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

U.S. National Championship

July 19, 2010

This is definitely one of the best race reports I have ever written. I have always had bad luck at the National Championship races for some reason but this weekend was just about perfect. I managed to win the cross-country title for the first time and the short track title in the same weekend on the brand new Specialized S-Works Epic 29er. My wife, parents, parents-in-law, and dog Winston were all there to share it with too. It was just awesome.

Saturday was the XC and the second year in a row Nationals was contested at nine thousand feet in Sol Vista, Colorado. It was a hot day with temperatures in the eighties, minimal shade and rough, dusty trails. This year I had a good block of almost five weeks to prepare at home and I knew I needed to train higher then even the sixty five hundred feet of Durango if I wanted to be competitive. I spent two of the three weeks prior to the event driving up to nine thousand feet to sleep in a friends condo at Durango Mountain Resort ski area to acclimate to the altitude and the last week in Vail. I don’t get much time at home during the summer so it was a sacrifice to spend the little time I had there not sleeping in my own bed but it paid off

this weekend.

Ryan Trebon led out the first lap and by the top of the climb we were a group of three with me, JHK, and Trebon. I went to the front on the downhill and JHK and I opened a gap. I rode with JHK for the first lap and a half of the five and half lap race before leaving him for good.

I knew I was on a good day right away and just wanted to make sure I didn’t give too much early on but once I got the gap it just kept growing. The new Epic 29er was perfect for the course and I increased my lead through every rough pedaling section. By the end I had over a

minute gap and could enjoy cruising in for my first ever XC National Championship.

Sunday was the short track and I was already satisfied with my weekend having taken the XC jersey but when I line up the adrenaline kicks in and I wanted another jersey. This time I got away very early in the race and just kept opening up the gap. I spent most of the race on my

own and again the new bike was gobbling up the bumpy course. I built up enough of a lead to take it easy on the last lap and grab my second jersey of the weekend.

It was really satisfying to set a goal, train specifically for it and achieve what I set out to do. I have been trying to win the cross-country jersey for so long I thought it was never going to

happen. I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later I’m just glad it was sooner. I don’t have much time to celebrate though as I leave for Europe tomorrow for the next round of the World Cup in Champery, Switzerland.

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