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

WC #5 Mont Sainte Ann

June 25, 2012

I don’t know how many times I’ve been to MSA but I can assure you it’s been a lot. This year was one of the only times I’ve ever ridden the course when it has been dusty. Keeping with history though it was only a matter of time before it rained and that happened on Friday evening before the race. It rained some more during both the men and women’s races as well.

The course hasn’t changed too much over the years; it is a very “real” MTB course. There are short climbs, tons of rocks and roots and usually no shortage of mud. This year they added a few rock sections and ran a portion of the course backwards but all and all it was pretty similar to previous years.

The race started under sunny skys after a downpour before the start of the women’s race. The course was dry and fast by the time we lined up and things looked promising. I had a descent start and continued to move up for the first half of the race. I made it as high as 18th before the rain came on the last lap and I started to give up some the positions I gained. The course in MSA doesn’t relent and if you start to lose your rhythm it’s very hard to get it back. I lost some concentration at the end and paid for it with a few places.

I was happy to make through the race with out any big crashes, though I did have a close call the last time through the rock garden. Once it starts raining you can’t really use your brakes on the most technical feature of the course, which isn’t a problem until you have to make a 180-degree turn at the bottom. I managed to blow through/over the berm on the last lap but didn’t go down so that was good. Twenty-second is not where I want to finish but it does seem to be moving in the correct direction after my last few World Cups. Next weekend we’re off to Windham for the only remaining World Cup in U.S..

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