Greg is the model for what the Congressional Gold Medal should stand for.” At 18, LeMond became the youngest cyclist in the history of the sport to be selected for the U.S. men’s Olympic team.

Maybe you’ve heard of Greg LeMond. Maybe you haven’t. And if his name doesn’t ring familiar, maybe it should. LeMond, 64, was the first American cyclist to win the Tour de France, one of the ...

American cyclist Greg LeMond accepts the Congressional Gold Medal during a ceremony in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on ...