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

Continental Championships Race Report:

April 12, 2010

I have been to numerous Pan American/ Continental Championships and come close to victory but never sealed the deal. That is until this weekend. I finally took the “W” down in Guatemala this year to grab my first Continental Championship jersey.

Continental Champs are usually a bit of a mystery because there are always one or two fast Central or South American guys you don’t see anywhere but at this race. Most of the time it is very hot and if you accidentally brush your teeth with the water you won’t even make it to

the start line, maybe for the next few races too.

This year the race was held outside of Guatemala City on a great course with some tight single track, steep climbs and fast double track sections. It was at altitude somewhere between 3,500 and 4,500, depending on whom you talked to.

I had a great start, got the hole-shot and 10 minutes into the race was off with a guy from Brazil that I traded blows with all day at worlds in Val di Sol, Italy. I attacked him quite a bit on the first of six laps but crashed on an off camber section on the second lap and spent a good portion of the third lap chasing back. I was finally able to crack him on the forth lap and hold onto a 40 second margin for the remaining two laps to take the victory.

It felt awesome to finally win one these events since I really enjoy racing south of the border and the people are always quite appreciative of the riders. I managed to injure my knee in the crash and after the race it swelled up quite a bit. I’m hoping it will be good to go by Sea Otter though and doesn’t get to much bigger on the plane ride there.

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