Evie Richards

Evie Richards (born 11 March 1997[1]) is a British cyclist who specialises in mountain bike and cyclo-cross racing. She became under-23 cyclo-cross world champion at the 2016 and 2018 World Championships.

Evie Richards
Personal information
Born (1997-03-11) 11 March 1997
Team information
DisciplineMountain bike, cyclo-cross
RoleRider
Medal record
Women's mountain bike racing
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold CoastCross-country
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
2015 VallnordCross-country (junior)
Women's cyclo-cross
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
2016 ZolderUnder-23
2018 ValkenburgUnder-23
2017 BielesUnder-23

Richards comes from Malvern, she first rode for T-Mo Racing.[2] 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.[3][4]

Prior to 2016 under-23 cyclo-cross events were only held for male competitors, Richards therefore raced in the elite category. Since the introduction of under-23 events, Richards has won all three editions (2016, 2017, 2018) of the British National Cyclo-cross Championships.[2] 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.[5]

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.[6] It was the first cyclo-cross race Richards had taken part in outside the UK.[7]

Major results

Cyclo-cross
2015–2016
1st UCI World Under-23 Championships
1st National Under-23 Championships
1st Round 5 – Bradford, National Trophy
2016–2017
1st National Under-23 Championships
1st Round 2 – Abergavenny, National Trophy
3rd UCI World Under-23 Championships
2017–2018
1st UCI World Under-23 Championships
1st National Under-23 Championships
UCI World Cup
1st Cyclo-cross Namur
3rd Grand Prix Adri van der Poel
2018–2019
1st Trek CX Cup
UCI World Cup
2nd Jingle Cross
2019–2020
UCI World Cup
3rd Waterloo
3rd Jingle Cross C1

Mountain Bike
2015
2nd Cross–country, UCI World Junior Championships
2016
1st National Under-23 Championships
1st Int. KitzAlpBike-Festival
1st Builth Wells
1st Dalby Forest
1st Plymouth
3rd European Under-23 Championships
4th Overall UCI Under-23 Mountain Bike World Cup
2nd Albstadt
2nd La Bresse
2017
1st National Under-23 Championships
UCI Under-23 Mountain Bike World Cup
1st Albstadt
2nd Nové Město na Moravě
3rd Vallnord
3rd Lenzerheide
3rd Val di Sole
1st Vall de Boi
1st Llanelli
1st Richmond
2018
2nd Cross–country, Commonwealth Games
3rd Overall UCI Under-23 Mountain Bike World Cup
2nd Albstadt
2nd Val di Sole
2nd Vallnord
2nd Mont-Sainte-Anne
2nd La Bresse
3rd Stellenbosch
2019
1st National Under-23 Championships
3rd Overall UCI Under-23 Mountain Bike World Cup
1st Snowshoe
2nd Vallnord
2nd Les Gets
2nd Val di Sole

References
  1. "Mountain Bike - Evie RICHARDS".
  2. "British titles for Malvern cyclists Liam Killeen and Evie Richards". Malvern Gazette. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. "XCO > Women Juniors > Results". Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  4. "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.
  5. "Wyman wins her ninth national cyclo-cross title". 13 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  6. "Richards wins inaugural U23 women's cyclo-cross Worlds". Cycling News. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  7. Michelle Arthurs-Brennan (30 January 2016). "Evie Richards Wins First Under 23 Women's Cyclocross World Champs". Retrieved 31 January 2016.
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