his own mitochondria was (and still is) being poisoned by 35 lead pellets that were embedded in his heart lining and liver during a 1987 hunting accident.

Is LeMond owned by Trek?

Trek Bicycle Corporation began its business relationship with LeMond in 1995 and, since then, has produced the LeMond Racing Cycles brand of road bikes. In 1999, the LeMond line was one of the fastest growing road bike brands and one of the top five largest road bike brands in the United States.

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