CONRAD “THE CAVEMAN” STOLTZ

Date of Birth:  October 23, 1973

Where are you from: Earth

Where do you live now: Where I drop my luggage.

Sponsors: Specialized, Avia, Suunto, Stuffitts, Clif Bar,  Profile Design, Oakley, and Squirt Lube.

Website: www.conradstoltz.com

What 2010 XTERRA races are you doing: USA Series, Brazil, Whistler, and Mexico.

What other big races are on your schedule:  Sea Otter and Wild Flower.

# Years Racing XTERRA: 9

Best XTERRA finish: 1st

Best discipline (swim, bike, or run):  Alabama bike.

2009 race results (all races): Some good, some bad, some bloody.

Top 3 all-time racing accomplishments: 3 time 1st place finishes at Worlds.

University attended: Thinking is overrated.

If you have a regular job outside of racing, what do you do: Demolition.

Interests outside of athletics: Dirt bikes, fly fishing , photography, design and property development.

Tell us something we should know about you: Recently ran naked under a full moon.

Open forum: Very excited about adding XTERRA in Canada, Brazil and Mexico to the USA Series.  Living the XTERRA dream with some exotic travel.

XTERRA Racing History:
 
2001: Burst onto the XTERRA scene and won the Pro Series and World title as a rookie.

2002: Won in Keystone, California, Tahoe, and Maui.

2003: Won first race at Big Bear, placed 2nd in Richmond,3rd in Keystone, won in Tahoe, and won Pro Points Series.

2004: Placed second in Richmond, 6th in Keystone, secondin Big Bear, and fifth in Tahoe. Finished third in the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series, and dnf’d at XTERRA Worlds.

2005: Won five straight before placing 2nd in Keystone. Won XTERRA South Africa, the West, East, and Midwest Champs in Milwaukee, was second in Keystone before winning
the inaugural XTERRA Brazil. Placed second in Tahoe but still won XTERRA Pro Series title. Placed 9th at Worlds.

2006: Won XTERRA South Africa, missed the first U.S. race of the year in California with injuries, returned in timefor Alabama where he was fourth, and a week later he won the East Championship. Placed 8th in Milwaukee after a series of crashes and injuries and then 4th at the Mountain Championships in Utah. A pre-ride crash at the XTERRA USA Championship kept him out of nationals and worlds.

2007: Won XTERRA South Africa for fourth straight year, then the XTERRA West Champs. Won Southeast and East Champs on back-to-back weekends. DNF’d at Utah because of a mechanical. Won USA Championship, Pro Series title, then World Champs for third time. Named the Off-Road triathlete of the year at Endurance Sports Awards.

2008: Placed 4th at XTERRA South Africa, won the West Champs for 6th time in his career, won the Southeast title, DNF in Richmond, was 2nd at XTERRA UK, 6th at XTERRA Czech, and 2nd at XTERRA France. Won the XTERRA Mountain Championship in August, placed 8th at the USA Championship but still edged countryman DanHugo to win XTERRA U.S. Pro Series title for the 6th time.Suffered a flat while leading at the XTERRA WorldChampionship in Maui and eventually finished 12th after aseries of mechanicals.

2009: Won XTERRA West, Midwest, and Southeast Cup Races, was 5th at the Northwest Cup, won the Atlantic Cup, finished 3rd in a photo-finish at the Northeast Cup, and
won the XTERRA USA Championship (and the U.S. Pro Series for the 7th time). Placed 5th at XTERRA Worlds.

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