Craig Lewis (born January 10, 1985) is an American former professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2013. In 2004, while riding for – then a small team on the US circuit that would later grow to be one of the world's biggest, currently known as – Lewis was gravely injured when he was struck by a car during an individual time trial at the

Tour de Georgia The Tour de Georgia was a U.S. professional road cycling stage race across the state of Georgia. The race began in 2003 and was contested six times until 2008. It was one of the three events in North America ranked as Hors Classe (2.HC) stage rac ...

. He lost consciousness, punctured both lungs, suffered severe internal bleeding, and fractured dozens of bones. After months of rehab and physical therapy, and multiple surgeries, Lewis eventually made a full recovery. After failing to earn a contract for the 2014 season, Lewis retired in February 2014.

Palmares

;2006 : 1st MaillotUSA

Under-23 National Road Race Championships : 1st MaillotUSA

Under-23 National Criterium Championships ;2007 : 3rd Overall Tour of Bahamas : 6th Overall

Tour of Ireland The Tour of Ireland (Irish: Turas na hÉireann, known from 1985 to 1992 as the Nissan Classic) was a bicycle stage race held in August, which ran for 35 editions over a 56-year period. Irish rider Seán Kelly recorded the most wins, four. Th ...

: 7th Overall

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents ...

;2009 : 1st Stage 3 TTT Tour de Romandie : 7th Overall Tour of Ireland ;2011 : 1st Stage 1 TTT Giro d'Italia ;2012 : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Beauce

References

External links

2009 VELOBIOS Rider ProfilePalmarès by cyclingbase.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Craig American male cyclists Sportspeople from Spartanburg, South Carolina 1985 births Living people