“I think I was born to race short track”, Evie Richards jokes, fresh off a near-flawless start to her mountain biking season. The 28-year-old started the year with wins in the short-track discipline on two consecutive weekends in Araxa, Brazil, before a third place in the longer cross-country race.
Her second win in Araxa this April saw her break French veteran Pauline Ferrand-Prevot’s record of short-track wins to set a new elite women’s record of seven, but she laughs: “I had no idea! Luckily I didn’t know because I was so nervous for that race.
