Ron Kiefel

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Ron Kiefel is a former professional road bicycle racer from the United States. Kiefel is a seven-time Tour de France racer, Olympic bronze medalist and member of the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame.
Kiefel was a veteran of several U.S.-based professional cycling teams such as 7-Eleven, Motorola, Coors Light and Saturn, where he captured wins in such European races as the 1985 Trofeo Laigueglia and the 1987 Tour of Tuscany.
He became the first American stage winner in a Grand Tour, when he won Stage 15 (from L'Aquila to Perugia) of the 1985 Giro d’Italia.[1]
He competed in seven Tours de France, and represented USA Cycling at the 1984 Olympic Games where he won a Bronze Medal in the Men's Team Time Trial along with Roy Knickman, Davis Phinney, and Andy Weaver.
Ron owns and runs Wheat Ridge Cyclery.