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  1. Greg LeMond

    Greg LeMond. Gregory James LeMond (born June 26, 1961) is an American former road racing cyclist. LeMond won the Tour de France three times and the Road Race World Championship twice, becoming the only American male to win the former. LeMond began his professional cycling career in 1981. Two years later, he became the first American male ...

  2. Where Are They Now?: Tour de France Winner Greg LeMond

    Greg LeMond. Jean Catuffe/Getty. As a three-time winner of the Tour de France in the 1980s and '90s and two-time winner of the Road Race World Championship, Greg LeMond is regarded as one of the greatest U.S. cyclists.Born in California and raised in Nevada, LeMond lived in Minnesota with his wife, Kathy, and their children for nearly three decades before moving to Knoxville, Tennessee, in 2017.

  3. Greg LeMond moves forward after '12 years of hell'

    A three-time winner of the Tour de France (1986, '89 and '90), he was America's first celebrated cyclist. ... LeMond retreated to Minnesota, where he fought back the only way he could, suing Trek ...

  4. Tour de France standings 2024: Updated results, winners, jersey

    Tour de France 2024 winners, results by stage The 2024 Tour de France begins Saturday, June 29, in Florence, Italy, and lasts until Sunday, July 21, when it finishes Nice, France.

  5. Tour de France winner Greg LeMond awarded Congressional Gold Medal

    Tour de France winner Greg LeMond was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal Friday, becoming the first cyclist to receive the honor. The U.S. House of Representatives in September 2019 passed a ...

  6. Mark Cavendish claims record-breaking 35th stage win at the Tour de France

    Mark Cavendish made cycling history on Wednesday, winning a record-breaking 35th stage at the Tour de France. The 39-year-old has now surpassed legendary cyclist Eddy Merckx after winning a ...

  7. Greg LeMond: Biography of Tour de France winner, now East Tennessee

    LeMond, who moved to Greenback, Tennessee, in 2017 with wife Kathy, held an impressive cycling career as the first American to win the Tour de France in 1986, beating five-time winner Bernard ...

  8. Return of women's Tour de France ripples in Minnesota

    The women's Tour de France opens in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower on Sunday in Paris. In the minds of some with a stake in the race, the athletes will charge through Minnesota, too. Circuit Sport ...

  9. Tour de France results, standings after Stage 3

    Sprinter Biniam Girmay made history as he emerged fastest from the peloton to win Stage 3 of the 2024 Tour de France and become the first Eritrean rider to win a stage in the race's 111-edition ...

  10. Tour de France standings, results: Race outlook after Stage 1 winner

    For the first time in its 111-year history, the 2024 Tour de France began in Italy. The Grand Départ saw the field of 176 riders across 22 teams make the 128-mile journey from Florence to Rimini ...

  11. 2024 Tour de France: Stage 6 results, standings, recap

    With just one climb near the beginning of the 101.6-mile route from Mâcon to Dijon through the Burgundy wine region of France, Stage 6 was among the flattest days of the 2024 Tour de France ...

  12. List of Tour de France general classification winners

    The Tour de France is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in July. Established in 1903 by newspaper L'Auto, the Tour is the best-known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; the others are the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. The race usually covers approximately 3,500 kilometres (2,200 mi), passing through France and neighbouring countries such as Belgium.

  13. Who Won Stage 1 Of The Tour de France 2024? See The Full TDF Results

    French climber Romain Bardet of the DSM team claimed the overall leader's yellow jersey when he won the opening stage of the Tour de France 2024 on Saturday with a late escape on a 206-kilometer run from Florence, Italy, to Rimini.. Searing heat of 30 C (86 F) blighted the peloton as it set off from downtown Florence on the 21-day epic journey, leaving many riders suffering, with British ...

  14. Mark Cavendish wins Tour de France Stage 5: recap, results, standings

    Cavendish, 39, has now won a record-setting 35 Tour de France stages, cementing his status as the best sprinter in the history of the competition's 111 editions. He previously jointly held the ...

  15. Highlights: 2024 Tour de France, Stage 2

    Watch highlights from Stage 2 of the 2024 Tour de France, a 199.2 km journey from Cesenatico to Bologna. Skip navigation. Search Query Submit Search. MLB. NFL. NBA. NHL. NASCAR . Premier League. College Football . College Basketball . Horse Racing. Top News.

  16. Who Has Won The Tour de France In The Past? See The Full TDF Winners

    Listing out all of the winners at the Tour de France, in preparation for the Tour de France 2024, which starts June 29 and runs until July 21. Jun 29-Jul 21 · Resumes Tomorrow at 10:55 AM UTC. Tour de France. Jul 5-7, 3:45 PM UTC. UCI MTB Les Gets France. Jul 7-14, 10:50 AM UTC.

  17. There's a Minnesota connection to the first Women's Tour De France race

    The Minnesota connection to the first Women's Tour De France race in over 30 years 02:00 EDINA, Minn. -- After a 33-year absence, the globally known Tour De France is having a women's bike race.

  18. 2024 Tour de France: Results from Stage 5

    The 2024 Tour de France runs from June 29 to July 21, beginning in Florence, Italy, and finishing in Nice, France (a change from the usual Paris finish). Over three weeks, the biggest prizes in ...

  19. Tour de France winners

    The 111th edition of the Tour de France starts in Florence, Italy, on Saturday, June 29 and ends three weeks later in Nice on Sunday, July 21. Cyclingnews highlights the full list of champions ...

  20. Pogacar flexes his muscles and claims tour de France overall lead

    Item 1 of 3 Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 4 - Pinerolo to Valloire - Valloire, France - July 2, 2024 UAE Team Emirates' Tadej Pogacar crosses the finish line to win stage 4 REUTERS/Molly Darlington

  21. What to Know About This Year's Tour de France (Which Begins in Italy)

    Tell me the days that really matter. The first stage to focus on is July 2, when the riders travel from Italy to France. It includes a climb up the Galibier, one of the Tour's toughest mountains ...

  22. 2024 Tour De France Stage Winners

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  23. Tour de France standings, results after Stage 2

    Here's how the classification at the 2024 Tour de France looks after two days of racing. STAGE 1 RESULTS:Tour de France standings: Race outlook after Stage 1 winner Tour de France Stage 2 results

  24. Tour de France: Biniam Girmay becomes first Black rider to win stage

    Girmay became the continent's third rider to win a Tour de France stage, joining South Africans Robert Hunter (2007) and Daryl Impey (2019). Chris Froome, who has won seven Grand Tours ...

  25. Dutch sprinter Groenewegen wins Tour de France Stage 6 in a photo

    Belgium's Jasper Philipsen, left, sprints to take second place ahead f third place Eritrea's Biniam Girmay, wearing the best sprinter's green jersey, during the sixth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 163.5 kilometers (101.6 miles) with start in Macon and finish in Dijon, France, Thursday, July 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

  26. Mark Cavendish breaks Tour de France record with 35th stage win

    2 of 14 | . Britain's sprinter Mark Cavendish celebrates on the podium with his wife and children after winning a record 35th Tour de France stage to break the record of Belgian legend Eddy Merckx in the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 177.4 kilometers (110.2 miles) with start in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and finish in Saint-Vulbas, France, Wednesday, July 3, 2024.

  27. 2024 MLB All-Star Game starters announced; why Lakers are big losers

    Mark Cavendish stands alone with the most Tour de France stage victories ... Minnesota promoted Brooks Lee in a corresponding ... meaning we'll have a non-Chestnut winner for the first time since ...

  28. Tour de France 2024: Stage 1 results, Romain Bardet wins, standings

    Stage 1 of the 2024 Tour de France featured an unprecedented Grand Départ in Italy to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ottavio Bottecchia's historic 1924 victory as the first Italian to win ...

  29. Tour de France Winners List

    List of Winners of the Tour de France cycing event. ... 1999-2005: these races were originally won by Lance armstrong, but in 2012 his wins in the tour de france were removed due to doping violations. 2006: Floyd Landis was the initial winner but subsequently rubbed out due to a failed drug test.

  30. Mark Cavendish breaks Tour de France record with 35th career stage win

    Pogacar is aiming for the rare Giro-Tour double, and for his third Tour title after wins in 2020 and 2021. The last rider to win the Giro and the Tour the same year was the late Marco Pantani in 1998.