Dan Craven

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

2006

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 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 2nd Shay Elliott Memorial Race 2010 1st Clayton Velo Spring Classic 1st Stage 4 Tour of Rwanda 2nd East Midlands Classic African Road Championships

5th Time trial 3rd Overall Rás Tailteann 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 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

6th Individual time trial 2014

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

4th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo 9th Time trial, African Games 2016 National Road Championships

2nd Time trial 2017 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 2018

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