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

World Cup #4 Mt St Anne

July 5, 2011

World Cup #4 Mt St Anne Race Report 7/2/11:

The first time I went to Mont Sainte Anne was as a semi-pro way back in 1996. I managed to contract the stomach flu and didn’t get a chance to race. Ever since that first trip I have been trying to change my luck at Sainte Anne but I haven’t had much luck.
The weather leading up to the race this weekend was rain. The course is the most technical we face on the circuit and when it rains it becomes even more treacherous. I was hoping for a slippery, muddy race but by the time Saturday afternoon rolled around most of the track had dried up. There were still a few muddy sections and a lot of the course was slick.

I had a decent start but on lap two of six it all went wrong. As I was entering the rock garden known as “Beatrice” my front wheel slid out on a rock and I flipped over the bars. I was a bit jaded but my biggest problem was that I managed to snap off my front brake lever in the crash. I shook it off after a short time and got myself to the pit with out sticking the lever in the front wheel. The Specialized mechanics were awesome and managed to zip tie/duct tape the lever back on the bar and I was able to finish the race. I dropped all the way back to the fifties or sixties but managed to make it back up to eighteenth. More importantly I didn’t have any more crashes in the rock garden and salvaged a result that will keep me up there for the start next weekend in Windham.

My teammate Jaroslav won the race and took over the World Cup leader jersey. Specialized won the team competition as well so I got to stand on the podium which is always an amazing feeling at a World Cup.

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