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<\/a>With the likes of three-time winner Nolan Hoffman in their ranks, Team BCX will have a strong presence on the start line at the 2017 aQuell\u00e9 Tour Durban, presented by Bridge Fund Managers, on Sunday, 30 April. Zoon Cronje\/ Gameplan Media<\/span><\/p>\nBCX team principal Malcolm Lange is keen to change things back to the way they were when Nolan Hoffman and his team dominated.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are sending six of our riders to race: Nolan, David (Maree), Reynard (Butler), Wes (Eslick), Steven (van Heerden) and Calvin Beneke. I think six will be enough,\u201d said Lange.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe riders are in good form at the moment. We got five medals at the track champs recently so there is nothing wrong with their speed. <\/p>\n
\u201cOver the years the race has proved difficult to split up and so it normally ends up coming down to a sprint. But if somebody is away after the riders turn back to Durban, then we will have to put the pressure on to close the gap down.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur guys are all very keen to have a good race and are looking to get the win and if they can do well it will be a good way to end the first quarter of the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe plan will probably be to try and keep it all together and set it up for Nolan (Hoffman) to go for the sprint, but that all depends on the wind and the other riders. If we have a guy in the break with the right combination then we may let it go.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lange scoffed at suggestions Hoffman was not still competitive.<\/p>\n
\u201cNolan is one of the most professional riders out there on the racing circuit. He loves to win and he loves to ride a bike, which is always something which I think makes for a successful rider.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe still trains as hard as ever and certainly still has his speed. At the Cape Town Cycle Tour I think he was in great form and was looking to go for the win there.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe chatted a bit before the Cycle Tour and Nolan has shed some weight, which was a bit of a problem for him in the past, and now he is very much a force to be reckoned with.\u201d<\/p>\n
And Lange had a special warning for the opposition riders hoping to take the win at the aQuelle Tour Durban: \u201cHe also loves racing in KZN and loves doing well and winning there.\u201d<\/p>\n
But the experienced team manager, who was the country\u2019s most prolific road cycling race winner before he retired from racing in 2011, knows that things do not always go to plan \u2013 something that was evident last year at the aQuelle Tour Durban.<\/p>\n
\u201cTeam RoadCover will probably be our biggest challenge, although I am not sure who will be at the race from their team. Brendon Davids is very strong and I would have liked to have him in any team of mine, and Brad Potgieter won last year \u2013 that actually was a bit of a surprise for us.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had David (Maree) in the same breakaway group and when they got away I anticipated David taking it. I was happy that there was a breakaway because I was sure David would take it.\u201d<\/p>\n