Team Redlands Professional Cycling

Jelly Belly Cycling presented by MAXXIS have signed rising star Ulises Castillo for the remainder of the 2016 season and 2017.

Castillo, 25, lit Southern California up this season with a stage win at Redlands, overall at Tour of Murrieta, Temecula Grand Prix, Sea Otter Classic’s road and crit stages, and many more.

“The Team have been on the lookout for the right all-rounder with a blazing sprint,” said Sports Director, Danny van Haute. “Ulises showed us exactly that in the races we did as part of training camp this spring and our sights have been set on him ever since.”

Castillo, who hails from Sinaloa, Mexico, will make his debut at The 37^th Annual Cascade Cycling Classic beginning this Wednesday, July 20^th.  He brings a final-kilometer kick that should suit Tour of Alberta very well, when launched by the super-strong squad we have become used to seeing this season.

“I am so excited to race with Jelly Belly,” added Castillo. “For me, it is a big step, so I am going to take the opportunity to help The Team and get some wins!”

Check out Ulises’ Rider Page.

Your Jelly Belly Cycling presented by Maxxis selection for the 11th Amgen Tour of California!

Michael Sheehan | Taylor Shelden | Lachlan Morton | Jacob Rathe | Ben Wolfe (not actual size) | Angus Morton | Chris Putt | Jordan Cheyne

STAGE I | STAGE II | STAGE III | STAGE IV | STAGE V | STAGE VI | STAGE VII | STAGE VIII | STAFF

STAGE I

Jacob Rathe – Stage 1 – Most Courageous Rider

Jacob Rathe – Stage 1

Michael Sheehan – First intermediate sprint

STAGE II

Jacob Rathe signs on in the Most Courageous Rider Jersey

Lachlan Morton | Stage 2

Ben Wolfe | Stage 2

STAGE III

Angus Morton immediately after Stage 3’s summit finish on Gibraltar

Lachlan Morton, 7th on Stage 3 after a valiant attack on Gibraltar

Taylor Shelden, tapping out after being one of Lachlan’s last lieutenants on Stage 3

The Team doing The Team thing for Lachlan Morton on Gibraltar | Wil Matthews Photography

Angus Morton

Ben Wolfe #ridingthefront

Jordan Cheyne – Stage 3

Stage 3 – Lachlan Morton

Lachlan Morton and Axeon’s Neilson Powless at the head of affairs at about 2k to go

STAGE IV

On Stage 4, Michael Sheehan came out worst of a small pile of riders that went down about 13 miles in.  That meant 122 miles with +/- 9,000 feet of climbing like this.  He must have been a close 2nd for the stage’s Most Courageous Rider award.

Ben Wolfe – Stage 4

Lachlan Morton – Stage 4

Jacob Rathe and Angus Morton debrief at Laguna Seca Raceway after Stage 4

Jordan Cheyne and DS Danny van Haute

Lachlan Morton on Stage 4

STAGE V

Ben Wolfe Stage 5

Chris Putt on the way to South Lake Tahoe via Carson Pass – Stage 5

Jacob Rathe, in the day-long break, debriefs with Danny van Haute

Jacob Rathe comes back to the caravan for updates from DS Matty Rice

Jacob Rathe working in the break – Stage 5

STAGE VI

Angus Morton battle strong crosswinds with a later start… The toll it took was visible as he cooled down on a Kinetic trainer

Ben Wolfe alone

Jordan Cheyne’s follow car was driven by Kurt Stockton

Taylor Shelden was also clearly drained after the Stage 6 TT in Folsom

Angus Morton | Stage 6

Jacob Rathe | Stage 6

STAGE VII

Angus Morton and Ben Wolfe on Stage 7

The race’s chiropractor sets Jacob Rathe up for more racing before Stage 7

Soigneur (swan-your) translates loosely as “carer.”  It’s a tough job in pro cycling.

Michael Sheehan on the sometimes 11% climbs of King Ridge |  Stage 7

STAGE VIII

Taylor Shelden, the day after the injury to his eye, got into the break of 7 that stayed away to within 2 k of the finish line on Stage 8

STAFF

Directeur Sportif Matty Rice briefs The Team before Stage 3

John Sessa, former Head Mechanic, was back on board helping Kevin Oliveira

DS Matty Rice updates Ben Wolfe on Stage 2

Head Mechanic Kevin Oliveira

Soigneur Amélie Jeanneau

Directeur Sportif Danny van Haute

Soigneur Al Murphy

Mechanic Tom Bielaszka

Mechanic Tom Bielaszka transfers a bike to go forward to the break

Quick race updates in the feed zone

DS Matty Rice and ultra-rad WD-40 Bike tour bus driver and life coach Tommy Zsak

Tommy Z and a super-fan of The Team at Morro Bay