by Molly Hurford The first thing that Jeremy Powers wants you to know is that he’s still only 29 years old. Seriously. He’s not old yet. “Make sure you write that I’m only 29,” he re-emphasizes, laughing. When we sat down last week in his kitchen, his yellow lab (aptly named Moose) trying to engage [...]
With the season all but over, Jeremy and Behind THE Barriers is off for one last trip, jetting around the world to Tokyo, Japan for CX Tokyo. Unfortunately for Jeremy, a bad bit of Mexican food left him with a nasty case of the stomach flu, knocking him out for a good bit of the [...]
Episode 2 of Behind THE Barriers’ third season returns to Madison, Wisconsin, for the second day of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross. After winning on day one (as seen in Episode 1), Jeremy is out for a repeat victory. Before the gun, Jeremy stops in to chat with the guys from Behind THE Beeriers, [...]
Jeremy Powers, his Rapha-Focus team and the Behind THE Barriers crew head back to Europe for Episode 17, the second to last episode in Behind THE Barriers’ second season. Jeremy is headed to the final World Cup of the season in Hoogerheide, The Netherlands, where he wants to finish the World Cup season strong ahead [...]
Jeremy has had some unfinished business with the US Cyclocross National Championships throughout his career. He’s been as close as you can get without taking the win. Last year’s heartbreaking ride in Bend, Oregon, added particular fuel to Jeremy’s fire when he and Behind THE Barriers headed to Madison, Wisconsin, for the 2012 Cyclocross National [...]
Jeremy continues his stay in Bend, Oregon, for the second day of the USGP Deschutes Brewery Cup, where any result will crown him the overall champion for the second year in a row! Episode 14 of Behind THE Barriers‘ second season catches up with Jeremy as he tries to put a bad night’s sleep – [...]
It’s back to the racing scene for the final weekend of the US Grand Prix of Cyclocross – the Deschutes Brewery Cup. Jeremy is out to eradicate some of his demons from last season with a win at a course that has, historically, been his kryptonite. Jeremy rewrote the script and made amends with the [...]
After two wins at the USGP Derby City Cup, Behind THE Barriers needed to hit the road quickly. Their destination: the headquarters of Easton and Giro, two of the great sponsors of both Behind THE Barriers and Jeremy’s Rapha-Focus professional cyclocross team. Episode 12 takes a break from the racing action and catches up with [...]
It’s back to Louisville, Kentucky, for the eleventh episode of Behind THE Barriers’ Season Two! Fresh off his win on the first day, it’s back to Eva Bandman Park in Louisville where everyone is hoping for a repeat of Saturday’s duel with Ryan Trebon. Unfortunately, Trebon suffers a pre-race crash that effectively eliminates him from [...]
by Molly Hurford The morning before I coaxed Jeremy Powers into making me coffee and answering a few of my questions about his season, I heard him working on an interview for another news outlet while pacing in the backyard. Jealous? A little. But when I saw the outcome: the NBC Sports article on the [...]
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