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Featured, Jelly Belly Pro Cycling, Road Blog Feb 3, 2012Powers wins cyclocross title
Featured, Jelly Belly Pro Cycling, Road Blog Jan 13, 2012
Congratulations to Jeremy Powers for his fantastic victory in the USA Cyclocross Championships! Powers is a veteran road racer for Jelly Belly p/b Kenda. We are thrilled and proud for his success in cyclocross. Check out this interview following Jeremy’s big win.
http://www.cyclingdirt.org/coverage/247673-USA-Cyclocross-National-Championships-2012/video/562567-Jeremy-Powers-What-It-Means-To-Be-Champion
Merry christmas and happy new year from the Jelly Belly p/ b kenda cycling team
Featured, Jelly Belly Pro Cycling, Road Blog Dec 16, 2011
As the Holiday Season is upon us, we find ourselves reflecting on the past year and on those who have helped to shape our business in a most significant way. We value our relationship with you and look forward to working with you in the year to come. We wish you a very happy Holiday Season and a New Year filled with peace and prosperity.
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda closes out superior 2011 season
Featured, Jelly Belly Pro Cycling, Road Blog Dec 16, 2011
“We posted another strong season this year, even after some experienced riders moved on and we brought new, young talent on board,” said team director Danny Van Haute.
Van Haute welcomes back most of the 2011 roster next year, including eight-year team veteran Jeremy Powers and four-year team veteran sprinter Brad Huff. Sergio Hernandez and Sean Mazich will return for their third seasons, and 2011 neo-pros Alex Hagman, Nic Hamilton and Emerson Oronte will be back as well. Joining the organization in 2012 will be climber Scott Stewart from Team Type 1 and Ricardo van der Velde, plus two neo-pros Menso de Jong and Luis Enrique Davila.
“2012 is shaping up to be a great year for us,” said Hamilton, who won the overall at the Tour of White Rock. “We came a very long way this year in working as a cohesive team and we will carry that into 2012. I will certainly put more pressure on myself to win races now that I have my first year of learning the ropes under my belt.”
Added Huff: “2011 will go down as the year Jelly Belly pulled together as a unified machine to overcome difficulty and set the tone for years to come.”
Longtime riders Bernard van Ulden and Will Dickeson are both retiring from the team.
“Bernard and Will were big assets to the team,” Van Haute said. “They will be missed. The riders who replace them will have to fill some big shoes next year.”
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda riders and staff also embraced their roles as ambassadors for cycling by participating in charity rides, autograph sessions safety talks at schools and hospital visits throughout the year. The team counts more than 5,000 fans on Facebook and Twitter.
“I’m proud of all we have done, of the riders we have developed, and I look forward to another great year of racing in 2012,” Van Haute said.
Jelly Belly finishes strong in China
Featured, Jelly Belly Pro Cycling, Road Blog Dec 16, 2011
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda put two riders in the top 10 overall at the Tour of Taihu to close out the 2011 season with a bang.
Brad Huff placed second in Stage 3 of the five-day race in China, and Ken Hanson took third in Stage 4. Huff ended up in sixth overall, and Hanson was seventh.
“This was a huge team effort to get Brad and Ken to the finish line to give them a chance to win a stage, and we came very close each day,” said team director Danny Van Haute.
The squad, which also included Nic Hamilton, Alastair Loutit, Will Dickeson and Bernard van Ulden, placed in the top 10 in four of the five stages.
“I have seen the team race like this before, but their consistency day after day was what impressed me,” Van Haute said. “It was a great week of racing to end the season.”
Featured, Jelly Belly Pro Cycling, Road Blog Oct 27, 2011
Moving Pictures from the Japan Cup 2011
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Team Parade
Jelly Belly counts success at Japan Cup
Featured, Jelly Belly Pro Cycling, Road Blog Oct 26, 2011
Brad Huff sprinted to a top-five finish on the first day of the Japan Cup, highlighting a solid showing by the Jelly Belly p/b Kenda team as the 2011 season winds to a close.
In the first day’s criterium, Jelly Belly was hoping for a field sprint to lead out Huff. Teammates Ken Hanson, Will Dickeson, Nic Hamilton and Bernard van Ulden jockeyed to the front with three laps to go, ready for the final push. But with one lap left, the Saxo Bank Sungard team muscled to the front. Huff kept fighting for a fifth-place finish.
The second day was a 155-km road race on a hilly, 15-km loop. Jelly Belly p/b Kenda riders stayed together at the front of the field, constantly watching for a breakaway.
“I was very happy with the team’s performance,” said team director Danny Van Haute. “The results may not show it, but we did good.”
The team’s final race this year is the Tour of Taihu Lake in China, Nov. 1-5.
The First Photos From Japan
Featured, Jelly Belly Pro Cycling, Road Blog Oct 22, 2011
Yesterday at the team presentation Jelly Belly Professional cycling team ran in to some major fans!
photos from: Ryu Yukawa
Sun Tour done, team heads to Japan
Featured, Jelly Belly Pro Cycling, Road Blog Oct 17, 2011
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda just completed the Jayco Herald Sun Tour in Australia and is now bound for a race in Japan.
In Australia, riders Brad Huff, Ken Hanson, Will Dickeson and Alastair Loutit worked together to help put Nic Hamilton in three breakaways and the KOM jersey after Stage 3.
Team director Danny Van Haute said the riders rode well together but he hopes to improve the team’s consistency in stage races next year.
“The riders are all working hard to put in a solid four or five days straight racing their bikes,” he said.
The team gets back in the saddle Oct. 22-23 in the Japan Cup.
Sponsors are on board through 2013
Featured, Jelly Belly Pro Cycling, Road Blog Oct 7, 2011
Jelly Belly Candy Company has announced that it will extend title sponsorship of its US Continental cycling team through the end of 2013. Presenting sponsor Kenda Tires will extend its support to align with Jelly Belly’s two-year commitment. Also renewing sponsorships for two years are Bicycle sponsor Focus, apparel sponsor Pactimo, and long-time eyewear and helmet sponsor Rudy Project.
“I’m excited to start next season with so much support from our loyal sponsors,” said team director Danny Van Haute. “I appreciate their enthusiasm for this organization and am committed to delivering the results they expect.”
To that end, Van Haute welcomes back most of the 2011 roster including eight-year team veteran Jeremy Powers and four-year team veteran sprinter Brad Huff. Sergio Hernandez, Sean Mazich and Will Dickeson will return for their third seasons, and 2011 neo-pros Alex Hagman, Nic Hamilton and Emerson Oronte will return as well. Powers, who has spent his entire pro road career with Jelly Belly, had this to say about his plans to return next year, “Being part of this organization has taught me how to deliver results on the bike and how to represent my sponsors off the bike. The experience has helped me become who I am today as a competitor and an ambassador.”
Joining the organization in 2012 will be climber Scott Stewart from Team Type 1 and Ricardo van der Velde, a talented young rider who is optimistic that the Jelly Belly program will provide him with the opportunity to develop as a rider. Also new to the squad will be two neo-pros: Menso de Jong, whose climbing skills served him well on the collegiate mountain bike circuit this year, and Luis Enrique Davila, a promising climber from the Mexican U23 National Team.
2011 was a rebuilding year for the team after several of the young talents Van Haute developed moved on to bigger teams at the end of 2010. “We could have used more climbers and time trial specialists in this year’s roster, so my objective going into next year is to improve those areas,” Van Haute said. “The team will lose one of the best time trial riders in the country when Bernard van Ulden retires at the end of the 2011 season,” according to Van Haute. “I have high hopes that Ricardo van der Velde can step up and deliver strong time trial results for us next year.”
Thoughts from the director
Featured, Jelly Belly Pro Cycling, Road Blog Aug 31, 2011
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda Team Director Danny Van Haute looks back at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge:
We had our ups and downs in Colorado.
First, the good. Alex Hagman placed 31st in General Classification. For a first-year professional at his second big tour of the year, this was a good result for the team and Alex. In the first two stages, we had Will Dickeson in the break. Also in Stage Two, Jeremy Powers rode in the break for 70 miles. In every stage the team was active trying to get into the break and hoping that the break would stay away for the win.
The downside of the race was losing Sergio Hernandez to a bad crash in Stage Two. He was hospitalized with a broken shoulder and is recovering. This was a very sad time for the team and Sergio. He trained very well for this race, and I think he would have been right there with Alex in the GC competition.
I was very happy with what the team did this year in Colorado, but we have lots of work to do for next season.
I would like to thank Shawn Hunter and his staff, Medalist Sports, the state of Colorado, all the volunteers and the many, many Jelly Belly p/b Kenda fans for a great USA Pro Cycling Challenge. This race and the Amgen Tour of California provide great stepping stones for young U.S. riders to become better professional cyclists.
The 2011 season is coming to a close with three more stage races left in Australia, Japan, and China. I would like to thank all our sponsors for their support this last week in Colorado and for the whole season.
See you at the races,
Danny
TrainingPeaks follows Powers’ Stage 5 grind
Featured, Jelly Belly Pro Cycling, Road Blog Aug 28, 2011
The rest of the race was not easy either and with 15 miles to go, Jeremy was done for the day and rode in with a nice group and finished 11:29 down.
He averaged 256 watts normalized for the entire 4 hours 30 minute stage and scored 277 Training Stress Score points, which is the equivalent of riding at his threshold power for nearly 3 hours straight.
Jeremy really rode with tenacity today and had to dig deep up Rabbit Ears pass. He cracked out 346 watts up the pass, which was his highest power for 20 minutes in the entire USA Pro Cycling Challenge so far, so that’s a great sign that he’s adapting to the elevation and recovering well.
Great job by him and all the Jelly Belly riders today as this was a very deceivingly hard stage.
Here’s the live public link to download his data in our file viewer.
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