Kate Richardson (cyclist) explained

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]

Career

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]

Major results

2024
  • National Track Championships
  • 1st Individual pursuit
  • 1st Team pursuit
  • 2nd Points Race

    1st Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix

    2023
  • U23 & Junior European Championships
  • 1st : Individual pursuit
  • 1st : Team pursuit
    2022
  • 1st Scottish National Criterium Championship
  • 1st Ras na mBan
  • 1st GC I 1st Points I 1st QoM I 1st Young Rider

    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

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Points Kate Richardson . British Cycling. 25 February 2024.
    2. Web site: Kate Richardson . Pro Cycling STats. 25 February 2024.
    3. Web site: TS Results Archive.
    4. Web site: SA Results Archive.
    5. Web site: VeloUK Results Archive.
    6. Web site: Kate Richardson on the success of her journey from triathlon to cycling . Glasgow Times . 25 February 2024.
    7. Web site: Ras na mBan Past Winners.
    8. Web site: Italian Domination . UEC . 25 February 2024.
    9. Web site: Kate Richardson impresses on the way to British title . The Herald . 25 February 2024.
    10. Web site: National Track Championships 2024: Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall win second title in two days . BBC Sport . 25 February 2024.
    11. Web site: LincolnGP2024 results.
    12. Web site: Richardson misses Tour of Britain after crash . BBC Sport . 15 June 2024.