Kate Richardson (born 12 September 2002) is a Scottish and British

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Career

A talented youth and junior athlete, Richardson won multiple national titles in her native Scotland in triathlon, athletics and cycling. She switched from triathlon in 2021 joining cycling road racing team Alba DRT. She won the 2022 Ras na mBan road stage race in Ireland, and double gold at the 2023 U23 & Junior European Championships (individual pursuit and team pursuit) in

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. At the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships she won her first two national titles, winning the

Individual Pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the rac ...

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Team Pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

. 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 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, she was forced to pull out of the

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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. In December 2024, it was announced that Richardson had signed a road contract with the Swiss owned, British registered UCI Continental Hess Cycling Team. The same month, following a 6 month injury induced lay off, she returned to competition in the Scottish National Track Championships at The Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, winning three Gold Medals in the Individual Pursuit, The Scratch Race and The Points Race. In late March 2025, UK cycling media announced that Richardson had terminated her contract with Hess Cycling Team due to continual contractual breaches by the team and had resigned with Handsling Alba DRT, where she started her career in 2022. She returned to road racing in April 2025 and following a number of strong performances domestically and in Belgium took her maiden UCI General Classification win at the Tour de Feminin in Czechia on 18 May 2025.

Major results

;2025 : Tour de Feminin ::1st Jersey yellow

General Classification ;2024 : National Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the rac ...

::1st

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

::2nd Points Race ::1st Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix : Scottish National Track Championships ::1st Individual Pursuit ::1st Scratch Race ::1st Points Race ;2023 : U23 & Junior European Championships ::1st :

::1st :

;2022 ::1st Scottish National Criterium Championship ::1st :

Rás na mBan Rás na mBan is an international stage cycle road race for women in Ireland. It was first run in 2006 and has run annually since. The event began as a two-day race based in Dublin and became a three-day event in 2008 when it moved to a new base ...

:::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

: National Track Championships ::3rd

References

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