Lawson Craddock

Lawson Craddock
	Lawson Craddock at the 2014 Grand Prix d'Isbergues
To person
Date of birth	20th February 1992 (age 28)
nation	United States
discipline	Street
height	178 cm
Racing weight	69 kg
To the team
Current team	EF Pro Cycling
function	driver
	Last updated: October 2, 2018

Gregory "Lawson" Craddock (born February 20, 1992 in Houston ) is an American cyclist .

In 2008, Craddock was American champions in scratch and junior points race on the track . In the junior class he won the silver medal in the individual time trial on the road at the 2009 World Championships . In this discipline, he was third in the junior world championship in 2010 and won the national junior title in time trial and road racing .

For adults, Craddock joined the UCI Continental Team Trek-Livestrong in 2011 and won its first international elite class race for this team with a stage of the Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux . In 2014 he moved to the UCI WorldTeam Giant . He contested his first Grand Tour with the Vuelta a España in 2014 , but did not finish the race. At the Vuelta a España 2015 he was 42.

Then Craddock moved to the EF Education First-Drapac team . He received a lot of attention at the Tour de France 2018 when he broke his shoulder blade in a fall on the 1st stage and still finished the Tour de France last in the overall standings . For every stage he completed, he donated $ 100 to the Alkek Velodrome in Houston, which was flooded by Hurricane Harvey . Numerous fans joined his campaign, so that within a few days the amount of $ 45,000 was collected.

successes

Grand Tour	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Giro d'Italia	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tour de France	-	-	124	-	145	-
Vuelta a España	DNF	42	-	-	-	59

Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

↑ Michael Behringer: Tour hero Lawson Craddock has already earned over $ 45,000. In: velomotion.de. July 12, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2018 .

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