World Champion
Winner of the UCI Road World Championships Road Race
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Greg LeMond Biography and Timeline
Follow Greg LeMond through 9 dated historical records for United States of America.
Greg LeMond, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
9Distinct records
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1983–1992Years on this page
1983
1984
White Jersey
Rides his first Tour de France & finishes third, winning the prestigious White Jersey as the Tours best young rider
1986
Tour de France
Winner of the Tour de France, 1st win. LeMond becomes the first American cyclist to win the race
1989
Tour de France
Brother-in-law accidentally discharges his shotgun, striking LeMond in the back just over two months before the 1987 Tour de France, LeMond misses the following two Tours while recovering
Tour de France
Winner of the Tour de France, 2nd win, with 37 shotgun pellets remaining in his body (including two in the lining of his heart)
1990
Tour de France
Winner of the Tour de France, 3rd win
1991
Jesse Owens International Trophy
Worlds Most Outstanding Athlete Award, Jesse Owens International Trophy
1992
Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner of USA Cyclings Korbel Lifetime Achievement Award
Tour DuPont
LeMond becomes the first American to win the Tour DuPont, a short-lived American answer to the Tour de France
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.