1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Greg LeMond Congressional Gold Medal Act . 2. Findings The Congress finds the following: (1) Gregory James “Greg” LeMond was born in Lakewood, California, on June 26, 1961. (2) Greg began cycling at the age of 14, winning 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 remarkable recoveries, returning from a broken collarbone to win the silver medal at the world championships in Great Britain. (8) The Tour de France, the world’s preeminent cycling competition, was first held over a century ago, in 1903. (9) The Tour de France takes place over 23 days, covering an extraordinary 2,200 miles, winding through multiple mountain ranges, spanning multiple nations, and is viewed as comparable to running 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, defeating the field by more than three full minutes, becoming the first American and the first non-European 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,