Todd Wells

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I started racing mountain bikes in the fall of 1994. I won the collegiate National Championships in 1995 and 1996 for Fort Lewis College. In 1996 I also started racing with the Specialized Mountain Dew team and won the inaugural Semi Pro Norba National Series Title. In 1997 I turned Pro and raced the NORBA series, U-23 World Championships, and domestic World Cups until 98. I took a few years off cycling, finished college in Arizona and got a “real” job with IBM. I quickly realized racing bikes was more fun then working and started training again. I started racing again in the middle 2000 and joined the Mongoose Hyundai team at the end of year to race World Cups, NORBAs and cyclocross. In 2003 I switched to the GT team and have ridden for them until switching back to Specialized this year. Over the years I have won two cyclocross national titles, one mountain bike short track national title and been a member of two Olympic teams. I have won NORBAs, numerous UCI cyclocross races and stood on my first World Cup podium this year. I am looking forward to adding to my list of achievements over the next three years with the Specialized Factory Team.

Achievements

2011 US Cyclocross National Champion
2011 La Ruta de los Conquistadores 1st Place
2011 Leadville Trail 100 1st Place
2011 US Cross Coutry Mountain Bike National Champion
2011 Sea Otter Classic XC 1st Place

Mellow Johnny’s PRO XCT

June 1, 2010

Everything is bigger in Texas! This weekend we raced at Lance Armstrong’s ranch just outside Austin in Dripping Springs, TX. It was round number three of the PRO XCT and I had the number one plate with a slim, five point margin over Geoff Kabush.

The course at Mellow Johnny’s was mostly rocky single track. The volcanic rock was sharp and loose combined with the dusty trail making traction tough. There was a lot of two wheel drifting going on. The track had short punchy climbs that weren’t longer then one minute but

there were plenty of them. The down hills had some small rock drops but nothing most amateur couldn’t handle. The hardest part of the race was the heat. The temperatures hovered near one hundred degrees for the race with no wind, hardly any cloud cover and the only shade coming from the team trailers parked in the pit.

The race started at one thirty P.M for maximum sun tanning opportunities and consisted of one start loop and four big loops. I slipped my pedal at the start but by the time we finished the start loop I had made it up to sixth and what would be come the front group for the first part of the lap. Midway through lap one Sam Schultz attacked on one of the only passing sections and I followed him. That split the group down to four and it was Sam, Plaxton, JHK and I. We got a small gap on JHK shortly after that.

Halfway through the race I was leading but clipped a pedal on a rock and had to get off and run a section. Plaxton got a small gap on Sam and I. He kept the pressure on and by the end of the lap had fifty seconds. I was chasing flat out but couldn’t bring him back. The start

of the final lap I could see Kabush was closing on us but there was nothing I could do. I was barely hanging on to Sam when he decided he couldn’t pull anymore because JHK was chasing just behind us. It was lucky for me because that gave me a clean run at a small technical

section two Ks from the finish. I hit it cleanly and Sam bobbled leaving me a small five-second gap I was able to hold onto to finish third.

I haven’t raced in heat like that in a long time and I was happy to be part of the race. Since Kabush finished one place in front of me he took the number one plate but only by five points so these next two events should be exciting. I have a small break right now and then I’m

off to next Subaru Cup PRO XCT in WI at the end of June.

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