No stopping Craven’s Olympic ambitions

Andrew Poolman Thirty-seven-year-old Dan Craven once again proved his class with a convincing win in yesterday’s Nedbank national cycling road race over 157 kilometres.The two-time Olympic competitor has now all but secured his spot to represent Namibia at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.Yesterday’s championship was the third qualifying event set out by the Namibian Cycling Federation, with Craven having won both of the last two. Only the Cape Town Cycle Tour remains, ahead of which Craven must have an unassailable lead over any other compatriot.During yesterday’s race, mountain bike specialist Tristan de Lange surprised by breaking away with Craven at the front to open up a significant gap over the other Olympic road race contenders.The two worked together until the finish line before simultaneously going into their final sprint, with Craven winning by less than a second. Almost six minutes behind them, Drikus Coetzee won the group sprint for third place.The women’s race over 102km was comfortably won by Vera Adrian against Irene Steyn, the only other entrant among the elite women. Adrian is set to wear the Namibian jersey at her second Olympic Games this year, following her debut at Rio 2016.

No stopping Craven’s Olympic ambitions

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