Todd Wells
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 |
USGP Finals Portland, OR.
December 7, 2009The USGP Finals took place this weekend in Portland, OR. I have been racing cross in Portland for about seven years now and I have never spent an entire weekend here with out rain until now. What the weather lacked for in moisture it made up for in wind and cold on Sunday.
Saturday was beautiful though so I’ll start there.
With one week left until the National Championship I wanted to have a good race in Portland on Saturday against all the guys (minus Page) that I will be competing with in Bend on December 13th. I wanted to make sure I had my race week lead up dialed, that I would be
completely open and rested as much as possible for the one day event.
I usually race better the second day of a two-race weekend so I was really keying on the first day since there is no second day at Nationals. To add even more pressure we had a film crew here putting together a documentary on my lead up to Nationals, I had to perform.
Saturday went perfect for me. I made the front group with Trebone, Powers and Kabush right from the gun. We dropped Kabush pretty quickly and mid way through the race Trebone dropped after doing all the work in the beginning. I attacked Powers but he came back to me each time and on the last lap I put in one last surge through the technical section. I was able to grab a couple bike lengths lead and hold onto it to the finish. My first USGP win of the year. Phew.
Sunday the temperatures dropped and the slippery course we had on Saturday turned into a highway on Sunday. The corners were like Velcro and the straights like asphalt. I found myself in lead after coming around my brother who had holeshoted right before the first 180 corner. Midway through the first lap I was off with Power and Johnson. I was feeling good and kept the pressure on hoping to crack them but by the mid point in the race we had settled in and that’s when they started attacking me. I was able to cover each move and countered a bunch of them but we were all evenly matched. On the last lap Powers attacked and got in front of me before the technical section. I passed him back a minute later but went wide in one corner and grabbed the lead back with a great inside move. He led through the last few corners and put a few bike lengths on me. I tried to catch him on the pavement but had to settle for second. It was the most fun I’ve had in a race in a long time with all the lead changes and fast conditions.
Also managed to pick up the SRAM most Aggressive Rider award for the second weekend in a row.
We are heading down to Bend on Tuesday to prepare for Nationals. They got fifteen inches of snow this weekend, high temperatures are forecast only in the teens and more snow is in the mix for the next weekend. It should be perfect conditions for me and make for a great race.
Thanks for your support…..
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PROXCT #5 Bump and Grind:
June 3, 2013 -
Whiskey 50
April 29, 2013 -
PROXCT #3 Fontana
April 1, 2013 -
PROXCT #1 Bonelli Park
March 20, 2013 -
PROXCT 1 Mellow Johnnys
March 4, 2013 -
First-Ever Marathon National Championship - Todd Wells
September 16, 2012 -
8/12/12 Olympic Games
August 17, 2012 -
National MTB Championships
July 9, 2012 -
World Cup #6 Windham NY
July 2, 2012 -
WC #5 Mont Sainte Ann
June 25, 2012 -
Colorado Springs PROXCT
June 18, 2012 -
World Cup #3 Nove Mesto, CZ
May 16, 2012 -
2012 Continental Championship Race Report
April 9, 2012 -
PROXCT #1 Mellow Johnnys
March 5, 2012 -
La Ruta De Los Conquistadors
November 7, 2011 -
CO CX Classic/Boulder Cup
October 31, 2011 -
Cross Vegas/ Star Crossed/ Rapha Foucs GP
September 19, 2011 -
MTB World Championships
September 7, 2011 -
Champery
August 25, 2011 -
World Cup Final, Val di Sole
August 23, 2011 -
Leadville 100
August 15, 2011 -
National Championships
July 19, 2011 -
World Cup #4, Windham
July 13, 2011 -
World Cup #4 Mt St Anne
July 5, 2011 -
Rest Week
June 7, 2011 -
World Cup #2, Dalby Forest
May 24, 2011 -
Mellow Johnnys
May 2, 2011 -
World Cup #1, South Africa 4/23:
April 26, 2011 -
Sea Otter Classic PROXCT
April 19, 2011 -
Continental Championships Bogotá, Colombia
April 4, 2011 -
Fontana PRO XCT Race
March 28, 2011 -
Bonelli Park Race Report:
March 15, 2011 -
2011
March 2, 2011 -
Cyclocross National Championship
December 14, 2010 -
Jingle Cross CX Race Report:
November 30, 2010 -
Fort Collins USGP
November 16, 2010 -
Iceman Cometh
November 8, 2010 -
Colorado Cyclocross Classic/ Boulder Cup
November 2, 2010 -
USGP of Cyclocross 3,4
October 26, 2010 -
World Championships Race Report:
September 7, 2010 -
The Weight of Leadville
August 17, 2010 -
Leadville 100
August 16, 2010 -
Mornings
August 7, 2010 -
Dumping
August 5, 2010 -
World Cup 5 Val di Sole
August 2, 2010 -
SWAT
July 29, 2010 -
Crash
July 27, 2010 -
World Cup 4 Champery, Switzerland:
July 27, 2010 -
Jet Lag
July 22, 2010 -
U.S. National Championship
July 19, 2010 -
Yeah!
July 17, 2010 -
U-23 Day
July 16, 2010 -
Grandby
July 14, 2010 -
It seems like I was just writing about
July 12, 2010 -
That was Awesome
July 7, 2010 -
Cascade
July 5, 2010 -
4th of July Weekend
July 3, 2010 -
Moloas to Cascade
July 1, 2010 -
Busy Day
June 29, 2010 -
Still Going
June 29, 2010 -
Subaru Cup PRO XCT
June 28, 2010 -
XC Wisconsin
June 26, 2010 -
Wisconsin PRO XCT
June 25, 2010 -
Heat Wave
June 7, 2010 -
Cool Race
June 5, 2010 -
Mellow Johnny’s PRO XCT
June 1, 2010 -
World Cup 3 Offenburg, Germany Race Report:
May 26, 2010 -
Sleep Training
May 19, 2010 -
Blue Sky
May 19, 2010 -
Mallorca
May 10, 2010 -
World Cup #1 Dalby Forest UK
April 27, 2010 -
Sea Otter Classic 2010
April 20, 2010 -
Specialized HQ
April 15, 2010 -
Continental Championships Race Report:
April 12, 2010 -
Haps
April 6, 2010 -
Fontana Pro XCT Race Report:
March 29, 2010 -
California
March 22, 2010 -
Laguna Beach
March 16, 2010 -
Boneli Park, CA Triple Crown #1 3/13-14 Race Report:
March 15, 2010 -
Adios Tucson
March 8, 2010 -
Base
February 26, 2010 -
Super Bowl Sunday
February 8, 2010 -
This is Getting Ridiculous
January 28, 2010 -
Cyclocross National Championship
December 15, 2009 -
USGP Finals Portland, OR.
December 7, 2009 -
Days Left
December 2, 2009 -
Jingle Cross Rock
November 30, 2009 -
Google It
November 24, 2009 -
USGP 5/6 Mercer Cup N.J.
November 16, 2009 -
Tire Testing
November 10, 2009 -
Weekend....
November 10, 2009 -
No Iceman
November 5, 2009 -
So things aren't looking too good for me
November 4, 2009 -
Sunny Days
November 2, 2009 -
Rain
October 23, 2009 -
Weather Change
October 23, 2009 -
Roosting
October 15, 2009 -
Monday Night Football:
October 15, 2009 -
Rough Ride
October 12, 2009 -
Training:
October 5, 2009 -
Durango
October 5, 2009 -
World Cup Champery Switzerland
September 14, 2009 -
2009 MTB World Championship
September 8, 2009 -
US Cup PRO XC Finals Windham, NY
August 17, 2009 -
Mt Snow PRO XCT/STXC
August 10, 2009 -
World Cup #6 Bromont, Canada
August 4, 2009 -
The World Cup returned.....
July 27, 2009 -
US National Championships Grandby, CO
July 20, 2009 -
The Tour has finally started....
July 6, 2009 -
Teva Games/ Pro XCT #4 Race Report:
June 15, 2009 -
US PROXCT Race Report
June 2, 2009 -
World Cup #4 Madrid Spain
May 27, 2009 -
World Cup #2, Offenburg Germany 2009
April 27, 2009 -
Sea Otter Classic 2009
April 22, 2009 -
2009 SA WC #1
April 15, 2009



