# Lawson Craddock

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American road cyclist

Lawson Craddock Craddock at the 2014 Grand Prix d'Isbergues Personal information Full name Gregory Lawson Craddock Born (1992-02-20) February 20, 1992 (age 34)[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 Retired Disciplines Road Track Role Rider Rider type All-rounder Professional teams 2011–2013 Trek–Livestrong 2014–2015 Giant–Shimano 2016–2021 Cannondale[2][3] 2022–2024 Team BikeExchange–Jayco[4][5] Major wins One-day races and Classics National Time Trial Championships (2021, 2022)

**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](/source/2018_Tour_de_France) despite being seriously injured in the opening stage, and for raising funds for a hurricane-damaged [velodrome](/source/Velodrome) as a result.[6][7]

## Cycling career

After spending the 2014 and 2015 seasons with [Giant–Shimano](/source/Team_Picnic%E2%80%93PostNL_(men's_team)) in the [UCI World Tour](/source/UCI_World_Tour), he moved to rival [Cannondale](/source/EF_Education%E2%80%93EasyPost) for the 2016 and 2017 seasons.[8][9]

Craddock raced in the [2018 Tour de France](/source/2018_Tour_de_France) and crashed violently during the first stage, causing a hairline fracture in his [scapula](/source/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](/source/Hurricane_Harvey). A [GoFundMe](/source/GoFundMe) page was also set up for people to make direct donations to the [velodrome](/source/Velodrome). Craddock finished the race as the "[lanterne rouge](/source/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](/source/Lanterne_rouge).

On June 11, 2020, [USA Cycling](/source/USA_Cycling) announced that Craddock will be on their Men's Road Long Team for the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/2020_Giro_d'Italia).[12] He was also chosen as part of the team for the [2021 Vuelta a España](/source/2021_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) 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](/source/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

**2008**
- National Novice Track Championships - 1st Scratch - 1st Points race

**2009**
- 1st Stage 1 ([ITT](/source/Individual_Time_Trial)) Edgar Soto Memorial

- 1st Stage 2b ([ITT](/source/Individual_Time_Trial)) [Tour du Pays de Vaud](/source/Tour_du_Pays_de_Vaud)

- 2nd [Time trial](/source/UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Junior_men's_time_trial), [UCI Junior Road World Championships](/source/2009_UCI_Road_World_Championships)

- 4th Overall [Trofeo Karlsberg](/source/Trofeo_Karlsberg)

**2010**
- National Junior Road Championships - 1st Road race - 1st Time trial

- 1st Overall [Trofeo Karlsberg](/source/Trofeo_Karlsberg) - 1st Stages 2 & 3 ([ITT](/source/Individual_Time_Trial))

- 1st Stage 1 Tour de New Braunfels

- 1st Stage 1 ([TTT](/source/Team_Time_Trial)) [Regio Tour](/source/Regio_Tour)

- 2nd Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan - 1st Stage 2 ([ITT](/source/Individual_Time_Trial))

- 3rd [Time trial](/source/UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Junior_men's_time_trial), [UCI Junior Road World Championships](/source/2010_UCI_Road_World_Championships)

- 3rd Overall [Tour du Pays de Vaud](/source/Tour_du_Pays_de_Vaud) - 1st Prologue & Stage 4 ([ITT](/source/Individual_Time_Trial))

- 3rd [Paris–Roubaix Juniors](/source/Paris%E2%80%93Roubaix_Juniors)

**2011**
- 1st Stage 2 ([ITT](/source/Individual_Time_Trial)) [Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux](/source/Le_Triptyque_des_Monts_et_Ch%C3%A2teaux)

- 1st Stage 10 [Tour de la Guadeloupe](/source/Tour_de_la_Guadeloupe)

- 1st Stage 2 [Hotter'N Hell Hundred](/source/Hotter'N_Hell_Hundred)

- 2nd [Time trial](/source/United_States_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Under-23 Road Championships

- 4th Overall [Tour de Berlin](/source/Tour_de_Berlin)

- 4th Overall [Tulsa Tough](/source/Tulsa_Tough)

**2012**
- 2nd [Time trial](/source/United_States_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Under-23 Road Championships

- 3rd Time trial, Pan–American Under-23 Road Championships

- 3rd Overall [Cascade Cycling Classic](/source/Cascade_Cycling_Classic)

- 3rd Copperas Cove Classic

- 5th Overall [Tour of the Gila](/source/Tour_of_the_Gila) - 1st Stage 5

**2013**
- 2nd Overall [Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux](/source/Le_Triptyque_des_Monts_et_Ch%C3%A2teaux) - 1st Stage 2

- 7th Overall [USA Pro Cycling Challenge](/source/2013_USA_Pro_Cycling_Challenge)

- 8th Overall [Tour of California](/source/2013_Tour_of_California) - 1st Young rider classification

**2014**
- 3rd Overall [Tour of California](/source/2014_Tour_of_California) - 1st Young rider classification

**2016**
- 5th Overall [Tour of California](/source/2016_Tour_of_California)

- 6th Overall [Critérium International](/source/2016_Crit%C3%A9rium_International)

- 9th Overall [Tour of the Basque Country](/source/2016_Tour_of_the_Basque_Country)

**2018**
- 1st Mountains classification, [Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali](/source/2018_Settimana_Internazionale_di_Coppi_e_Bartali)

- 9th [Amstel Gold Race](/source/2018_Amstel_Gold_Race)

**2019**
- 1st Stage 1 ([TTT](/source/Team_time_trial)) [Tour Colombia](/source/2019_Tour_Colombia)

- 6th [Time trial](/source/2019_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_time_trial), [UCI Road World Championships](/source/2019_UCI_Road_World_Championships)

- 7th Overall [Tour of Utah](/source/2019_Tour_of_Utah)

**2020**
- 1st Stage 1 ([TTT](/source/Team_time_trial)) [Tour Colombia](/source/2020_Tour_Colombia)

**2021 (1 pro win)**
- National Road Championships - 1st [Time trial](/source/United_States_National_Time_Trial_Championships) - 5th [Road race](/source/United_States_National_Road_Race_Championships)

**2022 (1)**
- 1st [Time trial](/source/United_States_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Road Championships

- Combativity award Stages 15 & 17 [Vuelta a España](/source/2022_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a)

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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

Legend DSQ Disqualified DNF Did not finish IP In progress

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Stats"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230627092103/https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/Lawson_Craddock?id=Lawson_Craddock). *procyclingstats.com*. Archived from [the original](https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/Lawson_Craddock?id=Lawson_Craddock) on June 27, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["EF Education First Pro Cycling"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190102214349/http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/ef-education-first-pro-cycling/). *[Cyclingnews.com](/source/Cyclingnews.com)*. [Immediate Media Company](/source/Immediate_Media_Company). Archived from [the original](http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/ef-education-first-pro-cycling/) on January 2, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Bacon, Ellis (January 1, 2020). ["2020 Team Preview: EF Education First"](https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/2020-team-preview-ef-education-first/). *[Cyclingnews.com](/source/Cyclingnews.com)*. [Future plc](/source/Future_plc). Retrieved January 2, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Lawson Craddock signs for Team BikeExchange"](https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lawson-craddock-signs-for-team-bikeexchange/). *[Cyclingnews.com](/source/Cyclingnews.com)*. [Future plc](/source/Future_plc). November 5, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2022.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["G Lawson CRADDOCK"](https://www.uci.org/rider-details/68855). *UCI.org*. [Union Cycliste Internationale](/source/Union_Cycliste_Internationale). Retrieved February 5, 2022.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Guardian2018-08-06-01a_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Guardian2018-08-06-01a_6-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Guardian2018-08-06-01a_6-2) [Ingle, Sean](/source/Sean_Ingle) (August 6, 2018). ["Last but not least: Craddock wears Tour's red lantern as badge of courage"](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/06/lawson-craddock-tour-de-france-lanterne-rouge). *[theguardian.com](/source/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.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-USAToday2018-07-29-01a_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-USAToday2018-07-29-01a_7-1) Scott, Roxanna (July 29, 2018). ["American cyclist Lawson Craddock is last in Tour de France, raises $192K for velodrome"](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/cycling/tourdefrance/2018/07/29/american-lawson-craddock-last-tour-de-france-raises-192-k/859859002/). *USA TODAY*. Retrieved July 29, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Craddock joins Cannondale-Garmin in 2016"](http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/craddock-joins-cannondale-garmin-in-2016/). *[cyclingnews.com](/source/Cyclingnews.com)*. September 17, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Meet Lawson Craddock, a rising star of American cycling and the first Texan to race the Tour de France since you-know-who"](http://www.businessinsider.com/lawson-craddock-interview-2016-7). *Business Insider*. Retrieved June 1, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Ford, Bonnie D. (July 14, 2018). ["Injured Lawson Craddock rides on for team, Houston, at Tour de France"](http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/24095916/2018-tour-de-france-lawson-craddock-keeps-riding-fractured-shoulder). *ESPN*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Angelina Palermo (June 11, 2020). ["Olympic Long Team Announced for Mountain Bike, Road & Track"](https://usacycling.org/index.php?p=article/2020-olympic-long-team-announced-for-mountain-bike-road-track) (Press release). [USA Cycling](/source/USA_Cycling). Retrieved June 13, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist"](https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/2020/gc/startlist). *ProCyclingStats*. Retrieved October 2, 2020.

## External links

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- [Lawson Craddock](https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/140154) at ProCyclingStats

- [Lawson Craddock](https://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider.asp?riderid=18062) at Cycling Quotient

- [Lawson Craddock](https://www.cyclebase.nl/cb-content/index.php?lang=en&page=renner&id=43328) at CycleBase

- [Lawson Craddock](https://web.archive.org/web/20220711000000/https://www.teamusa.org/athletes/CR/Lawson-Craddock) at [TeamUSA.org](/source/United_States_Olympic_%26_Paralympic_Committee) (archived)

- [Lawson Craddock](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/147408) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

- [Lawson Craddock](https://intersportstats.com/athletes/31505) at InterSportStats

- [Awesome Lawson Craddock](https://www.alkekvelodrome.com/awesome-lawson-craddock) at *Alkek Velodrome - Greater Houston Cycling Foundation*

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