Evie Richards (born 11 March 1997) is a British cyclist from

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, 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

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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

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. 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,

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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

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. 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

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. 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

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where she achieved a 7th-place finish.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

;2014–2015 : 2nd National Junior Championships ;2015–2016 : 1st Jersey rainbow

UCI World Under-23 Championships : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

National Under-23 Championships : National Trophy Series ::1st Bradford ;2016–2017 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

National Under-23 Championships : National Trophy Series ::1st Abergavenny : 3rd Bronze medal uci

UCI World Under-23 Championships ;2017–2018 : 1st Jersey rainbow

UCI World Under-23 Championships : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

National Under-23 Championships : UCI World Cup ::1st Namur ::3rd

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UCI World Cup results

Mountain bike

;2014 : 2nd Cross-country, National Junior Championships ;2015 : 2nd Silver medal uci

Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships ;2016 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

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

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Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships : 4th Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships ;2017 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

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Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships : National XCO Series ::1st Builth Wells : 2nd Silver medal blank

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: 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

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Cross–country,

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UCI World Cup results

References

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* * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Richards, Evie 1997 births Living people English female cyclists Cyclo-cross cyclists People from Malvern, Worcestershire Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Worcestershire Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century British women 21st-century British people Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games