# 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. 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 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
    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 |