Lawson Craddock

Lawson Craddock
	Craddock at the 2014 Grand Prix d'Isbergues
Personal information
Full name	Gregory Lawson Craddock
Born	February 20, 1992 (age 29); Houston, Texas, United States
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)
Team information
Current team	EF Education–Nippo
Disciplines	Road; Track;
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional teams
2011–2013	Trek–Livestrong
2014–2015	Giant–Shimano
2016–	Cannondale
Major wins
	One-day races and Classics National Time Trial Championships (2021)

Gregory Lawson Craddock (born February 20, 1992) is an American professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–Nippo.^[4] He is known for his achievement in finishing the 2018 Tour de France despite being seriously injured in the opening stage, and for raising funds for a hurricane-damaged velodrome as a result.^[5]^[6]

Cycling career[]

After spending the 2014 and 2015 seasons with Giant–Shimano in the UCI World Tour, he moved to rival Cannondale for the 2016 and 2017 seasons.^[7]^[8]

Craddock raced in the 2018 Tour de France with race number '13'.^[9] He crashed during the first stage, causing a hairline fracture in his scapula, but continued racing.^[10] After that crash, he took to social media announcing he was donating $100 for every stage he finished to the Greater Houston Cycling Association in the rebuild of the Alkek Velodrome, where Craddock got his start in cycling and which was damaged by Hurricane Harvey. A GoFundMe page was also set up for people to make direct donations to the velodrome. Craddock finished the race as the "lanterne rouge", becoming the first rider in Tour history to hold last place after every stage^[5] and earning over US$250,000 for the cause.^[6]^[5] He is the only American to be awarded the lanterne rouge.

On June 11, 2020, USA Cycling announced that Craddock will be on their Men's Road Long Team for the 2020 Summer Olympics (to be held July 23 to August 8, 2021).^[11] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.^[12] He was also chosen as part of the team for the 2021 Vuelta a España.

Major results[]

2008

National Novice Track Championships

1st

Scratch

1st

Points race

2009

1st Stage 1 (ITT) Edgar Soto Memorial

1st Stage 2b (ITT) Tour du Pays de Vaud

2nd

Time trial, UCI World Road Junior Championships

4th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg

2010

National Junior Road Championships

1st

Road race

1st

Time trial

1st

Overall Trofeo Karlsberg

1st Stages 2 & 3 (ITT)

1st Stage 1 Tour de New Braunfels

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Regio Tour

2nd Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan

1st Stage 2 (ITT)

3rd

Time trial, UCI World Road Junior Championships

3rd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud

1st Prologue & Stage 4 (ITT)

3rd Paris–Roubaix Juniors

2011

1st Stage 2 (ITT) Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux

1st Stage 10 Tour de la Guadeloupe

1st Stage 2 Hotter'N Hell Hundred

2nd Time trial, National Road Under–23 Championships

4th Overall Tour de Berlin

4th Overall Tulsa Tough

2012

2nd Time trial, National Road Under–23 Championships

3rd Time trial, Pan–American Road Under–23 Championships

3rd Overall Cascade Cycling Classic

3rd Copperas Cove Classic

5th Overall Tour of the Gila

1st Stage 5

2013

2nd Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux

1st Stage 2

7th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge

8th Overall Tour of California

1st

Young rider classification

2014

3rd Overall Tour of California

1st

Young rider classification

2016

5th Overall Tour of California

6th Overall Critérium International

9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country

2018

1st

Mountains classification Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali

9th Amstel Gold Race

2019

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour Colombia

6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

7th Overall Tour of Utah

2020

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour Colombia

2021

National Road Championships

1st

Time trial

5th Road race

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	—
Tour de France	—	—	124	—	145	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	DNF	42	—	—	—	58	—	IP

Legend
DSQ	Disqualified
DNF	Did not finish
IP	In progress

References[]

^ http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/Lawson_Craddock
^ "EF Education First Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on January 2, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
^ Bacon, Ellis (January 1, 2020). "2020 Team Preview: EF Education First". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
^ "EF Education - Nippo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Ingle, Sean (August 6, 2018). "Last but not least: Craddock wears Tour's red lantern as badge of courage". theguardian.com. Retrieved August 6, 2018. The American rider may have come last in the Tour de France but his grit and persistence in carrying on after a dreadful first-stage crash made it a triumph of sporting endeavour....So far the donations stand at more than $250,000.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Scott, Roxanna (July 29, 2018). "American cyclist Lawson Craddock is last in Tour de France, raises $192K for velodrome". USA TODAY. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
^ "Craddock joins Cannondale-Garmin in 2016". cyclingnews.com. September 17, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
^ "Meet Lawson Craddock, a rising star of American cycling and the first Texan to race the Tour de France since you-know-who". Business Insider. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
^ "Official classifications of Tour de France 2018 – Stage 21". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
^ Ford, Bonnie D. (July 14, 2018). "Injured Lawson Craddock rides on for team, Houston, at Tour de France". ESPN.
^ Angelina Palermo (June 11, 2020). "Olympic Long Team Announced for Mountain Bike, Road & Track" (Press release). USA Cycling. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
^ "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved October 2, 2020.

External links[]

Lawson Craddock at Cycling Archives
Lawson Craddock at ProCyclingStats
Awesome Lawson Craddock at Alkek Velodrome - Greater Houston Cycling Foundation

[1] ttp://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/Lawson_Craddock

[2] "EF Education First Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on January 2, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2019.

[3] Bacon, Ellis (January 1, 2020). "2020 Team Preview: EF Education First". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved January 2, 2020.

[4] "EF Education - Nippo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.

[Guardian2018-08-06-01a-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Ingle, Sean (August 6, 2018). "Last but not least: Craddock wears Tour's red lantern as badge of courage". theguardian.com. Retrieved August 6, 2018. The American rider may have come last in the Tour de France but his grit and persistence in carrying on after a dreadful first-stage crash made it a triumph of sporting endeavour....So far the donations stand at more than $250,000.

[USAToday2018-07-29-01a-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b Scott, Roxanna (July 29, 2018). "American cyclist Lawson Craddock is last in Tour de France, raises $192K for velodrome". USA TODAY. Retrieved July 29, 2018.

[7] "Craddock joins Cannondale-Garmin in 2016". cyclingnews.com. September 17, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.

[8] "Meet Lawson Craddock, a rising star of American cycling and the first Texan to race the Tour de France since you-know-who". Business Insider. Retrieved June 1, 2017.

[letour-class-21-9] "Official classifications of Tour de France 2018 – Stage 21". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2018.

[10] Ford, Bonnie D. (July 14, 2018). "Injured Lawson Craddock rides on for team, Houston, at Tour de France". ESPN.

[11] Angelina Palermo (June 11, 2020). "Olympic Long Team Announced for Mountain Bike, Road & Track" (Press release). USA Cycling. Retrieved June 13, 2020.

[12] "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved October 2, 2020.

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