Neah Evans: British star grabs points race gold with stunning late show at Track Cycling World Championships

Britain's Neah Evans won gold, and her first major individual title, in the women's points race at the 2022 Track Cycling World Championships. She grabbed gold with 60 points after a thrilling finale, ahead of Denmark's Julie Leth (53) and American Jennifer Valente (51).

Ad The three medallists all earned 40 lap points, but Evans pulled ahead of her competitors during the sprint laps, earning 20 points compared to Leth’s 13 and Valente’s 11. European ChampionshipsFrance enjoy golden night on second day of action, Evans takes bronze for GB06/10/2021 AT 20:33 It was tight with 10 laps to go, with Leth totalling 53 points and Evans following behind with 36.

But the 32-year-old latched onto a late move by Belgium's Lotte Kopecky to grab a lap, before soaring into first place in the final sprint. «It's not really sunk in yet,» Evans said after the race.

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At the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Evans won a silver medal in the team pursuit event alongside Katie Archibald, Laura Kenny and Josie Knight. World Championships'This is what the crowd wanted' — hometown hero Gros claims Women's Sprint goldYESTERDAY AT 21:28 World ChampionshipsGanna breaks individual pursuit world record, Havik wins maiden UCI titleYESTERDAY AT 20:42