Todd Wells

“The guys who do well at Leadville are the ones who don’t slow down all day. They never lose power.”

Top level roadies bring various ambitions to famed 100-miler in Colorado.

Multi-time national champion Todd Wells recaps the best moments from his 17-year professional career.

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Todd Wells says more people ask him about his Leadville 100 victory than ever did about his Olympics berth.

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Todd Wells is branching out and trying his hand at an Xterra triathlon, aiming for stars-and-stripes at national championships in Utah.

Defending champions Todd Wells and Sally Bigham return to Leadville, along with amateurs aiming to set new personal bests.

Crystal Anthony and Todd Wells each took their respective elite titles at the ProXCT Boston Rebellion race on Saturday.

Todd Wells and Catharine Pendrel are Velo's 2014 North American Mountain Bikers of the Year

Wells earns redemption in Playa Bonita, as Leao and Parra confirm their overall wins at La Ruta de los Conquistadores

American Todd Wells is a cyclocross racer, an endurance racer, and everything in between. We catch up with him ahead of the Boulder Cup

Though they came about their victories quite differently, both riders have won in Leadville before; Wells won in 2011, while Bigham was the 2013 winner

Top mountain bikers from around the U.S. gathered at Bear Creek Mountain Resort in Pennsylvania to vie for stars-and-stripes jerseys

Cyclocross in the States doesn't closely resemble its Belgian counterpart, and in some ways, that's just fine

Who would three-time winner Todd Wells put his money on in the men's elite race at U.S. cyclocross nationals?

Specialized rider says ’cross nationals are wide open, with four men capable of winning at altitude

Alex Grant moves to second and Todd Wells dips out of contention with a flat

La Ruta de los Conquistadores opens Thursday on Costa Rica's Pacific coast

The series has three events this week, starting with a race in Las Vegas on Wednesday

Big-money U.S. calendar opens in dusty Pennsylvania

There was a mixed bag of gear setups at the Leadville Trail 100, but the winners stuck with traditional looks

The Specialized rider triumphs in the first two stages at the six-day Breck Epic race

Former winners will take a shot at Leadville on Saturday under potentially heavy skies

Plaxton and Davison win the final series event at the Catamount Classic in Vermont

The two-time Olympian attacks late and hangs on for the victory at Bear Creek Resort

Mountain bike racing pays the bills, and his team wants Wells fresh for the fat-tire circuit in 2013

American Todd Wells finished strong but couldn't defend his 2011 title

Defending champ Wells now hopes for a stage win, but adds: "If I’m anything like yesterday or today it will be tough"

American Pua Mata was having fun, but defending champ Todd Wells was finding the competition a little faster this year

Defending champion not certain a wild ride at the Langkawi stage race and a cyclocross weekend will be enough to defend title

Todd Wells and Pua Mata won the marathon national championships, held Saturday in Bend, Oregon

From a genocide survivor to tributes to Connie Carpenter, here are our top five highs from the 2012 London mountain bike Olympics

Americans Todd Wells and Sam Schultz posted the best results ever by U.S. men in Olympic mountain bike competition

Americans Todd Wells and Sam Schultz posted the best results ever by U.S. men in Olympic mountain bike competition

Gould, Davison, Wells and Schultz prepare for their Olympic bids

Have a peek at Wells' bike for London under the microscope with Caley Fretz

Have a peek at Wells' bike for London under the microscope with Caley Fretz

Gould, Wells, Davison and Schultz will wear throwback kits in London

After ceding the stars and stripes in the cross country race, the other members of the Olympic team take national titles in the short track

Georgia Gould once again placed the highest bid on the sought-after American Olympic slots with the best placing this year by an American in the 2012 World Cup

Todd Wells shares what was going through his head while he pummeled his competition this year

USA Cycling has nominated eight men and nine women for the Olympic mountain bike long team

Teal Stetson-Lee (California Giant-Specialized) and U.S. national champion Todd Wells (Specialized) won round two of the three-race Jingle Cross Rock weekend on Saturday in Iowa.

Todd Wells on Saturday became the first American to win La Ruta de los Conquistadores.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (VN) – Todd Wells is on the ground in Las Vegas, fresh off his seventh-place ride at cross-country worlds and credited his powerful Specialized squad for his best-ever worlds result.

Todd Wells talks with Singletrack about his coming season

Check out the winning bikes of the 2011 Leadville 100 MTB

More race action from the 2011 Leadville 100 MTB race

Lots of photos from 2011 Leadville MTB 100

Todd Wells Leadville bike setup

2011 LT 100 Mens finish and post race interviews. Finish live video and sound with Todd Wells and Albin Lakata M's 1st and 2nd.

LEADVILLE, Colo. (ST) — Todd Wells is a different rider than he was last year. Eight pounds different to be precise. And that's not including a lighter bike.

LEADVILLE, Colo. (ST) — Todd Wells and Rebecca Rusch (both on the Specialized team) won Saturday’s Leadville Trail 100. Rusch shattered the women's record she set last year, while Wells made up for a frustrating ride last year in which an early mechanical kept him out of the hunt for the top of the podium

LEADVILLE, Colo. (ST) — Todd Wells and Rebecca Rusch (both on the Specialized team) won Saturday's Leadville Trail 100 on a sparkling clear warm day in the Rockies.

Interview with Todd Wells

Recovery tip from Todd Wells

Whether your goal is outright victory, a sub-9-hour time, or simply to finish the race inside the 12-hour cutoff, there are definitive tactics for long-haul racing that can tip the scales of success in your favor.

Todd Wells' Specialized S-Works Stumpjumper 29er

What does two-time Olympian Wells think of the London venue?

Todd Wells needs your vote by May 20 to help MTB club win 50 grand

VIDEO: After more than a decade racing at the Sea Otter Classic, Todd Wells finally scores the XC win.

Big first win for Emily Batty while Todd Wells ends long Otter dry spell

Mountain Bike specialist Todd Wells adds cyclocross jersey to 2010 mountain bike national title wins.

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Todd Wells, a two-time elite national cyclocross champion is the reigning cross-country and short-track mountain bike champ and wants badly to add a third jersey to his 2010 collection.

When it comes to elite XC racing, Willow and Wells get nod for best North Americans; Pendrel for international rider.

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Todd Wells is riding the second prototype of what eventually will be a new carbon fiber Crux

Men's pro field looks to be fast in Michigan on Saturday. Chilly day too.

Check out the 2010 Leadville Trail 100 slideshow shot by pro photographers Dave McElwaine and Rob O'Dea at the 2010 Leadville Trail 100.

Adam Craig's Giant Anthem X Advanced SL was taken from the Fox Racing Shox booth during Interbike; Todd Wells' S-Works Epic 29er was stolen from the Specialized booth.