Wed May 3, 2023 – 5:22 pm EDT
NEW MEXICO (LifeSiteNews) — A man who claims to be a woman has placed first in the women’s category of the Tour of the Gila cycling event, after his inclusion in the category prompted an actual top female cyclist to retire.
Austin Killips placed third with a time of 3:07:16, besting competitors Marcela Prieto and Cassandra Nelson in the almost-66-mile race, Cycling News reports.
“We really wanted to get into a break,” said Julie Kuliecza, director of Killips’s team, the Amy D. Foundation. “We thought that there was going to be something that would go right after the second sprint point, and we wanted a rider in that break so that when Austin and the other GC riders came up to it, Austin would have someone to help them and protect them, and it worked out perfectly.”
Tour of the Gila competition director Michael Engleman appeared to walk a diplomatic tightrope in a post-race interview, suggesting they were “glad” to abide by the rules dictated by the sport’s governing bodies (USA Cycling and the Union Cycliste Internationale), while also noting that unlike himself, those bodies could stay behind
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