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RSS FeedsCraddock embracing fatherhood and a return to the Tour de France
(Cyclingnews.com)

 
 

13 february 2019 11:25:55

 
Craddock embracing fatherhood and a return to the Tour de France
(Cyclingnews.com)
 


Lawson Craddock`s 2019 season got underway in the best possible way Tuesday during stage 1 at the Tour Colombia 2.1, where EF Education First won the opening team time trial and placed Rigoberto Uran in the first leader`s jersey. The American team took the opening test ahead of Deceuninck-QuickStep and Team Sky, putting seven seconds into the Belgian team and 10 into defending champion Egan Bernal`s squad. It was just the positive start to the season that Craddock had been hoping for after a rocky 2018. `Here it`s a really relaxing start,` Craddock said of the Colombian race. `Everyone just seems super mellow. It`s beautiful weather, beautiful country and the people here are just so friendly. I think it`s important to start the year on a good note and get some results here that give all of us a lot of confidence going forward.ADVERTISEMENT `A lot of cycling is having the confidence,` he said. `So often you`re getting your teeth kicked in constantly. Even the most successful guys, they race 80 days a year and if you win 10 races that`s phenomenal, and that`s what, a 12 per cent success rate? So it can be tough sometimes, but if you can get that ball rolling, you start to see the success and wins and small victories start to build back up.` A new dad Although starting the season with a win is always nice, the biggest recent event in Craddock`s life was the birth of his daughter, Caroline, in October, and learning to balance family life with the demands of an international cyclist. `It`s been great,` Craddock told Cyclingnews from the team hotel on Sunday before the race started. The Tour de France You can read more at Cyclingnews.com


 
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