Gregory Lawson Craddock (born February 20, 1992) is an American professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla.[5] 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.[6][7]
 Craddock at the 2014 Grand Prix d'Isbergues | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Gregory Lawson Craddock |
| Born | February 20, 1992[1] 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 | Team Jayco–AlUla |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Professional teams | |
| 2011–2013 | Trek–Livestrong |
| 2014–2015 | Giant–Shimano |
| 2016–2021 | Cannondale[2][3] |
| 2022– | Team BikeExchange–Jayco[4] |
| Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
| |
Cycling career
editAfter 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.[8][9]
Craddock raced in the 2018 Tour de France and crashed violently during the first stage, causing a hairline fracture in his scapula, but continued racing.[10] He was the last rider to cross the finish line and there were many photos of him with blood covering the entire left side of his face. 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[6] and earning over US$250,000 for the cause.[7][6] 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 where on stage 19 he rode at the front of the race and controlled the final kilometers of the breakaway to contain any attacks and put his teammate, Magnus Cort, in a position to win the stage. As Cort attacked Craddock fell back and watched as his teammate won the stage, and five seconds later when he crossed the line threw his arms in the air celebrating the victory.
Major results
edit- 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 Junior Road World 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 Junior Road World 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 Under-23 Road Championships
- 4th Overall Tour de Berlin
- 4th Overall Tulsa Tough
- 2012
- 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 3rd Time trial, Pan–American Under-23 Road 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
- 2021 (1 pro win)
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 1st
- 2022 (1)
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
Combativity award Stages 15 & 17 Vuelta a España
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | 107 | — |
| Tour de France
|
— | — | 124 | — | 145 | — | — | — | — | 84 |
 Vuelta a España
|
DNF | 42 | — | — | — | 58 | — | 69 | 55 |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
References
edit- ^ "Stats". procyclingstats.com. [dead link]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Lawson Craddock signs for Team BikeExchange". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. November 5, 2021. Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
- ^ "G Lawson CRADDOCK". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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- Lawson Craddock at UCI
- Lawson Craddock at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Lawson Craddock at ProCyclingStats
- Lawson Craddock at Cycling Quotient
- Lawson Craddock at CycleBase
- Awesome Lawson Craddock at Alkek Velodrome - Greater Houston Cycling Foundation
