Todd Wells

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Todd Wells was born December 25, 1975 in Kingston, N.Y. He fell in love with the bicycle at an early age starting with BMX from the age of five through sixteen. After graduating high school he picked up his first mountain bike and has been on a tear ever since. He found his way out to Durango, CO where he attended Fort Lewis College and began a pursuit of his career in cycling.

Wells won two Cross Country Mountain Bike Collegiate titles for Fort Lewis College and the inaugural Semi Pro NORBA National Series title in 1996 before taking a break from his studies to become a full time professional cyclist with the Specialized Mountain Dew team.

His initial professional career was short lived as he decided to hang up his wheels at the end of the 1998 season and finish his collegiate studies at the University of Arizona. In 2000 he graduated from the University of Arizona with a B.S. in Management Information Systems and immediately started working for I.B.M., a company he interned with during his time as a student.

Wells quickly realized that being a bike racer was better then having a “real” job and started training once again with his sights set on returning to the professional ranks. Some good results landed him a contract with the Mongoose Hyundai team and he was back on the circuit full time by the end of 2001.

By 2008 he was back where he started with the Specialized team and his results seem to get better with age. He has won nine National Championship titles across four disciplines. In 2011 he took on some endurance races and racked up wins in both the Leadville 100 and La Ruta de Los Conquistadors.

2012 might have been his best season yet with his third trip to the Olympic Games where he placed a career best 10th. He also managed to win his second PROXCT series title, second Pan American Championship title and stood on the podium at the Windham World Cup.

When Todd isn’t racing all over the world you can find him in one of three places; hanging out with his wife Meg and dog Winston, grinding it out on the golf course or hitting the dirt jump trails around Durango or his winter home of Tucson, AZ.

Achievements

2012 Marathon National Champion
2012, 2010 PROXCT National Champion
2012, 2010 Continental Champion
2012, 2010, 2001 Short Track National Champion
2012 Olympic Games 10th
2012 Windham World Cup 4th
2011 US Cyclocross National Champion
2011 La Ruta de los Conquistadores Champion
2011 Leadville Trail 100 Champion
2011 US Cross Coutry Mountain Bike National Champion
2011 Sea Otter Classic XC 1st Place
2011 World Championships 7th
2004, 2008 Olympic Games Team Member

Crash

July 27, 2010

Yesterday we got rear ended driving to Val di Sole in Susi's brand new Mulitvan. We were only 20 Ks from the hotel when we were stopped on a hill and this ran into us.

It didn't damage the car very much but I was in the backseat with out a seat belt on and my head hit the seat in front of us. Check out the back of Susi's new/beat up van.

The back up camera and sensors still work but the rear door doesn't open anymore. We spent an hour at the police station while Susi filled out paper work afterward. It made a long drive even longer.

Now that we're in Val di Sole it's pretty relaxing. The food is much better at our new hotel then in Switzerland but the supermarkets here aren't open as often. They close from noon to four everyday. I also missed breakfast this morning because I woke up at 10 and it closed at 9:40. What kind of time is 9:40 to close something. Shouldn't it be 9:30 or 10? Come on.

I did a good ride today with the Dart tagging along for half of it. I'm trying to keep my volume up so I can finish the Leadville race. We only race for an 1:50 at the WCs so I need to get some endurance someplace. The problem is that's it's so hard for that time it feels like I rode my bike for 12 hours. The elevation isn't helping me much here either, only 900 meters which is less then 3,000 ft. I could go stay at the Passo Tonale which is almost 2,000 meters which is the same as Durango but I don't have a car to go up and back.

The weather here was awesome today, sunny with some clouds and warm in the sun. The course is a little different then the last time we were here and completely different from Champery. There are no flat sections, no roots, a few rocks and no drops. It's like a road race compared to last week.

This is right after the crash happened.

I guess the thing you do in Italy when you get in an accident is to open every door on your car, roof, trunk, drivers, passengers, etc....

Well the new UCI rankings just came out and I moved up to 12th. That's the highest I've ever been ranked in the World. It's funny too because this year my World Cups haven't been great but I've scored a lot of points domestically. I hope I can move up a few more places before Worlds so I can start on the front row. That would be sweet.

I wonder how cold the river is going to be tonight....

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