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. 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 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.

Cyclo-cross

 * 2014–2015
 * 2nd National Junior Championships


 * 2015–2016
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg UCI World Under-23 Championships
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National Under-23 Championships
 * National Trophy Series
 * 1st Bradford


 * 2016–2017
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National Under-23 Championships
 * National Trophy Series
 * 1st Abergavenny
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg UCI World Under-23 Championships


 * 2017–2018
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg UCI World Under-23 Championships
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG 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

Mountain bike

 * 2014
 * 2nd Cross-country, National Junior Championships


 * 2015
 * 2nd Silver medal uci.svg Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships


 * 2016
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG 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 Bronze medal europe.svg Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships
 * 4th Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships


 * 2017
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG 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 MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
 * National XCO Series
 * 1st Builth Wells
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg 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 MaillotReinoUnido.PNG 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 Jersey rainbow.svg Cross-country
 * 2nd Silver medal uci.svg 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 Gold medal blank.svg 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 MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Cross-country
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Short track
 * Ökk Bike Revolution
 * 1st Chur
 * National XCO Series
 * 1st Margam
 * 2nd Chelva
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg 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
 * UCI XCC World Cup
 * 1st Mairiporã
 * National XCO Series
 * 1st Fowey
 * 2nd Chelva
 * UCI XCO World Cup
 * 5th Crans-Montana