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. 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. She first rode for T-Mo Racing. 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.
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. 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.
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. It was the first cyclo-cross race Richards had taken part in outside the UK.
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.
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 winâÂÂher first in 2021 and third of her elite career.
Major results
Cyclo-cross
2014âÂÂ2015
2nd National Junior Championships
2015âÂÂ2016
1st UCI World Under-23 Championships
1st National Under-23 Championships
National Trophy Series
:1st Bradford
2016âÂÂ2017
1st National Under-23 Championships
National Trophy Series
:1st Abergavenny
3rd UCI World Under-23 Championships
2017âÂÂ2018
1st UCI World Under-23 Championships
1st National Under-23 Championships
UCI World Cup
:1st Namur
:3rd Hoogerheide
2018âÂÂ2019
1st Waterloo
UCI World Cup
:2nd Iowa City
:4th Waterloo
2019âÂÂ2020
UCI World Cup
:3rd Waterloo
:4th Namur
:5th Iowa City
:5th Hoogerheide
3rd Iowa City
UCI World Cup results
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 MÃÂsto
: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 CrossâÂÂcountry, 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 MÃÂsto I
:1st Nové MÃÂsto II
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 MÃÂsto
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 CrossâÂÂcountry, 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
ÃÂkk 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 MÃÂsto
: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
2025
National Championships
:1st Short track
:2nd Cross-country
1st Overall UCI XCC World Cup
:1st Araxá I
:1st Araxá II
:2nd Nové MÃÂsto
:2nd PalâÂÂArinsal
:2nd Lake Placid
:2nd Mont-Sainte-Anne
1st Melgaço
2nd Cross-country, UEC European Championships
UCI XCO World Cup
:2nd Lake Placid
:3rd Araxá II
:3rd Mont-Sainte-Anne
:4th Lenzerheide
3rd Chelva
4th Cross-country, UCI World Championships
UCI World Cup results
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