{{Short description|American road cyclist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Lawson Craddock | image = Isbergues - Grand Prix d'Isbergues, 21 septembre 2014 (B062).JPG | image_size = 200px | caption = Craddock at the 2014 [[Grand Prix d'Isbergues]] | fullname = Gregory Lawson Craddock | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1992|2|20}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/Lawson_Craddock?id=Lawson_Craddock|title=Stats|website=procyclingstats.com|access-date=June 27, 2023|archive-date=June 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627092103/https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/Lawson_Craddock?id=Lawson_Craddock|url-status=dead}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Houston]], [[Texas]], United States | height = {{height|m=1.78}} | weight = {{convert|68|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}} | currentteam = Retired | disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Track}} | role = Rider | ridertype = All-rounder | proyears1 = 2011–2013 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|BLS|2011}} | proyears2 = 2014–2015 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|GIA|2014}} | proyears3 = 2016–2021 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|EFD|2016a}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/ef-education-first-pro-cycling/|title=EF Education First Pro Cycling|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Immediate Media Company]]|access-date=January 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102214349/http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/ef-education-first-pro-cycling/|archive-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/2020-team-preview-ef-education-first/|first=Ellis|last=Bacon|title=2020 Team Preview: EF Education First|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=January 1, 2020|access-date=January 2, 2020}}</ref> | proyears4 = 2022–2024 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|MTS men|2022}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lawson-craddock-signs-for-team-bikeexchange/|title=Lawson Craddock signs for Team BikeExchange|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|date=November 5, 2021|publisher=[[Future plc]]|access-date=February 5, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220205164333/https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lawson-craddock-signs-for-team-bikeexchange/|archive-date=February 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/rider-details/68855|title=G Lawson CRADDOCK|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|access-date=February 5, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220205163818/https://www.uci.org/rider-details/68855|archive-date=February 5, 2022}}</ref> | majorwins = '''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]''' :{{nowrap|[[United States National Time Trial Championships|National Time Trial Championships]] (2021, 2022)}} | medaltemplates = | show-medals = | updated = }} '''Gregory Lawson Craddock''' (born February 20, 1992) is an American former road and track racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2011 to 2024. 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.<ref name=Guardian2018-08-06-01a/><ref name=USAToday2018-07-29-01a/>
==Cycling career== After spending the 2014 and 2015 seasons with {{UCI team code|GIA|2014}} in the [[UCI World Tour]], he moved to rival {{UCI team code|EFD|2016a}} for the 2016 and 2017 seasons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/craddock-joins-cannondale-garmin-in-2016/ |title=Craddock joins Cannondale-Garmin in 2016|date=September 17, 2015 |website=[[cyclingnews.com]]|access-date=November 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/lawson-craddock-interview-2016-7|title=Meet Lawson Craddock, a rising star of American cycling and the first Texan to race the Tour de France since you-know-who|work=Business Insider|access-date=June 1, 2017|language=en}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/24095916/2018-tour-de-france-lawson-craddock-keeps-riding-fractured-shoulder |title=Injured Lawson Craddock rides on for team, Houston, at Tour de France |work=ESPN |last=Ford |first=Bonnie D. |date=July 14, 2018}}</ref> 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<ref name=Guardian2018-08-06-01a>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/06/lawson-craddock-tour-de-france-lanterne-rouge |title=Last but not least: Craddock wears Tour's red lantern as badge of courage |last=Ingle |first=Sean|author-link=Sean Ingle |date=August 6, 2018|website=[[theguardian.com]]|access-date=August 6, 2018|quote=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.}}</ref> and earning over US$250,000 for the cause.<ref name=USAToday2018-07-29-01a>{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=Roxanna |title=American cyclist Lawson Craddock is last in Tour de France, raises $192K for velodrome |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/cycling/tourdefrance/2018/07/29/american-lawson-craddock-last-tour-de-france-raises-192-k/859859002/ |access-date=July 29, 2018 |work=USA TODAY |date=July 29, 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=Guardian2018-08-06-01a/> 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).<ref>{{cite press release |author= Angelina Palermo |title=Olympic Long Team Announced for Mountain Bike, Road & Track |url=https://usacycling.org/index.php?p=article/2020-olympic-long-team-announced-for-mountain-bike-road-track|publisher=[[USA Cycling]]|date=June 11, 2020|access-date=June 13, 2020}}</ref> In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the [[2020 Giro d'Italia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/2020/gc/startlist |title=103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist |work=ProCyclingStats |access-date=October 2, 2020}}</ref> 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== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;2008 : National Novice Track Championships ::1st [[File:MaillotUSA.PNG|20px]] Scratch ::1st [[File:MaillotUSA.PNG|20px]] Points race ;2009 : 1st Stage 1 ([[Individual Time Trial|ITT]]) Edgar Soto Memorial : 1st Stage 2b ([[Individual Time Trial|ITT]]) [[Tour du Pays de Vaud]] : 2nd [[File:Silver medal blank.svg|15px]] [[UCI Road World Championships – Junior men's time trial|Time trial]], [[2009 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Junior Road World Championships]] : 4th Overall [[Trofeo Karlsberg]] ;2010 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st [[File:MaillotUSA.PNG|20px]] Road race ::1st [[File:MaillotUSA.PNG|20px]] Time trial : 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Trofeo Karlsberg]] ::1st Stages 2 & 3 ([[Individual Time Trial|ITT]]) : 1st Stage 1 Tour de New Braunfels : 1st Stage 1 ([[Team Time Trial|TTT]]) [[Regio Tour]] : 2nd Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan ::1st Stage 2 ([[Individual Time Trial|ITT]]) : 3rd [[File:Bronze medal uci.svg|15px]] [[UCI Road World Championships – Junior men's time trial|Time trial]], [[2010 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Junior Road World Championships]] : 3rd Overall [[Tour du Pays de Vaud]] ::1st Prologue & Stage 4 ([[Individual Time Trial|ITT]]) : 3rd [[Paris–Roubaix Juniors]] ;2011 : 1st Stage 2 ([[Individual Time Trial|ITT]]) [[Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux]] : 1st Stage 10 [[Tour de la Guadeloupe]] : 1st Stage 2 [[Hotter'N Hell Hundred]] : 2nd [[United States National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Under-23 Road Championships : 4th Overall [[Tour de Berlin]] : 4th Overall [[Tulsa Tough]] ;2012 : 2nd [[United States National Time Trial Championships|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 [[2013 USA Pro Cycling Challenge|USA Pro Cycling Challenge]] : 8th Overall [[2013 Tour of California|Tour of California]] ::1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Young rider classification ;2014 : 3rd Overall [[2014 Tour of California|Tour of California]] ::1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Young rider classification ;2016 : 5th Overall [[2016 Tour of California|Tour of California]] : 6th Overall [[2016 Critérium International|Critérium International]] : 9th Overall [[2016 Tour of the Basque Country|Tour of the Basque Country]] ;2018 : 1st [[File:Jersey white dots on green.svg|20px]] Mountains classification, [[2018 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali|Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali]] : 9th [[2018 Amstel Gold Race|Amstel Gold Race]] ;2019 : 1st Stage 1 ([[Team time trial|TTT]]) [[2019 Tour Colombia|Tour Colombia]] : 6th [[2019 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|Time trial]], [[2019 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]] : 7th Overall [[2019 Tour of Utah|Tour of Utah]] ;2020 : 1st Stage 1 ([[Team time trial|TTT]]) [[2020 Tour Colombia|Tour Colombia]] ;2021 <small>(1 pro win)</small> : National Road Championships ::1st [[File:MaillotUSA.PNG|20px]] [[United States National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]] ::5th [[United States National Road Race Championships|Road race]] ;2022 <small>(1)</small> : 1st [[File:MaillotUSA.PNG|20px]] [[United States National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Road Championships : [[File:Jersey yellow number.svg|20px]] Combativity award Stages 15 & 17 [[2022 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]] {{div col end}}
===Grand Tour general classification results timeline=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]] ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] | — | — | — | — | — | — | [[2020 Giro d'Italia|DNF]] | — | [[2022 Giro d'Italia|107]] | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]] | — | — | [[2016 Tour de France|124]] | — | [[2018 Tour de France|145]] | — | — | — | — | [[2023 Tour de France|84]] |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]] [[General classification in the Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]] | [[2014 Vuelta a España|DNF]] | [[2015 Vuelta a España|42]] | — | — | — | [[2019 Vuelta a España|58]] | — | [[2021 Vuelta a España|69]] | [[2022 Vuelta a España|55]] | |}
{| class="wikitable" |+Legend |- | style="text-align:center;"| DSQ || Disqualified |- | style="text-align:center;"| DNF || Did not finish |- | style="text-align:center;"| IP || In progress |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons}} *{{Sports links}} * [https://www.alkekvelodrome.com/awesome-lawson-craddock Awesome Lawson Craddock] at ''Alkek Velodrome - Greater Houston Cycling Foundation''
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