- The first American to win the Tour de France cycling race. (1986)
- Three-time winner of the Tour de France: 1986, 1989, 1990.
- He won the 1989 Tour de France by eight seconds, the smallest margin of victory in Tour history, by beating Laurent Fignon in a time trial in the final stage on the Champs-Elysees in Paris.
- Shortly after winning the 1986 Tour de France, he was injured in a hunting accident in California. His brother-in-law accidentally shot him with the equivalent of 40 shotgun pellets, which lodged in his back, legs, and internal organs. LeMond eventually recovered and went on to win the Tour two more times. He was named Sports Illustrated's "Sportsman of the Year" in 1989.
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