Evie Richards (born 11 March 1997) is a British cyclist from Malvern, Worcestershire, England who specialises in mountain bike and cyclo-cross racing. She was the women's cross-country world champion at the 2021 Mountain Bike World Championships. Previously, Richards had been under-23 cyclo-cross world champion at the 2016 and 2018 World Championships.[1] In 2022, Richards added a first Commonwealth Games gold in cross-country mountain bike to her palmarès.
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| Born | 11 March 1997 Malvern, Worcestershire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life and career
editRichards comes from Malvern and attended The Chase School.[2] She first rode for T-Mo Racing.[3] She is a member of the British Cycling Olympic Senior Academy.
She took the silver medal position in the junior cross-country race at the 2015 mountain bike World Championships, held in Vallnoord, Andorra in September 2015.[4][5]
Prior to 2016 under-23 cyclo-cross events were only held for male competitors, Richards therefore raced in the elite category. After the introduction of under-23 events, Richards won the first three editions (2016, 2017, 2018) of the British National Cyclo-cross Championships.[3] In addition, she was 7th in the women's elite category and 2nd in the junior category in the British national cyclo-cross championships in 2015.[6]
On 30 January 2016, Richards won the first ever women's U23 competition at the cyclo-cross world championships in Zolder, Belgium. She broke away in the first lap and finished the race 35 seconds ahead of the second-placed rider, Nikola Noskova.[7] It was the first cyclo-cross race Richards had taken part in outside the UK.[8]
Richards was chosen to be part of the UK's cycling squad at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she achieved a 7th-place finish.[9]
By the final round of the 2021 season, she scored success at Snowshoe, winning the U23 race in 2019. Her weekend began with an XCC win—her first in 2021 and third of her elite career.[10]
Major results
editCyclo-cross
edit- 2014–2015
- 2nd National Junior Championships
- 2015–2016
- 1st UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 1st National Under-23 Championships
- National Trophy Series
- 1st Bradford
- 2016–2017
- 1st National Under-23 Championships
- National Trophy Series
- 1st Abergavenny
- 3rd UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 2017–2018
- 1st UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 1st National Under-23 Championships
- UCI World Cup
- 1st Namur
- 3rd Hoogerheide
- 2018–2019
- 1st Waterloo
- UCI World Cup
- 2nd Iowa City
- 4th Waterloo
- 2019–2020
- UCI World Cup
- 3rd Waterloo
- 4th Namur
- 5th Iowa City
- 5th Hoogerheide
- 3rd Iowa City
UCI World Cup results
edit| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–2017 | LAS — |
IOW — |
VAL — |
KOK NH |
ZEV 14 |
NAM 11 |
ZOL — |
FIU — |
HOO 6 |
34 | 127 | |||||
| 2017–2018 | IOW — |
WAT — |
KOK — |
BOG — |
ZEV — |
NAM 1 |
ZOL — |
NOM — |
HOO 3 |
33 | 145 | |||||
| 2018–2019 | WAT 4 |
IOW 2 |
BER — |
TAB 15 |
KOK 9 |
NAM — |
ZOL — |
PON — |
HOO — |
23 | 210 | |||||
| 2019–2020 | IOW 5 |
WAT 3 |
BER — |
TAB — |
KOK — |
NAM 4 |
ZOL — |
NOM — |
HOO 5 |
19 | 235 | |||||
| 2020–2021 | WAT NH |
DUB NH |
ZON NH |
KOK NH |
BES NH |
TAB — |
ANT NH |
NAM 6 |
DIE NH |
DEN — |
HUL — |
VIL NH |
HOO NH |
OVE 8 |
17 | 38 |
Mountain bike
edit- 2014
- 2nd Cross-country, National Junior Championships
- 2015
- 2nd Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships
- 2016
- 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
- National XCO Series
- 1st Builth Wells
- 1st Dalby Forest
- 1st Plymouth
- 1st Int. KitzAlpBike-Festival
- UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
- Internazionali d'Italia Series
- 2nd Milan
- 3rd Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 4th Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 2017
- 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
- 3rd Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
- 1st Albstadt
- 2nd Nové Město
- 3rd Vallnord
- 3rd Lenzerheide
- 3rd Val di Sole
- Copa Catalana Internacional
- 1st Vall de Boi
- National XCO Series
- 2018
- 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
- National XCO Series
- 1st Builth Wells
- 2nd Cross–country, Commonwealth Games
- Internazionali d'Italia Series
- 2nd Chies d'Alpago
- 3rd Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
- 2nd Albstadt
- 2nd Val di Sole
- 2nd Vallnord
- 2nd Mont-Sainte-Anne
- 2nd La Bresse
- 3rd Stellenbosch
- 2019
- 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
- 3rd Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
- 1st Snowshoe
- 2nd Vallnord
- 2nd Les Gets
- 2nd Val di Sole
- Internazionali d'Italia Series
- 1st La Thuile
- Swiss Bike Cup
- 2nd Andermatt
- National XCO Series
- 2nd Cannock Chase
- 4th Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 2020
- UCI XCC World Cup
- 1st Nové Město #1
- 1st Nové Město #2
- Copa Catalana Internacional
- 1st Banyoles
- 3rd Overall Cyprus Sunshine Epic
- 4th Cross-country, UEC European Championships
- 2021
- UCI World Championships
- 2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
- 1st Lenzerheide
- 1st Snowshoe
- 3rd Les Gets
- 5th Nové Město
- UCI XCC World Cup
- 1st Snowshoe
- 2nd Lenzerheide
- Swiss Bike Cup
- 1st Gränichen
- Internazionali d'Italia Series
- 1st La Thuile
- Copa Catalana Internacional
- 1st Banyoles
- 2022
- 1st Cross–country, Commonwealth Games
- Copa Catalana Internacional
- 1st Banyoles
- National Championships
- 2nd Cross-country
- 2nd Short track
- 2nd Overall Mediterranean Epic
- UCI XCC World Cup
- 3rd Petrópolis
- Internazionali d'Italia Series
- 3rd La Thuile
- CIMTB Michelin
- 3rd Petrópolis
- 2023
- National Championships
- Ökk Bike Revolution
- 1st Chur
- National XCO Series
- 1st Margam
- 2nd Chelva
- 3rd Short track, UCI World Championships
- 3rd Overall UCI XCC World Cup
- Shimano Super Cup
- 3rd Banyoles
- UCI XCO World Cup
- 4th Nové Město
- 5th Vallnord
- 2024
- 1st Short track, UCI World Championships
- National XCO Series
- 1st Fowey
- 2nd Overall UCI XCC World Cup
- 1st Mairiporã
- 3rd Lake Placid
- 3rd Mont-Sainte-Anne
- 2nd Chelva
- 5th Cross-country, Olympic Games
- UCI XCO World Cup
- 5th Crans-Montana
UCI World Cup results
edit| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
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| 2020 | LEN NH |
VAL NH |
LES NH |
NOV 8 |
NOV 6 |
5 | 320 | ||||
| 2021 | ALB 25 |
NOV 5 |
LEO 6 |
LES 3 |
LEN 1 |
SNO 1 |
2 | 1000 | |||
| 2022 | PET — |
ALB 16 |
NOV 36 |
LEO — |
LEN — |
AND — |
SNO — |
MON — |
VAL 7 |
39 | 316 |
| 2023 | NOV 4 |
LEN 6 |
LEO 27 |
VAL 9 |
AND 5 |
LES 14 |
SNO 7 |
MON DNF |
9 | 1156 | |
| 2024 | MAI 9 |
ARA 8 |
NOV — |
VAL 29 |
CRA 5 |
LES 6 |
LAK 25 |
MON 6 |
8 | 1030 | |
References
edit- ^ "Mountain Bike - Evie RICHARDS".
- ^ Cossali-Francis, Marcello (16 June 2022). "Commonwealth Games: Evie Richards selected by Team England". Malvern Gazette.
- ^ a b "British titles for Malvern cyclists Liam Killeen and Evie Richards". Malvern Gazette. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "XCO > Women Juniors > Results". Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Great Britain Cycling Team's Evie Richards won silver with a gutsy and gifted ride in the junior women's cross-country race at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Vallnord". 3 September 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Wyman wins her ninth national cyclo-cross title". 13 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Richards wins inaugural U23 women's cyclo-cross Worlds". Cycling News. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ Michelle Arthurs-Brennan (30 January 2016). "Evie Richards Wins First Under 23 Women's Cyclocross World Champs". Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Olympic Games: Team GB name Laura Kenny and Jason Kenny in 26-strong cycling squad for Tokyo". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "5 times Evie Richards proved her potential in 2021". Red Bull. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
External links
edit- Evie Richards at British Cycling
- Evie Richards at UCI
- Evie Richards at ProCyclingStats
- Evie Richards at Redbull.com
- Evie Richards at Olympedia
- Evie Richards at Olympics.com
- Evie Richards at Team GB
- Evie Richards at Team England
- Evie Richards at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Evie Richards at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Evie Richards at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)