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<\/a>From left: Steven van Heerden, Reynard Butler, Calvin Beneke, Nolan Hoffman, David Maree and Wesley Eslick, who make up the road and track contingent of Team BCX. Photo Credit: www.zcmc.co.za<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s an ambitious project trying to spread the team across three different cycling disciplines, but we feel that we have enough talented, committed riders to achieve our objectives,\u201d said Malcolm Lange of Lange Sports, the company that owns and manages Team BCX.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrack racing has always formed the foundation for any good road racer and unfortunately the South African cycling events scene marginalised track racing somewhat in the last decade and a half. With Team BCX we are making track a key part of our team\u2019s training and racing for 2017,\u201d said Lange, himself a former multiple national track and road champion.<\/p>\n
The Team BCX road\/track squad is headed up by Nolan Hoffman, South Africa\u2019s most successful road and track sprinter over the past few years and man with a wealth of experience. He will once again be aiming for wins in the country\u2019s three most popular road races, the Cape Town Cycle Tour (Argus), Telkom 947 Cycle Challenge and Tsogo Sun Amashova.<\/p>\n
Ably backing Hoffman is another experienced campaigner, David Maree, who won the Berge en Dale Classic and finished second at The Fast One, getting the team\u2019s 2017 racing year off to a successful start. Maree\u2019s ability to read a race makes him an astute tactician, as can be confirmed by his winning of two South African track championship titles in the Elimination Race.<\/p>\n
Reynard Butler is a quick sprinter that can also climb, as confirmed by his stage win at the recent Mpumalanga Tour, while Steven van Heerden is a new rider on the team for 2017, bringing his track cycling prowess to the team, which will be very useful in road sprints.<\/p>\n Wesley Eslick is also new to the team. He has been racing full time in the USA for the past two years and will add great value as a team workhorse as he continues to develop his strengths. Calvin Beneke adds great depth to the team. He raced for the MTN team in 2015 and is an accomplished allrounder with a strong awareness of tactics as seen in his winning last weekend\u2019s Dischem Ride for Sight.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a really good mix of riders in our squad. We have a well-rounded blend of talented riders that have shown great commitment and produced a number of podium finishes already this year. Team BCX should be able to challenge for podiums at each event we enter,\u201d said Lange.<\/p>\n The two mountain bike racers are HB Kruger and Waylon Woolcock . Both come from road racing backgrounds with Lange Sports and will also be used to add firepower to the road team when their schedule allows.<\/p>\n Kruger is a rising star in the mountain bike discipline, while Woolcock is an experienced campaigner who counts among his highlights winning the African jersey and finishing sixth overall at the Absa Cape Epic last year. They finished a respectable second overall at the recent Momentum Health Tankwa Trek against a strong international field.<\/p>\n They\u2019ll be tackling the 2017 Cape Epic as Team BCX as well as all the other high-profile stage races, including Sani2c and Wines2Whales and the Ashburton Investments National Series.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m excited about this combination. Waylon\u2019s experience will undoubtedly help hone HB into an even more formidable mountain bike racer. I am sure we\u2019ll be seeing the BXC kit on a number of podiums this year and are offering them maximum support at the Cape Epic, which really is a massive international event,\u201d added Lange.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are thrilled to be the sponsor of the newly minted BCX cycling team,\u201d said Johann Henning, chief customer officer, BCX. \u201cThese riders are truly a premier South African team, and are uniquely suited to represent the premium ICT Solutions BCX provides for its customers. It\u2019s a perfect match.\u201d<\/p>\n The team\u2019s manager is Magnus Gouws, a man with years of pro-team support experience.<\/p>\n Riders:<\/strong> Bike Technician: Chris Wagner Follow the progress of Team BCX on the following social media accounts: For more information on BCX, visit www.bcx.co.za<\/a>. For more information on Lange Sports, visit www.langesports.co.za<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s not as much a new team, but a new look as BCX takes over from Telkom as the primary sponsor of South Africa\u2019s most competitive professional cycling team. BCX, a newly launched brand, is Africa\u2019s premier end-to-end ICT solutions provider and serves the enterprise sector under the umbrella of the Telkom Group. 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Photo Credit: www.zcmc.co.za<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>Showing the new Team BCX road and track racing jerseys are (from left): Calvin Beneke, Nolan Hoffman, David Maree, Steven van Heerden, Wesley Eslick and Reynard Butler. Photo Credit: www.zcmc.co.za<\/span><\/p>\n
Nolan Hoffman (road & track)
Reynard Butler (road & track)
Wesley Eslick (road & track)
Steven van Heerden (road & track)
David Maree (road & track)
Calvin Beneke (road & track)
Waylon Woolcock (MTB)
HB Kruger (MTB)<\/p>\n
Manager: Magnus Gouws
Owner: Malcolm Lange
Marketing: Adri van Zyl<\/p>\n
Twitter: @TeamBCX – #TeamBCX
Facebook: TeamBCX
Instagram: Team_BCX<\/p>\n