Latest news with #XCC
Yahoo
12-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Britain's Evie Richards makes mountain biking history as most decorated female short-track rider
British rider Evie Richards has become the most decorated female short-track cross-country rider in history with victory in Araxa this weekend. The reigning world champion made it back-to-back wins in Brazil after winning the opening round of the UCI Cross-country Short Track (XCC) World Cup, held on the same course last weekend, and secured the double on Friday. It was her seventh win in the short-track discipline and saw her overtake French great and Olympic champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot in the elite women's all-time rankings. "I think when you're world champion and you're leading the series, there's a lot of pressure, so I was really nervous before," she said. "We had a bit of a rough plan, but nothing changes too much. You've just got to [think] on your feet and depending on how the race goes, you can't really have a plan." The 28-year-old had an easier time of it in the first round, a race which she hadn't particularly targeted to win, marking her competitors' moves and launching a decisive attack on the final steep climb of the race to solo away to victory ahead of Australian Samara Maxwell. This time Richards was closely marked by Swiss racer Nicole Koller and Sweden's Jenny Rissveds, only distancing them in the closing metres with a long-range sprint for the line as the pair failed to hold her wheel. In the men's race, American Christopher Blevins also secured the Araxa double after victory on the first weekend of the season.
The Independent
12-04-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Britain's Evie Richards makes mountain biking history as most decorated female short-track rider
British rider Evie Richards has become the most decorated female short-track cross-country rider in history with victory in Araxa this weekend. The reigning world champion made it back-to-back wins in Brazil after winning the opening round of the UCI Cross-country Short Track (XCC) World Cup, held on the same course last weekend, and secured the double on Friday. It was her seventh win in the short-track discipline and saw her overtake French great and Olympic champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot in the elite women's all-time rankings. "I think when you're world champion and you're leading the series, there's a lot of pressure, so I was really nervous before," she said. "We had a bit of a rough plan, but nothing changes too much. You've just got to [think] on your feet and depending on how the race goes, you can't really have a plan." The 28-year-old had an easier time of it in the first round, a race which she hadn't particularly targeted to win, marking her competitors' moves and launching a decisive attack on the final steep climb of the race to solo away to victory ahead of Australian Samara Maxwell. This time Richards was closely marked by Swiss racer Nicole Koller and Sweden's Jenny Rissveds, only distancing them in the closing metres with a long-range sprint for the line as the pair failed to hold her wheel. In the men's race, American Christopher Blevins also secured the Araxa double after victory on the first weekend of the season.
BBC News
11-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Briton Richards makes cross-country history
Great Britain's Evie Richards has become the most successful female short track cross-country rider ever with victory in 28-year-old won the second round of the UCI Cross-country Short Track (XCC) World Cup in Araxa, a week after she finished first in the opening victory was the reigning world champion's seventh in the format, overtaking Olympic champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot as the most successful elite woman in XCC was pushed until the end by Switzerland's Nicole Koller and Sweden's Jenny Rissveds, but kept them at bay during a sprint for the line."I think when you're world champion and you're leading the series, there's a lot of pressure, so I was really nervous before," she said. "We had a bit of a rough plan, but nothing changes too much. You've just got to [think] on your feet and depending on how the race goes, you can't really have a plan."American Christopher Blevins took the men's elite race, having also won the first round a week Mesto na Morave in the Czech Republic will host the next round from 23-25 May.
