| Kate Richardson | |
| Birth Date: | 12 September 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Currentteam: | Team Inspired/Lifeplus Wahoo (track) (road) |
| Discipline: | Track Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Ridertype: | Pursuitist (track) |
| Proyears1: | 2023– |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
| Amateuryears1: | 2022 |
| Amateurteam1: | Alba Development RT |
Kate Richardson (born 12 September 2002) is a Scottish and British road and track cyclist.[1] [2]
A talented youth and junior athlete, Richardson won multiple national titles in her native Scotland in triathlon, athletics and cycling.[3] [4] [5]
She switched from triathlon in 2021 joining cycling road racing team Alba DRT.[6] She won the 2022 Ras na mBan road stage race in Ireland,[7] and double gold at the 2023 U23 & Junior European Championships (individual pursuit and team pursuit) in Anadia, Portugal.[8]
At the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships she won her first two national titles, winning the Individual Pursuit and the Team Pursuit.[9] [10]
On 12 May 2024, eight weeks after breaking a collarbone and fracturing her scapula in a crash at Drenthe, The Netherlands, Richardson returned to racing, winning the Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix[11] by attacking on the penultimate climb of the Michaelgate to break clear of the leading group and ride solo to the line.
On 5 June 2024, Richardson was forced to pull out of the Tour of Britain Women after fracturing her scapula for a second time when she was hit by the driver of a 4x4 during a training ride.[12]
1st Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix
Scottish National Track Championships
1st Women's 10km Scratch Race
1st Women's 25km Points Race
U23 & Junior European Championships
2nd Team pursuit
National Track Championships
3rd Individual pursuit