| Eddy Gragus | |
| Fullname: | Eddy Gragus |
| Birth Date: | February 15, 1968 |
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in |
| Weight: | 145 lb |
| Birth Place: | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Currentteam: | Retired |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Ridertype: | All-rounder |
| Amateuryears1: | c. 1986–1994 |
| Amateurteam1: | – |
| Proyears1: | 1995 |
| Proteam1: | Montgomery Bell Professional Cycling Team |
| Proyears2: | 1996 |
| Proteam2: | U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team |
| Proyears3: | 1997 |
| Proteam3: | U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team |
| Proyears4: | 1999 |
| Proteam4: | Ikon-Lexus |
| Proyears5: | 2000-2001 |
| Proteam5: | Jelly Belly |
| Proyears6: | 2002 |
| Proteam6: | Sierra Nevada |
| Majorwins: | 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.
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]
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]
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1996[4]
1997[4]
1998[4]
1999[4]
2000[4]
Since retirement Eddy has married, has two kids and become a Corporate Tax Manager (with focus on transfer pricing) and resides in Colorado.