Dan Craven Explained

Dan Craven
Fullname:Dan Craven
Birth Date:1983 2, df=y
Birth Place:Otjiwarongo, South West Africa
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:All-rounder
Amateuryears1:2005–2008
Amateurteam1:Team Fidibc.com
Amateuryears2:2018–2019
Amateurteam2:Embrace the World
Amateuryears3:2019
Amateurteam3:Cycling Team Bochum
Amateuryears4:2019
Amateurteam4:NCCS Cycling Team
Proyears1:2009–2011
Proyears2:2012
Proyears3:2013
Proyears4:2014
Proyears5:2014–2015
Proyears6:2016–2017
Majorwins:One-day Races and Classics

National Road Race Championships
(2005, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2020)

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.[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 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 for the 2012 season.[3] He spent 2013 riding for before joining the German-based squad for 2014.[4] 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.[5]

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

Major results

2005
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
    2006
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 2nd 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 Road race
  • 3rd Time trial
  • 1st 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 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 Road race
  • 6th Individual time trial
    2014
  • 1st Overall Tour du Cameroun
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 5th Overall Tour du Maroc
  • 9th Road race, Commonwealth Games
    2015
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 4th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
  • 9th Time trial, African Games
    2016
  • National Road Championships
  • 1st Road race
  • 2nd Time trial
    2017
  • 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    2018
  • 1st 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 Road race, National Road Championships

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Glasgow 2014: Namibian Dan Craven relishes 'home' Games . Fraser . Graham . 30 January 2014 . BBC. 20 February 2014.
    2. http://bikepure.org/riders-and-teams/pro-riders/dan-craven-ralpha-condor/ Dan Craven
    3. News: Craven relieved to secure Sigma Sport Specialized deal after missing out on Europcar ride. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 2 December 2011. 27 January 2012. Shane. Stokes.
    4. Web site: Namibian Cyclists Leave for Tour De Gabon . Schutz . Helge . 8 January 2014 . . 20 February 2014.
    5. Web site: Q&A with Dan Craven . Fletcher . Laura . 24 May 2014 . . 14 June 2014.
    6. Web site: Dan Craven is the new Namibia’s road national champ . https://archive.today/20150309021043/http://colnago.com/dan-craven-e-campione-nazionale-della-namibia-2-2-2-2/?lang=am . dead . 9 March 2015 . 4 March 2015 . colnago .
    7. Web site: Clayton Velo Spring Classic:Road, Clitheroe – Sunday, 28 Feb 2010. 28 February 2010 . . 8 March 2015.
    8. Web site: Craven wins Clayton Velo Classic. 1 March 2010 . . 22 February 2016.
    9. Web site: Bialoblocki wins 'fastest ever' Jock Wadley Memorial . Bull . Nick . 17 March 2016 . . 9 October 2016.
    10. Web site: Hunt triumphs at East Yorkshire Classic . Hunt . Andy . 1 August 2011 . . 9 October 2016.
    11. Web site: Ryedale Grand Prix. 5 June 2011 . . 26 July 2015.
    12. Web site: Road: Downing wins Lincoln Grand Prix. 13 May 2012 . British Cycling. 4 August 2015 .

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