Evie Richards

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.

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 win—her first in 2021 and third of her elite career.

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

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 ZEV NAM ZOL FIU HOO 34 127 2017–2018 IOW WAT KOK BOG ZEV NAM ZOL NOM HOO 33 145 2018–2019 WAT IOW BER TAB KOK NAM ZOL PON HOO 23 210 2019–2020 IOW WAT BER TAB KOK NAM ZOL NOM HOO 19 235 2020–2021 WAT DUB ZON KOK BES TAB ANT NAM DIE DEN HUL VIL HOO OVE 17 38

Mountain bike

2014 2nd Cross-country, National Junior Championships 2015

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

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

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 I 1st Nové Město 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 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

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 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 2025 National Championships 1st Short track 2nd Cross-country 1st Overall UCI XCC World Cup 1st Araxá I 1st Araxá II 2nd Nové Město 2nd Pal–Arinsal 2nd Lake Placid 2nd Mont-Sainte-Anne 1st Melgaço

UCI XCO World Cup 2nd Lake Placid 3rd Araxá II 3rd Mont-Sainte-Anne 4th Lenzerheide 3rd Chelva 4th Cross-country, UCI World Championships 2026 National XCO Series 1st Cannock Chase

UCI XCC World Cup 2nd Mona Yongpyong 2nd Chelva

UCI World Cup results Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points 2020 LEN VAL LES NOV NOV 5 320 2021 ALB NOV LEO LES LEN SNO 2 1000 2022 PET ALB NOV LEO LEN AND SNO MON VAL 39 316 2023 NOV LEN LEO VAL AND LES SNO MON 9 1156 2024 MAI ARA NOV VAL CRA LES LAK MON 8 1030 2025 ARA ARA NOV LEO VAL AND LES LEN LAK MON 4 1682