Evie Richards

Evie Richards
	Richards during the UCI CX World Cup in Iowa on 29 September 2018
Personal information
Full name	Evie Richards
Born	11 March 1997 (age 27); Malvern, Worcestershire, England
Team information
Current team	Trek Factory Racing
Discipline	Mountain Bike (Cross-country); Cyclo-cross;
Role	Rider
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 Great Britain
World Championships
Representing England
Commonwealth Games
Women's Cyclo-cross
Representing Great Britain
World Championships

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 City

UCI World Cup results

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
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

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

1st

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

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
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 6	LAK 25	MON 6		8	1030

References

^ "Mountain Bike - Evie RICHARDS".
^ Cossali-Francis, Marcello (16 June 2022). "Commonwealth Games: Evie Richards selected by Team England". Malvern Gazette.
^ ^a ^b "British titles for Malvern cyclists Liam Killeen and Evie Richards". Malvern Gazette. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
^ "XCO > Women Juniors > Results". Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
^ "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.
^ "Wyman wins her ninth national cyclo-cross title". 13 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
^ "Richards wins inaugural U23 women's cyclo-cross Worlds". Cycling News. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
^ Michelle Arthurs-Brennan (30 January 2016). "Evie Richards Wins First Under 23 Women's Cyclocross World Champs". Retrieved 31 January 2016.
^ "Olympic Games: Team GB name Laura Kenny and Jason Kenny in 26-strong cycling squad for Tokyo". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^ "5 times Evie Richards proved her potential in 2021". Red Bull. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

External links

Evie Richards at British Cycling
Evie Richards at UCI
Evie Richards at ProCyclingStats
Evie Richards at Redbull.com
Evie Richards at Olympedia (archive)
Evie Richards at Olympics.com
Evie Richards at Team GB
Evie Richards at Team England
Evie Richards at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
Evie Richards at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Evie Richards at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)

[1] "Mountain Bike - Evie RICHARDS".

[2] Cossali-Francis, Marcello (16 June 2022). "Commonwealth Games: Evie Richards selected by Team England". Malvern Gazette.

[malverngazetteJan2016-3] "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.

[6] "Wyman wins her ninth national cyclo-cross title". 13 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

[7] "Richards wins inaugural U23 women's cyclo-cross Worlds". Cycling News. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

[8] Michelle Arthurs-Brennan (30 January 2016). "Evie Richards Wins First Under 23 Women's Cyclocross World Champs". Retrieved 31 January 2016.

[9] "Olympic Games: Team GB name Laura Kenny and Jason Kenny in 26-strong cycling squad for Tokyo". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

[10] "5 times Evie Richards proved her potential in 2021". Red Bull. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

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v t e UCI Mountain Bike World Champions – Women's cross-country
1990–1999	1990: Juli Furtado (USA) 1991: Ruthie Matthes (USA) 1992: Silvia Fürst (SUI) 1993: Paola Pezzo (ITA) 1994: Alison Sydor (CAN) 1995: Alison Sydor (CAN) 1996: Alison Sydor (CAN) 1997: Paola Pezzo (ITA) 1998: Laurence Leboucher (FRA) 1999: Margarita Fullana (ESP)
2000–2009	2000: Margarita Fullana (ESP) 2001: Alison Dunlap (USA) 2002: Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå (NOR) 2003: Sabine Spitz (GER) 2004: Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå (NOR) 2005: Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå (NOR) 2006: Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå (NOR) 2007: Irina Kalentieva (RUS) 2008: Margarita Fullana (ESP) 2009: Irina Kalentieva (RUS)
2010–2019	2010: Maja Włoszczowska (POL) 2011: Catharine Pendrel (CAN) 2012: Julie Bresset (FRA) 2013: Julie Bresset (FRA) 2014: Catharine Pendrel (CAN) 2015: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) 2016: Annika Langvad (DEN) 2017: Jolanda Neff (SUI) 2018: Kate Courtney (USA) 2019: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)
2020–2029	2020: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) 2021: Evie Richards (GBR) 2022: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) 2023: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) 2024: Puck Pieterse (NED)

v t e UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions – Women's under-23 race
2010–2019	2016: Evie Richards (GBR) 2017: Annemarie Worst (NED) 2018: Evie Richards (GBR) 2019: Inge van der Heijden (NED)
2020–2029	2020: Marion Norbert-Riberolle (FRA) 2021: Fem van Empel (NED) 2022: Puck Pieterse (NED) 2023: Shirin van Anrooij (NED) 2024: Zoe Bäckstedt (GBR)