Lawson Craddock on 10 years in the pro peloton, the 2018 Tour, and Texas

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Payson McElveen

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🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Lawson Craddock grew up in the flatland of Houston but fought his way onto the WorldTour feeder team Trek-Livestrong when he was still a teenager. After turning pro three years later, he raced for Giant-Shimano, Cannondale, and his current team, Jayco–AlUla. In his 10 years in the WorldTour, he's taken podiums at the Vuelta, won the Time Trial National Championships in back-to-back years, and had a standout performance at the 2018 Tour de France, but not for the usual reasons.Lawson caught up...

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0:00.0	A typical day in that time, it was I would go out four hours in the morning and three of those
0:06.4	hours, I'd have to do it like 300 watts.
0:08.7	And then come back and then it was in the program.
0:12.7	It was nap.
0:13.9	So I go take an hour nap and then I would ride to the gym and I'd do like a full lifting
0:20.5	session. Then I'd get back on the bike and I do intervals on the bike and I'd do like a full lifting session.
0:21.6	Then I'd get back on the bike and I'd do intervals on the bike.
0:24.3	I'm like looking back now, I'm like, no one house.
0:27.6	I couldn't make it through three months, you know?
0:30.7	It's showtime, everybody.
0:33.2	Showtime!
0:35.7	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:39.2	This is the world as it exists today.
0:44.1	Life moves pretty fast.
0:46.5	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:49.0	You could miss it.
0:52.1	Listen, we're talk about practice.
0:55.3	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:56.9	Donnie, you're out of your element.
0:59.3	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
1:03.2	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:07.8	This is the Adventure Stash with Payson McAlvin.
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