Lawson Craddock

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]

Lawson Craddock
Craddock at the 2014 Grand Prix d'Isbergues
Personal information
Full nameGregory Lawson Craddock
Born (1992-02-20) February 20, 1992[1]
Houston, Texas, United States
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)
Team information
Current teamEF Education–Nippo
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Professional teams
2011–2013Trek–Livestrong
2014–2015Giant–Shimano
2016–Cannondale[2][3]

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]

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]

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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Giro d'Italia — — — — — — DNF
Tour de France — — 124 — 145 — —
Vuelta a España DNF 42 — — — 58 —
Legend
DSQDisqualified
DNFDid not finish
IPIn progress

References
  1. http://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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  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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