# 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 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. He joined Team IG–Sigma Sport for the 2012 season. He spent 2013 riding for Synergy Baku before joining the German-based Bike Aid–Ride for Help squad for 2014. 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.
In 2015 he won the Namibian National Road Race Championships for the fourth time.

## 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
    2nd Shay Elliott Memorial Race

### 2010

    1st Clayton Velo Spring Classic
    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
    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
       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