Kate Richardson (born 12 September 2002) is a Scottish and British road and track cyclist.[1][2]
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| Born | 12 September 2002 Glasgow, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Team Inspired/Lifeplus Wahoo (track) Lifeplus Wahoo (road) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Pursuitist (track) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2022 | Alba Development RT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023– | Lifeplus Wahoo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editA talented youth and junior athlete, Richardson won multiple national titles in her native Scotland in triathlon, athletics and cycling.[3][4][5]
She switched from triathlon in 2021 joining cycling road racing team Alba DRT.[6] She won the 2022 Ras na mBan road stage race in Ireland,[7] and double gold at the 2023 U23 & Junior European Championships (individual pursuit and team pursuit) in Anadia, Portugal.[8]
At the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships she won her first two national titles, winning the Individual Pursuit and the Team Pursuit.[9][10]
On 12 May 2024, eight weeks after breaking a collarbone and fracturing her scapula in a crash at Drenthe, The Netherlands, Richardson returned to racing, winning the Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix[11] by attacking on the penultimate climb of Michaelgate to break clear of the leading group and ride solo to the line.
On 5 June 2024, Richardson was forced to pull out of the Tour of Britain Women after fracturing her scapula for a second time and sustaining a concussion when she was hit by the driver of a 4x4 during a training ride.[12]
Major results
edit- 2024
- National Track Championships
- 1st
Individual pursuit - 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Points Race
- 1st
- 1st Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix
- 2023
- U23 & Junior European Championships
- 1st :
Individual pursuit - 1st : Team pursuit
- 1st :
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- 2022
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- 1st Scottish National Criterium Championship
- 1st :Rás na mBan
- 1st GC I 1st Points I 1st QoM I 1st Young Rider
- Scottish National Track Championships
- 1st Women's 10km Scratch Race
- 1st Women's 25km Points Race
- U23 & Junior European Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit
- National Track Championships
References
edit- ^ "Points Kate Richardson". British Cycling. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Kate Richardson". Pro Cycling STats. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "TS Results Archive".
- ^ "SA Results Archive".
- ^ "VeloUK Results Archive".
- ^ "Kate Richardson on the success of her journey from triathlon to cycling". Glasgow Times. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Ras na mBan Past Winners".
- ^ "Italian Domination". UEC. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Kate Richardson impresses on the way to British title". The Herald. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "National Track Championships 2024: Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall win second title in two days". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "LincolnGP2024 results".
- ^ "Richardson misses Tour of Britain after crash". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2024.