Richards during the UCI CX World Cup in Iowa on 29 September 2018
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| Born | (1997-03-11) 11 March 1997 (age 27) Malvern, Worcestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Evie Richards (born 11 March 1997) is a British cyclist from Malvern, Worcestershire, England who specialises in mountain bike and cyclo-cross racing. who became 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.
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]
UCI World Under-23 Championships
National Under-23 Championships National Under-23 Championships
UCI World Under-23 Championships UCI World Under-23 Championships National Under-23 Championships| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
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| 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 |
Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
Cross–country, Commonwealth Games Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships Cross-country Short track
Cross–country, Commonwealth Games Cross-country Short track Short track, UCI World Championships| 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 | LAK | MON | |||
