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Dan Craven crowned UCI Africa Tour champion · 26/10/09

Today on cyclingnews.com by Greg Johnson:

“Namibian cyclist Dan Craven claimed the closest of continental championships, with officials forced to search the rule book to split him and Jamie Ball tied on 123 points. Craven rode most of the season with British squad Rapha Condor, but his efforts at home during the off-season netted him the Africa jersey.

Craven claimed the African Championship’s road race late last year, one day after finishing second in the Moroccan event’s time trial. Craven had already secured a swag of points from his sixth place at Amashova National Classic in South Africa, which he added to at the Giro del Capo in March.

That was enough to secure the title over South African Road Champion Ball. In one of his busiest racing seasons Ball won a stage of La Tropicale Amissa Bongo before finishing seventh overall at the Gabon race. He added more points to his tally later in the year at the Giro del Capo IV.

Despite taking out his first Namibian championship in 2005, Craven is still relatively new on the international scene. He finished second at GP Demy-Cars in 2006, was again runner up at Giro della Valli Aretine a year later then started adding European wins in 2008. First he claimed victory in Switzerland at Lancy, then beat Guillaume Bonnafond to the GP Cristal Energie win in France.

Craven was hoping to defend his African title this month but broke his collarbone while racing last weekend.”

for the full article about all the UCI Continental champions, head to http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/introducing-2009s-uci-continental-champions

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