FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Contact: Micah Rice, Manager
Phone: (706) 546-1826
Micah@thebeanteam.com

Jittery Joe’s Brings Back Cesar Grajales for 2007
and Two New Australians

Athens, Ga. —The Jittery Joe’s-Zero Gravity Pro Cycling Team has brought climbing phenom Cesar Grajales back to The Bean Team where he first made an impact on domestic cycling. Grajales won the queen stage of the 2004 Tour de Georgia when he attacked a group with Lance Armstrong, Jens Voight and Chris Horner with 2K to go to win on top of the Hors Categorie Brasstown Bald.

“Cesar really put our team on the map that day,” said Micah Rice, team manager, “we all are extremely excited to have him back next year. I think that we will be ready to step it up on the domestic scene with our new additions and our returning riders.”

The team has also signed two more Australians to the 2007 team. Cody Stevenson of CyclingNews.com and Tommy Nankervis of Priority Health will be riding for The Bean Team next year. Also returning to the team are Aussies Jeff Hopkins and Trent Wilson and Americans Neil Shirley and Austin King.

Zero Gravity is a high-end components company just outside of Athens, Georgia best known for their OG-05 brake calipers—one of the most sought after bike components in the world. Zero Gravity is also working on a new crank and bottom bracket as well. More info is available at www.zerogravitybike.com.

Jittery Joe’s Coffee Roasting Company is based in Athens, Georgia and has been selling superior quality small batch roasted coffee for over twelve years. Jittery Joe’s is now opening up new franchise coffee shops around the nation. Jittery Joe’s Morning Ride Cycling Coffee is an organic, shade grown Colombian coffee and all proceeds go straight to the Jittery Joe’s Cycling Team. The coffee is sold in over 700 bike shops nationwide. For more information, please check out www.thebeanteam.com.

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Memorial Day weekend was an exciting time for Tifosi Optics sponsored pro cycling teams, Toyota-United, Jittery Joe’s and AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork.

Four of the top five slots at the Leith BMW Downtown Raleigh Criterium on May 26, 2006 went to Tifosi Optics sponsored riders. Frank Travieso of AEG took second while Ivan Stevic of Toyota-United finished third and Emile Abraham of AEG took fourth place. Jeff Hopkins of Jittery Joe’s rounded out the top five.

Toyota-Untied riders Chris Wherry and Sean Sullivan kicked the weekend off by taking first and second place at the Burlington Road Race in Burlington, Iowa on May 26, 2006.

The following day, the pair took first and second once again at the Snake Alley Criterium in Burlington, with Sullivan coming in first and Wherry finishing second.

J.J. Haedo of Toyota-United finished out the weekend in style by taking first in the Tour of Somerville on May 29, 2006.

Find out more about these teams by visiting their homepages: Jittery Joe’s, Toyota-United, AEG.

Tifosi Optics sponsored athlete JJ Haedo of the Toyota-United Pro Cycling team wins the last stage of the Tour de Georgia. Check it out here.

March 26, 2006 J.J. Haedo Wins Stage 3

The Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team had the power, the fuel and the legs today for a great finish at the 22nd Annual Redlands Bicycle Classic. Lauded as the fastest team in the race, TUT showed its strength winning the overall team classification with riders Chris Baldwin, Heath Blackgrove Justin England,
J.J. Haedo, Sterling Magnell, Sean Sullivan and Chris Wherry.

Chris Baldwin who led the breakaway for most of the Sun Sunset Road Race, took second place overall and the King of the Mountain’s red jersey. HealthNet’s Nathan O’Neill took home the yellow jersey. While, fueled by the Toyota-United train, Juan Jose “J.J.” Haedo – the fastest man in America – came away with the Stage 3 win.

“The team rode a fantastic race,” said Team Director Frankie Andreu. “Our goal today was to be aggressive and attack as much as possible. Chris Baldwin rode a great race by driving the front group and allowing us to put pressure on HealthNet. We had a strong team at the end of the race, with five riders in the first group to help lead out J.J. Although J.J. was banged up from yesterday, he really wanted today’s win. It proves what a professional rider he is.”

The team is gaining strength and showing promise for the longer stage races ahead, like the Tour of Georgia according to Team Director Harm Jansen.

Jansen was pleased with the Redlands’ win stating, “It’s always a pleasure to watch our guys ride so aggressively, it shows our overall strength as a team. While we were disappointed by J.J.’s crash yesterday,we don’t look back, we keep moving forward. We bounced back nicely.”

The Toyota-United Team ended the day at the team’s Expo Tent for a special autograph signing for the line of fans who waited patiently for a close-up look at the day’s heroes. The team will race next week at Garrett Lemire in Ojai, CA. on April 2nd.

Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team: http://www.toyota-united.com