Eddy Gragus

Eddy Gragus
Personal information
Full name	Eddy Gragus
Born	February 15, 1968; Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	145 lb (66 kg)
Team information
Current team	Rocky Mountain Bicycles Elite Cycling
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur team
c. 1986–1994	–
Professional teams
1995	Montgomery-Bell
1996	U.S. Postal
1997–?	Oil-Me
?	Ikon-Lexus
?	Jelly Belly
?	Sierra Nevada
?–2003	Trek/VW
Major wins
	1994 - Tour of Yugoslavia; 1996 - USPRO National Road Race Championships; 1996 - a stage on the Tour of Poland; 1996 - a stage on the Tour of China; 1999 - USPRO Saturn Tour; 2003 - Descente Boulder Criterium[1]

Eddy Gragus (born February 15, 1968 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a former professional cyclist.[2] In 1994 he won the Tour of Yugoslavia as an amateur.[3] In 1996 he won the USPRO National Road Race Championships, and a stage on the Tour of China. In 1999 he won the USPRO Saturn Tour. He raced professionally for the Montgomery Bell Professional Cycling Team and U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team among others.

Amateur Cycling career

Eddy began racing bicycles during his senior year in high school in Tampa, Florida. In 1991, aged 22, he moved to France and raced as an elite amateur throughout Europe. In 1994 he won the Tour of Yugoslavia.[3]

Professional career

Eddy turned professional in 1995 with the Montgomery Bell Professional Cycling Team under his formative coach, Eddie Borysewicz. In his first year as a professional he won the second stage of the Tour of Poland, holding the leaders jersey until the penultimate stage when a crash left him 10th on the GC. In 1996 the team changed title sponsors and became the U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team, which subsequently became known as the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. In his second year as a professional Eddy won the biggest one-day event on the US Professional calendar, the USPRO National Road Race Championships in Philadelphia, PA. He also won a stage on the Tour of China. Outside Magazine Online ran daily journal entries from Eddy's first grand tour, the 1997 Vuelta a España - (See below).

Eddy raced for US Postal for 1997 and went on to race for several other Professional teams such as Oil-Me, Ikon-Lexus, Jelly Belly and Sierra Nevada. In 1999 he won the USPRO Saturn Tour.

In 2003 he won the Descente Boulder Criterium with the Trek-VW team.[1]

Major results

1995[4]

1st TT Stage Tour of Poland
KOM CoreState USPRO Road Championship (100 mile solo breakaway)
10th Tour of Poland (held leaders jersey for six stages)

1996[4]

1st CoreState US Pro Championship
KOM Thrift Drug Classic
4th CoreState Trenton Classic

1997[4]

KOM Circuit de la Sarthe (France)
1st Stage Redlands Classic

1998[4]

4th(x2) Stage Tour de Lankawi

1999[4]

1st Saturn USPRO Tour
1st Stage Fitchburg Longjo Stage Race
2nd GC Fitchburg Longjo Stage Race
2nd First Union Trenton CLassic
Member of US World Championship National Team (Verona, Italy)

2000[4]

2nd GC Sea Otter Classic Stage Race

Personal life

Since retirement Eddy has married, has two kids and become a Corporate Tax Manager (with focus on transfer pricing) and resides in Colorado.

References

External links

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[CycNews_2003-1] Cycling News, March 2003, Results of Descente Boulder Criterium #2

[Sem-2] Rocky Mountain Bicycles Elite Cycling - Rider Profile

[ToY-3] Cycling News, September 2000, Tour of Yugoslavia

[EGra1-4] Eddy Gragus - Personal website