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. 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. 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 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. He joined for the 2012 season. He spent 2013 riding for before joining the German-based squad for 2014. In May 2014 it was announced that Craven had been signed to UCI World Tour team, , with effect from July. His first major goal was the last grand tour of 2014, the Vuelta a España. In 2015 he won the Namibian National Road Race Championships for the fourth time.

Major results

;2005 : 1st MaillotNamibiaChampion

Road race, National Road Championships ;2006 : 1st MaillotNamibiaChampion

Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Silver medal blank

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

Road race ::3rd Bronze medal blank

Time trial : 1st MaillotNamibiaChampion

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st

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: 2nd Trofeo Salvatore Morucci : 3rd Giro del Cigno : 3rd GP Inda–Trofeo Aras Frattini : 5th GP Folignano : 6th

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;2009 : 1st UCI Africa Tour : 1st Chas Messenger Road Race : 1st Shay Elliott Memorial Race : 1st Stage 4

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: 1st Clayton Velo Spring Classic : 2nd Shay Elliott Memorial Race ;2010 : 1st Clayton Velo Spring Classic : 1st Stage 4

: 2nd East Midlands Classic : African Road Championships ::3rd Bronze medal blank

Road race ::5th Time trial : 3rd Overall

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::1st Stage 1 ;2011 : 4th Jock Wadley Memorial : 5th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León ::1st Stage 3 : 5th East Yorkshire Classic : 7th Overall

La Tropicale Amissa Bongo La Tropicale Amissa Bongo is a road cycling race held in Gabon and is part of the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (U ...

::1st Mountains classification : 8th Overall Ronde de l'Oise : 8th Ryedale Grand Prix ;2012 : National Road Championships ::2nd Time trial ::2nd Road race : 7th Lincoln Grand Prix ;2013 : African Road Championships ::2nd Silver medal blank

Road race ::6th Individual time trial ;2014 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour du Cameroun ::1st Mountains classification : 5th Overall Tour du Maroc : 9th Road race, Commonwealth Games ;2015 : 1st MaillotNamibiaChampion

Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Overall

: 9th Time trial, African Games ;2016 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotNamibiaChampion

Road race ::2nd Time trial ;2017 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships ;2018 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Tour du Sénégal The Tour du Sénégal is a stage cycling race held annually in Senegal since 2001. It is rated 2.2 and is part of UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the U ...

::1st Stage 6 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2019 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 7th Overall

Tour of Good Hope The Tour of Good Hope is a multi-day road cycling race that has been held annually in South Africa since 2019. It is part of UCI Africa Tour as a 2.2 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sport of bicycl ...

: 9th Road race, African Road Championships ;2020 : 1st MaillotNamibiaChampion

Road race, National Road Championships

References

External links

* * * http://bikepure.org/riders-and-teams/pro-riders/dan-craven-ralpha-condor/ * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Craven, Dan 1983 births Living people People from Otjiwarongo Namibian male cyclists White Namibian people Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Namibia Commonwealth Games competitors for Namibia Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Competitors at the 2015 African Games African Games competitors for Namibia