The International Consortion on Female Sport (ICFS) has published an open letter calling out for change in the UCI so as to "address the unfairness and injustice for female riders that the world is now witnessing in cycling sports."
This comes following the victory of
Austin Killips, a female transgender athlete, in the recent Tour of the Gila. Despite being a 2.2 race, the race has received extensive backlash because of Killips taking the victory, with calls going as far as declaring second placed Marcela Prieto the winner. The situation led to Killips restricting access to her social media, and the American race also having to restrict social media activity due to the amount of insulting comments that were launched towards both.