Lawson Craddock

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.

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. 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 and earning over US$250,000 for the cause. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia. He was also chosen as part of the team for the 2021 Vuelta a España. 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

2008 National Novice Track Championships

2009 1st Stage 1 (ITT) Edgar Soto Memorial 1st Stage 2b (ITT) Tour du Pays de Vaud

4th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg 2010 National Junior Road Championships

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 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

2014 3rd Overall Tour of California

2016 5th Overall Tour of California 6th Overall Critérium International 9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 2018

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

5th Road race 2022 (1)

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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