Evie Richards takes mountain bike world title with commanding display in Val di Sole

Richards becomes the first-ever British woman to take the MTB rainbow jersey in the XCO

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Brit Evie Richards has become the new mountain bike XCO world champion after a commanding display in Val di Sole, Italy.

Starting on the second row, she soon moved up through gaps to the front of the bunch in the first loop, entering the start of lap one in third place, then bringing back Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and Switzerland's Jolanda Neff who had tried to break away.

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Jonny Long

Jonny was Cycling Weekly's Weekend Editor until 2022.

I like writing offbeat features and eating too much bread when working out on the road at bike races.

Before joining Cycling Weekly I worked at The Tab and I've also written for Vice, Time Out, and worked freelance for The Telegraph (I know, but I needed the money at the time so let me live).

I also worked for ITV Cycling between 2011-2018 on their Tour de France and Vuelta a España coverage. Sometimes I'd be helping the producers make the programme and other times I'd be getting the lunches. Just in case you were wondering - Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen had the same ham sandwich every day, it was great.

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