Evie Richards Explained
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.
Life and career
Richards 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
Cyclo-cross
- 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 CityUCI World Cup results
Mountain bike
- 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
2nd Albstadt
2nd La Bresse
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
1st Llanelli
1st Richmond
- 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
1st Cross-country
2nd Short track
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
1st Cross-country
1st Short track
Ökk Bike Revolution
1st Chur
National XCO Series
1st Margam
2nd Chelva
3rd Short track, UCI World Championships
3rd Overall UCI XCC World Cup
1st Snowshoe
2nd Vallnord
2nd Les Gets
3rd Leogang
Shimano Super Cup
3rd Banyoles
UCI XCO World Cup
4th Nové Město
5th Vallnord
- 2024
UCI XCC World Cup
1st Mairiporã
National XCO Series
1st Fowey
2nd Chelva
5th Cross-country, Olympic Games
UCI XCO World Cup
5th Crans-MontanaUCI World Cup results
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Mountain Bike - Evie RICHARDS.
- News: Commonwealth Games: Evie Richards selected by Team England. 16 June 2022. Malvern Gazette . Marcello. Cossali-Francis.
- News: British titles for Malvern cyclists Liam Killeen and Evie Richards . Malvern Gazette . 2016-01-14 . 2016-01-31.
- Web site: XCO > Women Juniors > Results . 2016-01-31 . 11 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160311102931/http://62.50.72.82/uciroot/cmmtb/2015/valn/XC_Results.aspx?id=49319_XCO_WJ&language=eng&event=Women%20Juniors . dead .
- News: 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. . 2015-09-03 . 2016-01-31.
- News: Wyman wins her ninth national cyclo-cross title . 2015-01-13 . 2016-01-31.
- News: Richards wins inaugural U23 women's cyclo-cross Worlds . Cycling News . 2016-01-30 . 2016-01-31.
- News: Evie Richards Wins First Under 23 Women's Cyclocross World Champs . Michelle Arthurs-Brennan . 2016-01-30 . 2016-01-31.
- Web site: Olympic Games: Team GB name Laura Kenny and Jason Kenny in 26-strong cycling squad for Tokyo. 2021-06-21. Sky Sports. en.
- Web site: 2021-10-21 . 5 times Evie Richards proved her potential in 2021 . 2024-07-05 . Red Bull . en.