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sponsored Jelly Belly Team showed the early success (2010-04-03) |
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Redland, California
(March 29, 2010)–The Jelly Belly p/b Kenda team has been on
the domestic scene for eleven years. For the 2010 season the
Jelly Belly p/b Kenda team has reinforced the squad with the
addition of Mike Friedman, Anthony Colby, Carter Jones, Jacob
Rathe, Jonathon Chodroff, Sean Mazich and Will Dickeson. They
join sprinter Brad Huff and long time Jelly Belly rider and
cyclocross star Jeremy Powers. Along with the new additions
the team has several new sponsors, the most notable being KENDA
Tire.
Most of the Jelly Belly team is using Kenda Konstrictor tires
for training. On race day the team will switch to Kenda’s new
Volare tubular tires. The Kenda tubulars are new in 2010, with
Kenda offering three models. The top of the line Volare, The
Super Domestique and Domestique.
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Jelly
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The prologue of the Redlands Bicycle
Classic wound through a 3.8 mile circuit, where the team showed
early success. The flat course and sunny weather helped lead
Carter Jones to 2nd and Kiel Reijnen to 3rd.
Stage One was another perfect California day, with very light
winds and 70 degree sunshine. The whole team really put in the
effort and rode like a team, bringing water to whomever needed
it and sticking together for the hard hills. When Routley got
a flat with 20km to go, John Chodroff came to the back to help
get him back into the peloton. The final climb led the riders
up to the finish, where every single team was attacking. Reijnen
attacked and was pulled back quickly and Routley attacked immediately
after him. All the Team’s effort paid off when Routley crossed
the finish line in first place at the end of the stage! This
meant Jelly Belly p/b Kenda ended the first stage with three
riders in the top five of the GC.
Stage Two was a 90 minute criterium, which meant the Team just
had to watch out for the other teams and set up Mike Friedman
and Brad Huff for the sprint. Thanks to hard riding and more
great teamwork Friedman ended in 4th.
Stage Three’s Road Race also allowed the Team to showcase all
their off-season hard work. Reijnen came in 5th while Jacob
Rathe came in 7th. At the end of the race, Will Routley remained
in 3rd in the GC, and Reijnen was 2nd in KOM.
“These are outstanding results for us to start the season with,”
said Team Director Danny van Haute. “I knew we had a good chance
to place well here and all the guys are motivated, not just
for this race but for the whole year.”
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