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]
![]() Craddock at the 2014 Grand Prix d'Isbergues | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Gregory Lawson Craddock |
Born | [1] Houston, Texas, United States | February 20, 1992
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 |
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Role | Rider |
Rider type | All-rounder |
Professional teams | |
2011–2013 | Trek–Livestrong |
2014–2015 | Giant–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
- 1st
- 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
- 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
- 1st
- 2014
- 3rd Overall Tour of California
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 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 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
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— | — | 124 | — | 145 | — | — |
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DNF | 42 | — | — | — | 58 | — |
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.
- 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.
- 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
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lawson Craddock. |
- Lawson Craddock at Cycling Archives
- Lawson Craddock at ProCyclingStats
- Awesome Lawson Craddock at Alkek Velodrome - Greater Houston Cycling Foundation