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

World Cup 4 Champery, Switzerland:

July 27, 2010

I finally had a good World Cup this weekend. I have been having a great year on the U.S. side of the Atlantic but had yet to get any result on the others side of the pond until this weekend. Last year Champery was my worst World Cup and so far this year it has been my best.

I traveled to Champery on Tuesday after having spent the past five weeks at altitude and just having claimed the U.S. National Championship. I knew my form was good but that doesn’t always translate to results internationally. The fields are so deep and the competition so intense that you can’t afford any mistakes. The course this year was littered with steep rocky and rooty descents and heinously steep climbs. The course was tough to ride in the dry but

when the rain came it made the toughest course we face all year simply treacherous. The organizers decided the track wasn’t tricky enough and threw in a big gap/drop jump to keep us on our toes.

We raced on Sunday and the rains had stopped by Friday night so the course was starting to dry up a bit by the time we raced. They also trucked in a bunch of stones to put down on the new climb so it was ride able. There were still some boggy sections in the woods but all

and all the course was in great shape. I had a descent start and by the end of the first lap I had moved up to about twentieth place. I continued to pick people off on the flats and downhill’s while dying on the steep climbs. By the middle of the race I had moved up to ninth

place and was feeling pretty comfortable, other then on the climb. Heading into the last lap I had dropped to eleventh but managed to catch and pass Hermida for tenth by the middle of the last lap. He stayed on my wheel though and I knew he would drop me on the climb the

last time up. It was only four minutes from the base of the climb to the finish but I couldn’t hold him when he came by and one more rider passed me as well on the last steep pitch. I managed to hold on for twelfth place. I was shooting for top ten and nearly had it so I have

to be happy with that.

Next weekend we are off to Val di Sole Italy where the 2008 World Championships took place. That means I only have six more days in Europe before I head back to Durango and start getting ready for Leadville. It should be an interesting transition from racing nearly at sea level flat out for two hours to competing at 10,500 ft for almost seven hours.

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