Eddy Gragus was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His family eventually moved to Tampa, Florida. He got into cycling in his senior year of high school. He went to Colorado to visit his brother and saw the Coors Classic. Then he went home and while riding his bike to school he was passed by a group of racers from the University of South Florida. He says the second time it happened he jumped on the back and they simply couldn't drop him. The group was so blown away they actually started taking him to races and he killed it.
Eddy ended up winning several races for a junior world's camp at the OTC in 1986. He ended up getting a letter in the mail to attend. He went and got hammered but he ended up moving to Colorado right after graduation.
Eddy would continue to race and train in Colorado but didn't take it too serious. But a chance meeting with someone who had a few connections to race in France changed his perspective. He raced in France for a number of seasons and even won some races. He actually got to race with the national team.
Winning the Tour of Yugoslavia helped Eddy get a pro contract with Montgomery Bell. Eddy won a number of races during his pro career like stages in the Tour of Willamette, Tour of Poland but his big win came in 1996 when he won the U.S. Pro Champs in Philadelphia.
By 2001 Eddy says it was time to move on. He went to school and got a degree and his masters. He currently works for Amazon. Eddy lives in Colorado with his wife and two boys. He still rides but mostly mountain bikes with the boys.
