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Major Taylor was the 1899 world champion in cycling, a winner of many national and international honors, and the first American-born Black athlete of wide renown to reach his sport’s international pinnacle....

Lance Armstrong is an American cyclist who was the only rider to win seven Tour de France titles (1999–2005) but who was later stripped of all his titles after an investigation revealed that he was the...

Clara Hughes is a former cyclist and speed skater who is the only athlete to have won multiple medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics, with two medals in cycling and four medals in speed skating....

Anna Meares is a former Australian cyclist who competed in sprint track races in the early 21st century. She won medals at four consecutive Olympic Games (2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016), becoming the first...

Chris Froome is a Kenyan-born British cyclist who was a four-time winner of the Tour de France (2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017). Froome was born in Nairobi to British parents who later divorced when his father...

Chris Hoy is a British cyclist and race-car driver whose six career Olympic gold medals are among the most won by any Briton. Hoy took up cycling at age seven. He competed in bicycle motocross racing until...

Bradley Wiggins is a Belgian-born British cyclist who was the first rider from the United Kingdom to win the Tour de France (2012). Wiggins was the son of an Australian track cyclist. He moved to London...

Greg LeMond is an American former cyclist who was the first non-European rider to win the Tour de France, the most celebrated and challenging event in cycling. In his career, LeMond won the Tour de France...

Alberto Contador is a Spanish cyclist who twice won the Tour de France (2007, 2009) and had a third Tour victory (2010) stripped from him after he was found guilty of doping. Contador competed as an amateur...

Eddy Merckx is a Belgian champion bicycle racer, arguably the greatest professional rider ever. In a professional career stretching from 1965 to 1978, he recorded 445 victories in 1,585 races. During his...

Christa Luding-Rothenburger is a former speed skater and cyclist from East Germany who made history as the only person to win Summer and Winter Olympic medals in the same year (1988). At the Winter Games...

Laurent Fignon was a French cyclist who was a two-time winner of the Tour de France (1983 and 1984). Fignon began competing in cycling events as a teenager, and in 1982 he turned professional. The following...