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19 February 2010
Join the Jelly Belly Professional Cycling Team presented by Kenda:
Building on the longest running title sponsorship in the US peloton, the Jelly Belly Professional Cycling Team presented by Kenda is now offering fans and supporters a chance to join the squad as it embarks on its 11th season of racing in 2010.
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19 February 2010
Jelly Belly Cycling Team Presented By Kenda 2010 from MissingSaddle on Vimeo.
18 February 2010
Jeremy Powers Giving Danny Van Haute a hard time during the photo shoot
Powers Putting the Beast on the Spot from MissingSaddle on Vimeo.
18 February 2010
These photos were from yesterdays media day for the team. thank you to all the sponsors for coming to explain your product to all the staff and riders. We can’t wait to show what it can do.
Photos: from Missingsaddle.com
11 January 2010
the 2010 race schedule is now out for the Team. Check the listing to see if we will be near you.
March 19-21 San Dimas Stage Race, San Dimas, CA
March 25-28 Redlands Bicycle Classic, Redland, CA
April 1-9 Tour of Thailand
April 22-2 Tour of Korea
May 16-23 Tour of California pending
June 4-6 Tulsa Tough Stage Race, Tulsa, OK
June [...]
6 January 2010
Cateye releases the first ever Jelly Belly Computer. look for the team to sport these on this years bikes. Thanks to Ellen Hall for all her hard work
27 December 2009
a Happy New Year from Jelly Belly Cycling Team to all our fans and sponsors.
9 December 2009
San Diego, Calif. (December 8, 2009) One lucky cyclist will have a chance to meet, greet and ride with the Jelly Belly cycling team in California this winter. And it’s all for a good cause: to put more kids on bikes through Kimberlee’s Bikes for Kids.
Jelly Belly Cycling presented by Kenda, which is managed [...]
7 December 2009
FAIRFIELD, CALIF. — A two-year contract extending primary title sponsorship of Jelly Belly Cycling Team was announced by Jelly Belly Candy Company of Fairfield, Calif. The longest running sponsor in the US pro peloton, Jelly Belly team members are known for their colorful jerseys and the sports performance jelly bean Sport Beans® by Jelly [...]
3 December 2009
The final stage for the 2009 Tour of Hainan concluded this week with an 80km flat circuit race in downtown Sanya. It included three Sprints, worth 3, 2, and 1 points respectively. Kiel Reijnen was looking to get two or three points to push him into the top ten in the GC. Although that didn’t [...]
20 November 2009
The tables have turned for the Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team. While they have been racing very well for the first part of the 2009 Tour of Hainan, things changed quickly, as they often do in this sport, and the team is now fighting to stay in the peloton.
During Stage Seven, a 183km stage with [...]
15 November 2009
The Jelly Belly Team is close to finishing the Tour of Hainan, as today marked the fifth stage out of six stages. There were strong crosswinds today which allowed a 25 man break to occur, after many failed attempts. Two JB riders were in the group, Bernard van Ulden and Kiel Reijnen. They stayed away [...]
14 November 2009
Stage Three of the Tour of Hainan ended in another field sprint. This time though the Jelly Belly squad couldn’t get into it in time. Bernard van Ulden stayed in a break of nine riders and for quite a while the break was out by 25km. “The next three stages will be flat,” van Haute [...]
14 November 2009
Stage One of the 2009 Tour of Hainan led cyclists over 148km of moderately undulating terrain. It included a Cat 3 climb, in which Kiel Reijnen got a point. Near the sprint finish, the team’s job was to set up sprinter Jonny Clarke. He was in 3rd place with 200 meters to go but he [...]
7 November 2009
The Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team’s last race of the 2009 season will be the Tour of Hainan in China. It will be the second year the team will compete in this ten day battle against 19 other teams from all over the world. This year, the mileage has been increased from 900km to 1300km [...]
18 October 2009
The sixth stage of the 2009 Jayco Herald Sun Tour was a 65km circuit race in downtown Melbourne. From the very start the crowds were huge, at least 50,000 strong. The Jelly Belly Team bolted out of the gate and rode tough all day.
Matty Rice, Jonny Clarke, Kiel Reijnen and Bernard van Ulden used smart [...]
16 October 2009
The Stage Five 10 km ITT brought Bernard van Ulden even closer to the top today.
As predicted by van Haute, Bernard’s ride sent him into 5th place in the GC. He stood on the podium in 3rd, which was great, said Van Haute, since the two riders that beat him are on pro tour teams.
“This [...]
15 October 2009
Stage Three of the 2009 Jayco Herald Sun Tour was the longest one, at 164 km. It also included a Cat 2 and a Cat 1 climb: challenging to the pack that had already been climbing for hundreds of miles during the past three days on Australia’s cool and breezy coast.
“The boys did well today [...]
13 October 2009
Stage Two began much like the first, with strong cross winds that challenged the peloton at every turn along the coast of Australia. The 100 man group quickly split into two, with four Jelly Belly riders smartly finding a place in the front.
The 32 man field in the front included Jelly Belly riders Bernard van [...]
12 October 2009
Stage One of the 2009 Sun Tour began with strong head winds and cross winds. Because of these conditions, it was only a matter of time before the peloton would see a successful break. The break happened at about the 25 mile point when the peloton split in half. Four Jelly Belly riders were in [...]
12 October 2009
Sunday kicked off the 2009 Sun Tour in Ballarat, Australia. It was a 2.2 mile course with a 600 meter climb to the finish.
Half way through the prologue, an 18-man break took off which include Jelly Belly rider Kiel Reijnen. He was able to stay in the break and finished in 10th.
Team Director Danny van [...]
8 October 2009
Jelly Belly arrives in Australia this week to compete in one of the world’s oldest stage races, the Jayco Herald Sun Tour. As their third year participating in the event, Team Director Danny van Haute said he is looking forward to competing in this late-season race.
“This is definitely one of our favorites throughout the year,” [...]
12 September 2009
Since the very beginning of the day a blistering pace was set by the riders of the Jelly Belly squad. Stage Six began in Chillicothe and traveled over 110 miles to the historic town of St. Joseph, headquarters of the Pony Express. All day Jelly Belly stayed in front in order to respond to every [...]
10 September 2009
Today was another breakaway day for the Jelly Belly Pro Cycling team, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with the Jelly Belly Candy Co., the longest running sponsorship of any Continental US Pro Cycling Team. While there were a few small breaks very early on in the day, the one that eventually stuck was begun [...]
9 September 2009
Although Stage Three was supposed to be the toughest stage in Tour of Missouri history, the Jelly Belly Pro Cycling riders are used to training in mountains much bigger than the Ozarks of Missouri.
“Today was definitely not that hard,” said Jelly Belly rider Bernard van Ulden. “What made it hard was figuring out whether to [...]
8 September 2009
The second stage of the Tour gave competitors their first chance to ride over Missouri’s rolling hills and through its national forests. The day started in historic Ste. Genevieve and headed south over 112 miles to the river town of Cape Girardeau.
At the very beginning of the day a desperate solo attack [...]
7 September 2009
After the team’s first day in the saddle for the 2009 Tour of Missouri, it’s guaranteed that St. Louisans know the Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team. Stage One led the peloton around a seven mile circuit race through some of St. Louis’ most popular areas, including a spin around Lafayette Square, which was also featured [...]
5 September 2009
Hold on to your helmets, folks! The third edition of the Tour of Missouri begins Monday and it’s sure to be the most exciting yet. This year’s Tour will include the top teams in the world, among them is the Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team, bringing eight riders to contest the top spots. The routes [...]
30 August 2009
At yesterday’s National Individual Time Trial Championships, the entire Jelly Belly squad finished in the top twenty. Jelly Belly veteran Bernard van Ulden, however, wore his beans with pride as he crossed the finish line in 4th place, just shy of a podium finish.
Check back tonight for updates on the results of the National Road [...]
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