Dan Craven

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Dan Craven
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Craven at the 2015 Le Samyn wearing his Namibian national champions jersey.
Personal information
Full nameDan Craven
Born (1983-02-01) 1 February 1983 (age 41)
Otjiwarongo, South West Africa
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
2005–2008Team Fidibc.com
2018–2019Embrace the World
2019Cycling Team Bochum
2019NCCS Cycling Team
Professional teams
2009–2011 Rapha Condor
2012 Team IG–Sigma Sport
2013 Synergy Baku
2014 Bike Aid–Ride for Help
2014–2015 Team Europcar
2016–2017 Cycling Academy
Major wins
One-day Races and Classics
National Road Race Championships
(2005, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2020)
Medal record
Men's road cycling
Representing Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
CAC Road African Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2013 Sharm El SheikhRoad Race

Dan Craven (born 1 February 1983) is a Namibian racing cyclist, who last rode for Namibian amateur team NCCS Cycling Team. He is the grandson of Danie Craven, the South African rugby union icon.

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Craven started cycling seriously when he studied at Stellenbosch University. After graduating with a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics he moved to Switzerland in 2005 in order to pursue a cycling career. [1]

A strong time trialist, Craven was a runner up in the 2006 African Championships, and boasts a 7th place in the time trial at the 2007 B World Championships in Cape Town.

Craven joined the Rapha Condor team for the 2009 season. Craven was the 2008 African Road Race champion, having taken the crown in Casablanca in November just two days after he had picked up a Bronze in the African Time Trial Championships. [2] He joined Team IG–Sigma Sport for the 2012 season. [3] He spent 2013 riding for Synergy Baku before joining the German-based Bike Aid–Ride for Help squad for 2014. [4] In May 2014 it was announced that Craven had been signed to UCI World Tour team, Team Europcar, with effect from July. His first major goal was the last grand tour of 2014, the Vuelta a España. [5]

In 2015 he won the Namibian National Road Race Championships for the fourth time. [6]

Major results

2005
1st MaillotNamibiaChampion.png Road race, National Road Championships
2006
1st MaillotNamibiaChampion.png Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Time trial, African Road Championships
2nd GP Demy–Cars
2007
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Giro delle Valli Aretine
3rd GP Folignano
7th Time trial, UCI B World Championships
2008
African Road Championships
1st Gold medal blank.svg Road race
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Time trial
1st MaillotNamibiaChampion.png Road race, National Road Championships
1st Grand Prix Cristal Energie
2nd Trofeo Salvatore Morucci
3rd Giro del Cigno
3rd GP Inda–Trofeo Aras Frattini
5th GP Folignano
6th Coppa della Pace
2009
1st UCI Africa Tour
1st Chas Messenger Road Race
1st Shay Elliott Memorial Race
1st Stage 4 Tour of Rwanda
1st Clayton Velo Spring Classic [7]
2nd Shay Elliott Memorial Race
2010
1st Clayton Velo Spring Classic [8]
1st Stage 4 Tour of Rwanda
2nd East Midlands Classic
African Road Championships
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Road race
5th Time trial
3rd Overall Rás Tailteann
1st Stage 1
2011
4th Jock Wadley Memorial [9]
5th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León
1st Stage 3
5th East Yorkshire Classic [10]
7th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
1st Mountains classification
8th Overall Ronde de l'Oise
8th Ryedale Grand Prix [11]
2012
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
2nd Road race
7th Lincoln Grand Prix [12]
2013
African Road Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Road race
6th Individual time trial
2014
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour du Cameroun
1st Mountains classification
5th Overall Tour du Maroc
9th Road race, Commonwealth Games
2015
1st MaillotNamibiaChampion.png Road race, National Road Championships
4th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
9th Time trial, African Games
2016
National Road Championships
1st MaillotNamibiaChampion.png Road race
2nd Time trial
2017
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2018
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour du Sénégal
1st Stage 6
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
2019
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
7th Overall Tour of Good Hope
9th Road race, African Road Championships
2020
1st MaillotNamibiaChampion.png Road race, National Road Championships

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