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Historic Overview Dan Craven

Rider

Overall Rank6852
NameDan CRAVEN
Country
  Namibia
Date of birth01-Feb-1983 - Omaruru (Erongo)

Biography

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.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

4

Major Victories

African Continental Championships Road Race 2008
Tour du Sénégal 2018
Tour du Rwanda - stages 2010 (1)
Tour du Sénégal - stages 2018 (1)
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Seasons

Dan Craven - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 2005 Elite without contract 12 1330
2. 2006 Elite without contract 0 4448
3. 2007 Elite without contract 15 1333
4. 2008 Elite without contract 7 1723
5. 2009 Rapha Condor 3 2386
6. 2010 Rapha Condor - Sharp 52 739
7. 2011 Rapha Condor - Sharp 26 1071
8. 2012 Team IG - Sigma Sport 5 2176
9. 2013 Synergy Baku Cycling Project 10 1603
10. 2014 Team Europcar 152 535
11. 2015 Team Europcar 9 1845
12. 2016 Cycling Academy Team 115 578
13. 2017 Israel Cycling Academy 5 2407
14. 2018 Elite without contract 7 2233
15. 2019 Elite without contract 0 6168
16. 2020 Elite without contract 5 1603
Overall: 423 6852