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 5 Val di Sole

August 2, 2010

World Cup #5 Val di Sole 8/1

The last time I was in Val di Sole was 2008 for the World Championships. The town is nestled in the Dolomites and the Giro had a mountain top finish on the Passo Tonale this year about 20 K from the race venue. We travel and race in quite a few beautiful places but this region with it’s huge peaks, raging rivers, hillside vineyards and old castles might be the most picturesque of all.

The trip started out a little rough, we were rear ended in Susi’s brand new Multi Van on the drive over from Champery less then 10 K from Val di Sole on Monday. Luckily no one was seriously injured and we all just had some sore necks. We did get to spend some time at the

Carabinier (Italian Police Staion) while Susi filled out a bunch of paper work.

The week went quite a bit smoother from there and our only problem was sneaking the bikes into the hotel room. We had great weather and only one day of partial rain. Burry and I did a big ride in the mountains one day and other then that we were in recovery mode getting ready for the race.

The course changed a bit from 2008, they added a few more short climbs, which broke up the rhythm of the track. It seems this year whoever I start behind inevitably has a mishap of the line. This weekend I was on the second row right behind Lukas Fluckinger and he slipped a pedal right when the gun went off. I lost a few places at the start but managed to work my way up into a group racing for fourteenth by the middle of the race. I have been fading at the end lately and dropped back to nineteenth by the finish. Not my best result but I felt pretty good on the steep climbs considering that I’m a pretty big guy and they are usually not my specialty.

I rode the 29er Stumpjumper hardtail since the course was pretty smooth. I also used the new Renegade tires with the lower volume and larger knobs which hooked up great on the dusty course.

I have a week or two at home before I head to Leadville to line up for the longest and highest MTB race I have ever attempted. I am looking forward to a non-lung searing World Cup start where hopefully I can ease into the race more like on the road. I’m not looking forward to 6

am start time though.)

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