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Gregory James "Greg" LeMond (born June 26, 1961) is an American former professional road racing cyclist who won the Road Race World Championship twice (1989 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,〔Moore p. 54〕 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 official winner from the United States. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tour de France legends: Greg LeMond )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=That's Tim as in timber )〕 LeMond is a vocal opponent of performance-enhancing drug use, and at times his commercial ventures have suffered for his anti-doping stance—as in 2001, when he first accused Lance Armstrong of doping and sparked a conflict that led eventually to the dissolution of his Lemond Bikes brand in 2008, which was licensed by Armstrong's primary sponsor Trek Bicycles.〔 As the lone American winner of cycling's most prestigious race, LeMond has not enjoyed the public stature that might be expected of such a figure,〔 but he continues to campaign publicly against doping and ineffective leadership by the UCI, the International Federation for Cycling. In December 2012, LeMond even articulated a willingness to replace the UCI president on an interim basis if called to do so. In December 2013, the LeMond brand was revived, manufactured in partnership with TIME Sport International. ==Early life and amateur career== Greg LeMond was born in Lakewood, California,〔 and raised in Washoe Valley which is ranch country on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, two miles north of Carson City and 18 miles 〔 south of Reno.〔 His parents are Bob LeMond and Bertha (d. 2006), and he has two sisters, Kathy and Karen. He attended Earl Wooster High School in Reno, NV. Greg frequently rode his bike to high school, sometimes cutting class to get home early. He would then ride a loop west over Mt. Rose, south along Lake Tahoe, then east on Hwy 28 to Carson City. Then Greg would follow Carson Street over the hill to Washoe Valley and his home. 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.〔LeMond p. 20〕 In 1977, while still only 15, LeMond finished second in the Tour of Fresno to John Howard, then 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."〔Nye〕 LeMond represented the United States at the 1978 Junior World Championships in Washington, D.C., where he finished ninth in the road race,〔LeMond p. 22〕 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.〔 Borysewicz, whom LeMond described as his "first real coach,"〔LeMond p. 24〕 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 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〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Circuit des Ardennes 1980 )〕 before winning the 1980 Circuit de la Sarthe stage race in France,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Circuit Cycliste Sarthe — Pays de la Loire 1980 )〕 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 (Europe )."〔LeMond p. 25〕 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 French cycling coach and Renault-Elf-Gitane directeur sportif Cyrille Guimard. 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.〔LeMond p. 26〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nevada City Classic 1980 )〕 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.〔LeMond p. 27〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greg LeMond」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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