Lawson Craddock

American roars from fourth in time trial to next day’s breakaway at Spanish grand tour

Riders vow to keep fighting in this Vuelta after the American team suffered multiple crashes and lost two of its strongest riders.

Three Americans will line up Saturday, as EF Education First brings a well-rounded squad to the year's final grand tour.

Lawson Craddock hopes a strong ride at the Tour of Utah will lead to a start at the Vuelta a España.

27-year-old Canadian Elevate-KHS rider is fastest on challenging 3.3-mile circuit at Snowbird Resort

After years of near misses, is this the year that EF Education First finally wins the Amgen Tour of California?

An inside look at EF's foray into the world of bike racing

The Americans in the Tour de France peloton rode through mixed fortunes this July, but all five finished the race in Paris

VeloNews caught up with Lawson Craddock's mother Ellen about her son's dramatic Tour de France that began with a crash and ended in Paris.

After suffering for three weeks through the pain of his stage one crash, last place will feel like a victory when Lawson Craddock crosses the finish line in Paris.

Stage 17 of the Tour de France was fun to watch, but was it fun to race? We asked riders throughout the peloton.

American Lawson Craddock continues to churn away stage after stage through the Alps, despite a broken shoulder.

Craddock clears major hurdle, finishing Tour's cobbled stage. Now he's recovering for this week's mountain stages.

Take a deep dive into Lawson Craddock's physiological data from the Tour de France — recovery, sleep, and strain.

American Lawson Craddock crashed hard in stage 1 and broke his scapula. He has vowed to press on.

How do riders and team doctors decide when an injury is too severe to continue racing the Tour de France?

The Tour de France is four stages old and already we have plenty of drama to discuss.

While fans have been awed by Lawson Craddock's heroics after crashing hard on stage 1, the ethics of his continued participation are complicated.

“F---------ck,” Lawson Craddock screamed, or cried maybe, every time the pack slowed and a fistful of brake threw his weight forward onto a scapula that screamed back.

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Lawson Craddock is touch-and-go for tomorrow's stage 2 after suffering injuries in a crash early on stage one at the Tour de France.

The American-registered team confirmed its Tour de France lineup on Thursday, and it's clear the squad is racing to win.

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Check out Neal Rogers's author page.

Lawson Craddock rides well at Coppi e Bartali stage race. D'hoore wins WWT race at De Panne, and more injury updates.

Lawson Craddock closed out 2017 without a single top-10 finish, but that doesn't mean it was a lost year.

Lawson Craddock had a down year in 2017 and looks to prove in 2018 that he deserves to ride in the WorldTour.

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VeloNews catches up with four Americans on the Tour's rest day in Andorra.

Cannondale – Drapac is putting its faith in Lawson Craddock as a climber to support Pierre Rolland in the Tour de France mountains.

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Tuesday's stage 3 at the Tour of California will test the riders vying for the overall win — and it will demonstrate who is really on form.

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Check out Neal Rogers's author page.

U.S. riders had mixed results over the last week, with the women earning multiple top 5s at the Energiewacht Tour.

The American is building toward May's Amgen Tour of California, where he was third in 2014.

In this week's Americans abroad, we take a look at Evelyn Stevens' hour-record ride, Shelley Olds' top-5 finishes in Belgium, and more.

In this week's Americans Abroad, we discuss Tejay van Garderen's time trial victory at the Ruta del Sol, his first win of the season.

At 23, Lawson Craddock is starting his third year in the WorldTour and is looking for stage race success on his new Cannondale team.

Americans were on the attack throughout as the world came to Richmond

After spending the past two years with Giant-Alpecin, Craddock, 23, will join the American team as a support rider for grand tours.

USA Cycling announces the final addition to its elite men's road race and time trial teams for Richmond worlds.

Lawson Craddock says Tom Dumoulin "was an unknown" in terms of GC riders entering the Spanish grand tour.

Lawson Craddock has redemption on his mind as he settles in for three weeks of racing in Spain

The Critérium du Dauphiné kicks off Sunday in Ugina, France, with several challenging ascents along the eight-day route

Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-Quick-Step) is sitting in good position among the main GC protagonists in California

Giant is quietly introducing a new race bike at the Amgen Tour of California, which young American GC hopeful Craddock will ride

The likes of Cavendish and Sagan should light up the bunch kicks, but there is no clear GC favorite heading into the 2015 Tour of California

American Lawson Craddock has bounced back from injury and is moving closer each race to a leadership role with his Giant-Alpecin team

Giant-Alpecin's Lawson Craddock has turned to technology in his recovery from a bad crash at the Tour Down Under

Lawson Craddock is banged up after a nasty crash Tour Down Under but happy to be heading home to recover after a rough start to the season

The 22-year-old Texan ended up in a local hospital with broken bones after crashing heavily in the opening kilometers of Friday’s fourth stage

The pair of Americans will join teammate Marcel Kittel in Australia next month

The 27-year-old joins countrymen Lawson Craddock, Chad Haga, and Carter Jones on the Dutch-based German squad

These WorldTour rookies impressed on the bike this season, earning podium spots and top-10s throughout the year

The trio joins many others who have succumbed to the heat and the climbing in the Spanish grand tour

The American hit the deck midway through the 180km stage to Ronda, but that wasn't going to stop him from celebrating the second team victory of this Vuelta

Six U.S. riders and two Canadians head a solid North American contingent for the season's final grand tour, the Vuelta a España

The American neo-pro talks California, his first experiences in the Belgian trenches, and fashion tips from his teammate, Marcel Kittel

WorldTour rookies Lawson Craddock and Chad Haga both could start the Vuelta a España later this month

One of Spain's most elegant cities, San Sebastián will be on display at the end of the 219km race this weekend

Americans Lawson Craddock (pictured) and Chad Haga are settling in nicely to life on the UCI WorldTour in their first pro season

Craddock landed his first major stage race podium in California aboard this Giant TCR Advanced SL

Making the podium in the California race would be "a dream come true" for the Texan, whose next contest will be a WorldTour event

American duo will start Three Days of West Flanders Friday and the team is giving them opportunities, but no pressure

American neo-pro says pinning a number on a ProTeam jersey for the first time has been pretty amazing

Craddock and Brown are evenly matched, even in their video-game skills. As they're best friends and roommates, we decided to honor them both

From Horner's contract woes to the future of brakes, look back at the week that was in cycling through our top stories

The Dutch team's boss says Americans Lawson Craddock and Chad Haga fit the development mold at Argos perfectly and will race a lot in 2014

Fifth in Monday's time trial, American looking to land on the only step he hasn't seen at the worlds: the top step

Australian victorious one year after his bronze-medal ride in The Netherlands

American duo will join Dutch squad in 2014

Three of the top-five riders in the GC after the first two stages are 23 years old or younger

21-year-old Bontrager rider wins the Best Young Rider jersey and finishes eighth in the GC at the Amgen Tour of California

The under-23 Team USA rider wins the second half of a two-stage day to take a narrow lead with one stage remaining

The consistent Craddock, a veteran of European campaigning, is changing the way he approaches the spring racing

Under-23 U.S. National Team riders gather in Southern California for a pre-season training camp

Lawson Craddock wouldn't let a little car/bike collision dampen his moment at last week's Tour de Guadeloupe. The Trek-Livestrong rider was hit from behind by an official's car immediately after he won the race's eighth stage.

Lawson Craddock (Hot Tubes) of Houston, Texas, reached the podium of the UCI World Junior Road Championships for the second year in a row, finishing third in the individual time trial in Offida, Italy, on Friday.