Evie Richards

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Evie Richards
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Richards during the UCI CX World Cup in Iowa on 29 September 2018
Personal information
Full nameEvie Richards
Born (1997-03-11) 11 March 1997 (age 27)
Malvern, Worcestershire, England
Team information
Current teamTrek Factory Racing
Discipline
RoleRider
Major wins
Cyclo-cross
World Cup
1 individual win (2017–18)
Mountain bike
World XC Championships (2021)
National XC Championships (2023)
XC World Cup
2 individual wins (2021)
Medal record
Women's Mountain bike racing
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Val di Sole Cross-country
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Vallnord Cross-country short track
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Vallnord Junior Cross-country
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Val di Sole Cross-country short track
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Cross-country
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Cross-country
Women's Cyclo-cross
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Zolder Under-23
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Valkenburg Under-23
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Bieles Under-23

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.

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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 Jersey rainbow.svg UCI World Under-23 Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National Under-23 Championships
National Trophy Series
1st Bradford
2016–2017
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National Under-23 Championships
National Trophy Series
1st Abergavenny
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg UCI World Under-23 Championships
2017–2018
1st Jersey rainbow.svg UCI World Under-23 Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG 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 City

UCI World Cup results

Season1234567891011121314RankPoints
2016–2017 LAS
—		 IOW
—		 VAL
—		 KOK
NH		 ZEV
14		 NAM
11		 ZOL
—		 FIU
—		 HOO
6		34127
2017–2018 IOW
—		 WAT
—		 KOK
—		 BOG
—		 ZEV
—		 NAM
1		 ZOL
—		 NOM
—		 HOO
3		33145
2018–2019 WAT
4		 IOW
2		 BER
—		 TAB
15		 KOK
9		 NAM
—		 ZOL
—		 PON
—		 HOO
—		23210
2019–2020 IOW
5		 WAT
3		 BER
—		 TAB
—		 KOK
—		 NAM
4		 ZOL
—		 NOM
—		 HOO
5		19235
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		1738

Mountain bike

2014
2nd Cross-country, National Junior Championships
2015
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships
2016
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG 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 Bronze medal europe.svg Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships
4th Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
2017
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG 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 MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
National XCO Series
1st Builth Wells
2nd Silver medal blank.svg 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 MaillotReinoUnido.PNG 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 Jersey rainbow.svg Cross-country
2nd Silver medal uci.svg 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 Gold medal blank.svg 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 MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Cross-country
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Short track
Ökk Bike Revolution
1st Chur
National XCO Series
1st Margam
2nd Chelva
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg 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
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Short track, UCI World Championships
National XCO Series
1st Fowey
2nd Overall UCI XCC World Cup
1st Mairiporã
3rd Lake Placid
3rd Mont-Sainte-Anne
2nd Chelva
5th Cross-country, Olympic Games
UCI XCO World Cup
5th Crans-Montana

UCI World Cup results

Season123456789RankPoints
2020 LEN
NH		 VAL
NH		 LES
NH		 NOV
8		 NOV
6		5320
2021 ALB
25		 NOV
5		 LEO
6		 LES
3		 LEN
1		 SNO
1		21000
2022 PET
—		 ALB
16		 NOV
36		 LEO
—		 LEN
—		 AND
—		 SNO
—		 MON
—		 VAL
7		39316
2023 NOV
4		 LEN
6		 LEO
27		 VAL
9		 AND
5		 LES
14		 SNO
7		 MON
DNF		91156
2024 MAI
9		 ARA
8		 NOV
—		 VAL
29		 CRA
5		 LES
6		 LAK
25		 MON
6		81030

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  2. ↑ Cossali-Francis, Marcello (16 June 2022). "Commonwealth Games: Evie Richards selected by Team England". Malvern Gazette.
  3. 1 2 "British titles for Malvern cyclists Liam Killeen and Evie Richards". Malvern Gazette. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "XCO > Women Juniors > Results". Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "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.
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