Team BCX’s Nolan Hoffman claimed his third Cape Town Cycle Tour title at the Cape Town Stadium today.
Team BCX’s Nolan Hoffman wins the Cape Town Cycle Tour at the Cape Town Stadium today. Photo: Cape Town Cycle Tour
He out-sprinted Investec-Songo-Specialized’s Sam Gaze and Pro Touch’s Reynard Butler to win in a time of 2:37:30.
Gaze, who finished in 2:37:30, won his first elite UCI MTB World Cup race yesterday and took the Cape Town Cycle Tour MTB Challenge title the week before.
Luca Mozzato finished in fourth place with a time of 2:37:31, while Martin Freyer rounded out the top five after finishing in 2:37:31.
“We played poker face game,” said Hoffman.
“We had Steven van Heerden in the break, so we knew we didn’t have to work too hard in the bunch.”
“The DiData boys panicked because they didn’t have anyone in front and when they brought it back on Suikerbossie we knew exactly what to do in the last 10km.”
Hoffman said Van Heerden took them right into the final 500m and then 2016 defending champion Clint Hendricks lead from there.
“He knows exactly where to go, knows every metre of this finish and he took me to about 180m to go. From there all I had to do was go flat-out to the finish. Very happy it worked out.”
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Results
1. Nolan Hoffman 2:37:30
2. Sam Gaze 2:37:30
3. Reynard Butler 2:37:30
4. Luca Mozzato 2:37:31
5. Martin Freyer
6. Jaco Cronje
7. Jonathan van Gesselleen
8. Clint Hendricks
9. Rohan du Plooy
10. Louis Visser
11. Salih Ebrahim 2:37:32
12. Travis Barrett
13. Temesgen Buru
14. Gustav Basson
15. Matteo Sobrero
16. Lean Janse van Renburg
17. Craig Boyes
18. Brandon Christians 2:37:33
19. Drikus Coetzee
20. Luthando Kaka
21. Reece Piper
22. Gregory de Vink
23. Bradley Potgieter
24. Christopher Lagane
25. Stefan de Bod
26. Oliver Munnik 2:37:34
27. Alan Gordon
28. Dylan le Roux
29. Donovan le Cok
30. Songezo Jim
