Posts tagged Todd Wells

by Kat Statman For all of you die hard cyclocross fans out there, this is certainly the time of year that you should start getting …

IOWA CITY, IOWA — In the women’s race, the podium from yesterday consisted of the same women, just in different order, with Meredith Miller taking second …

The season keeps going and going. Some are wondering why it’s not longer as we near the end for some regions, since December is just …

by Lee Waldman Compton Makes it Two Katie Compton (Rabobank-Giant) proved, once again, why she is a multi-time national champion and World Cup winner as …

by Dave Sheek IRVINE, CALIFORNIA—Sunday morning might have been rough for some Cross After Dark revelers, but with over half-a-day of recovery between the night …

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA—The Cross After Dark series has been dominated by riders either based in Europe or  traveling this weekend to the first World Cup in …

The Belgians came, they saw, and, oh man, have they conquered. Well, an American did grab one win and that was a UCI race, so I guess it counts for something. The first week of the international season is under way and is there ever a bunch to talk about! First is CrossVegas, so much going on there. We can’t not talk about this weekends upcoming races in Seattle, Vermont and Maryland. Did you catch the velo bowl? Jurgen Mettepenningen is confident in Pauwels, Aernouts and Vantornout. National Champ Todd Wells will not defend his stars and stripes this January; London Olympics and Louisville 2013 are the goals. Finally, in this week’s Working Man’s Edition there were just too many of you, so instead, there’s a list of all the riders that deserve some respect!

Every year, there’s a mad scramble to get the cyclocross pros their new bikes for the season, but often that rush is split between happening …

It seems like there is always a lot going on in the world of professional bike racing and bike racing in general. We are always prepping for a new season or in the midst of another season. There is almost never a break: ’cross season rolls into road season which rolls into mountain bike season which rolls right back into ’cross season. But it’s that time of year again where we are rolling back into ’cross season, which means more and more ’cross pro rumors and rumblings. Sven Nys has ended his mountain bike season early to prep for ’cross. Tim Johnson and Joshn Huseby are sticking it to the Open Duo Men in Breckenridge. Jeremy Powers heads to Colorado for a little pre-race recon. Ryan Trebon takes on the hardest one day event ever, Rapha Gentleman’s Race. Todd Wells climbs to the sky and beyond. In Memory: Marc Druyts, a Cyclocross Legend. This week’s Working Man’s Edition: Matter vs. Schouten; Lindine heads to the sky.

On Saturday, a triumphant Todd Wells tweeted, “Just won the Leadville 100 with the 2nd fastest time to Levi, 6:23ish I think!! I’m gonna eat whatever I want …”
Read more to find out what Wells told us about the race.

Wow, mid August is upon us and that can only mean one thing, pulling out the practice barriers, heading to the local park and getting our hup on! With that, Jesse Anthony has certainly been getting his HUP on at the Tour of Utah, can he take the points jersey? Johnson and Wells head high to attempt to race 100 miles above 10,000 feet. Amy Dombroski has been productive and looks to be on track with her ’cross program. Daphny Van Den Brand has announced her retirement after the 2011–2012 racing season, can she do the triple? In this week’s working man’s edition: Tristan Schouten and Brian Matter head to the first round of the Midwest Triple Crown, The Ore to Shore.

Some of our top cyclocrossers did pretty darn well when switching to wider tires and suspension forks at mountain bike nationals a couple of weeks ago (their results are listed below.) Amy Dykema, a wonderful photographer, was there to capture the event with her camera and shared some of her favorite shots, which can be viewed in the gallery below.

Summer heat is at it’s high point. Twitter accounts across the eastern seaboard keep referencing the 90 plus degree temperatures and more and more often the cyclocross hashtag comes up on twitter. So is anything exciting happening in the wide world of pro cyclocross?

It’s been a few weeks since Rumors and Rumblings, but things have been going on in the rumor mills around the ’cross world. There are races going on, ’cross racers showing their mettle and other ’crossers building their form day by day. So, where are things?

Summer heat is rolling through the country as both the everyday ’cross racer and the pro line up on the weekends and weeknights to build a little bit of extra fitness. September is just around the corner and will be here before you know it. So as we get closer, what are the pro crossers up to?

We just wanted to give an update to the folks who read Todd Wells’ appeal for votes in the GOOD.is competition to Reinvent the Outdoors, and then voted for him and the Sonoran Desert Mountain Bikers. Wells’ mission was to aid SDMB in protecting, growing, and preserving mountain bike trails, and we are happy to say, Mission Completed.

This marks the start of the new online “In the Saddle” feature for Cyclocross Magazine. Bi-weekly, we’ll be chasing down a new pro racer to …

Todd Wells is competing to preserve and create mountain bike trails, and he needs your votes to win.

by Kat Statman The Ardennes Classics are over. The weather is getting warm. Big road races are moving away from one day 260-300 km epics …

Todd Wells cleaned house in 2010, winning every National Championship he entered and taking the stars and stripes jersey in cyclocross, cross-country and short track. …

by Kat Statman It’s the thick of classics season and all we can think about is the smell of embrocation, rain soaked fields, 32 millimeter …

by Josh Liberles Het Fairwheel Podium is a new concept store that just opened in the cyclocross hotbed of Portland, Oregon, and like any modern …

For full Cyclocross National Championships coverage and information, visit our 2010 USA Cycling National Championships Page. BEND, ORE. – Todd Wells (Cal Giant-Specialized) shut the …

by Josh Liberles PORTLAND, ORE. – Jeremy Powers completed a Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com one-two punch at today’s USGP Stanley Portland Cup. After taking the win yesterday, Powers …

Thought you were done with all of the Jingle Cross coverage? Think again. Jingle Cross is slowly becoming one of the biggest events of the …

2010 UCI Carousel Volkswagen Jingle Cross Rock SUNDAY. Update – See: Jingle Cross Day 3 Interviews with Todd Wells and Jamey Driscoll Plus Elite Women’s Photo’s …

A growing Thanksgiving tradition for Midwest cyclocrossers and pro racers across the nation has been to flock like turkeys to Jingle Cross in Iowa City, …

by Grant Berry Boulder, CO – Tim Johnson (Cannondale-CyclocrossWorld.com) picked up where teammate Jeremy Powers left off yesterday and took the win, divvying up the …

by Grant Berry Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO – Katie Compton (Planet Bike – Stevens Bikes) and Jeremy Powers (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld.com) spent their day at …

Louisville, KY – Tim Johnson (Cannondale prepared by CyclocrossWorld.com) and Georgia Gould (LUNA) stormed to victories today at Day One of the Greenware® US Gran …