![]() ![]() His other business interests have included restaurants, real estate, and consumer fitness equipment. ![]() He was the first professional cyclist to sign a million-dollar contract and the first cyclist to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated.ĭuring 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. LeMond retired from competition in December 1994 and was inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 1996. He successfully defended his Tour title the following year, becoming one of only eight riders to win three or more Tours. At the 1989 Tour, LeMond completed an improbable comeback to win in dramatic fashion on the race's final stage. Following the shooting, he underwent two surgeries and missed the next two Tours. LeMond was accidentally shot with pellets and seriously injured while hunting in 1987. LeMond won the Tour de France in 1986 he is the first non-European professional cyclist to win the men's Tour. Two years later, he became the first American male cyclist to win the Road World Championship. LeMond began his professional cycling career in 1981. He is considered to be the greatest American cyclist of all time, one of the great all-round cyclists of the modern era, and an icon of the sport's globalization. LeMond won the Tour de France thrice and the Road Race World Championship twice, becoming the only American male to win the former. Gregory James LeMond (born June 26, 1961) is an American former road racing cyclist. ![]()
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