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

National MTB Championships

July 9, 2012

Sun Valley is a great town; if you’ve never been there I highly recommend it. This weekend was the second year in a row the US National MTB Championships has been held in Sun Valley, UT. The town is situated at 6,000 ft so the altitude is definitely a factor and the course basically climbs straight up the mountain so that doesn’t make things any easier. The descent has plenty of switch back turns but not much passing so the climb is where everything happens.

I had a great start in the XC and found myself off the front with Sam Shultz by midway up the climb on the first for six laps. Sam and I rode together for five of six laps. I would try to surge and drop him on the climb but he was glued to my wheel. He would sprint me each lap for the descent to make sure I didn’t get a gap on him. Bad luck hit me heading into the last lap as I flatted just after the start finish in the down hill rock garden. Lucky for me the tech zone was just a few minutes away and Joe and Jordi did a lightening fast wheel change.

That little gap was all Sam needed though as I couldn’t make contact after the change. He rolled in for his first National title and I had to settle for second.

Sunday brought another chance for a jersey though with the STXC. The STXC course wound it’s way around the base village of Dollar ski mountain and had a good mix of trail, pavement and a small climb. I was on a mission from the start, took the Hole Shot and never relinquished the lead all the way to the finish. I felt great and was able to steadily increase my gap over the thirty-minute race. It felt to stand on the top step of the podium after a near miss the day before.

The weekend was a success and similar to the previous year with a gold and silver, just in opposite events this time around. Now I have a little rest before building towards the Olympics in five weeks time.

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