Evie Richards

Evie Richards
Personal information
Born (1997-03-11) 11 March 1997
Team information
Discipline Mountain bike, cyclo-cross
Role Rider
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Mountain bike
World Championships
2015 Vallnord Cross-country (junior)
Cyclo-cross
World Championships
2016 Zolder Under-23

Evie Richards (born 11 March 1997[1]) is a British cyclist who specialises in mountain bike and cyclo-cross racing. She became under-23 cyclo-cross world champion at the 2016 World Championships.

Richards comes from Malvern, and has ridden for T-Mo Racing.[2] She is a member of the British Cycling Olympic Development Programme.

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.[3][4]

Prior to 2016, under-23 cyclo-cross events have only been held for male competitors. Richards therefore raced in the elite category. She was 7th in the British national cyclo-cross championships in 2015.[5]

In mid-January 2016, Richards won the first women's under-23 British cyclo-cross championship in Shrewsbury.[2]

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.[6] It was the first cyclo-cross race Richards had taken part in outside the UK.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Mountain Bike - Evie RICHARDS".
  2. 1 2 "British titles for Malvern cyclists Liam Killeen and Evie Richards". Malvern Gazette. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
  3. ↑ "XCO > Women Juniors > Results". Retrieved 2016-01-31.
  4. ↑ "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.". 2015-09-03. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
  5. ↑ "Wyman wins her ninth national cyclo-cross title". 2015-01-13. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
  6. ↑ "Richards wins inaugural U23 women's cyclo-cross Worlds". Cycling News. 2016-01-30. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
  7. ↑ Michelle Arthurs-Brennan (2016-01-30). "Evie Richards Wins First Under 23 Women's Cyclocross World Champs". Retrieved 2016-01-31.
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