(2) Greg began cycling at the age of 14, win-
ning an astonishing 11 straight races to begin his 
career. 
(3) Greg took home a full suite of medals at the 
1979 Junior World Championships, including gold, 
silver, and bronze, emerging victorious in the road 
race and placing in both team and track pursuit 
events. 
(4) At age 18, Greg became the youngest cyclist 
in the history of the sport to be selected for the 
United States Men’s Olympic team. 
(5) Greg emerged victorious in the 1980 Circuit 
de la Sarthe, becoming the first American in history 
and the youngest rider ever to win a major pro-am 
cycling event on the European continent. 
(6) At age 19, Greg signed his first professional 
contract. 
(7) In 1982, Greg made the first of several re-
markable recoveries, returning from a broken collar-
bone to win the silver medal at the world champion-
ships in Great Britain. 
(8) The Tour de France, the world’s pre-
eminent cycling competition, was first held over a 
century ago, in 1903. 
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(9) The Tour de France takes place over 23 
days, covering an extraordinary 2,200 miles, winding 
through multiple mountain ranges, spanning mul-
tiple nations, and is viewed as comparable to run-
ning a marathon every day for three consecutive 
weeks. 
(10) Greg first competed in the Tour de France 
in 1984, finishing third, and finishing second the 
following year, in both years deputizing himself to 
his teammates, sacrificing a chance to win himself to 
boost his teammates toward victory. 
(11) Greg emerged victorious in the 1986 Tour 
de France, ascending the fabled Alpe D’Huez, de-
feating the field by more than three full minutes, be-
coming the first American and the first non-Euro-
pean to win cycling’s most prestigious race. 
(12) In 1987, while recovering from a broken 
wrist and collarbone, Greg was tragically shot during 
a turkey hunting accident, leaving him in intensive 
care, requiring the removal of over 40 shotgun pel-
lets from his abdomen, was deemed unlikely to ever 
ride a bicycle again, and likely survived only due to 
the abnormal strength of his cardiovascular system. 
(13) Greg mounted the greatest comeback in 
the history of American sports, taking home an as-
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tonishing victory at the 1989 Tour de France, fol-
lowing multiple surgeries, life-threatening gunshot 
wounds, tendon repair, and an appendectomy, win-
ning by eight seconds in the closest finish in the his-
tory of the Tour de France. 
(14) Greg would win a third Tour de France 
victory in 1990. 
(15) Greg is the only American to win the Tour 
de France. 
(16) Greg has vocally spoken out to champion 
healthy sport amongst athletes of all ages and com-
petition levels. 
(17) Greg and his wife, Kathy, are active in nu-
merous nonprofit causes, including healthy sport, as-
sisting victims of sexual abuse and various childhood 
illnesses. 
(18) Cycling offers young people a healthy, ac-
tive, outdoor hobby. 
(19) Greg completed his professional career 
having won two World Championships, three Tour 
de France championships, and twenty-two titles 
overall. 
(20) More than any other cyclist, Greg personi-
fied the ‘‘breakaway’’ culture of American cycling in 
the 1970s and 80s, viewed universally as the epit-
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ome of a young person on a bicycle, attempting to 
accomplish feats no other American had achieved. 
(21) Greg has not only reached the pinnacle of 
international sport, but has devoted his time and re-
sources to assisting his fellow athletes. 
(22) Greg has demonstrated the commitment to 
excellence, generosity, community, and tenacity that 
makes him an example for all to follow. 
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 
the House of Representatives and the President pro tem-
pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 
for the presentation, on behalf of the Congress, of a gold 
medal of appropriate design to Greg LeMond, in recogni-
tion of his contributions to the Nation as an athlete, activ-
ist, role model, and community leader. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the 
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary 
of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, 
devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 3 
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under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at 
a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof, including labor, 
materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses, 
and the cost of the gold medal. 
SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS. 
(a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck pursu-
ant to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 
51 of title 31, United States Code. 
(b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 
5134 of title 31, United States Code, all medals struck 
under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 
Æ 
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