Transgender Cyclist Austin Killips Demolishes Women’s Competition En Route To First Place Finish
Corey Walker
Reporter
May 01, 2023 1:40 PM ET
Transgender cyclist Austin Killips finished first in the women’s division in the Tour of the Gila competition Friday, according to a press release from the race.
Killips, a biological male and racer on the Amy D. Foundation team, secured an overall victory in the New Mexico bicycling competition, The Telegraph reported Monday. The trans cyclist started the fifth and final stage wearing the leader’s jersey before pulling away from the rest of the competition in the final minutes, according to Cycling News.
“We really wanted to get into a break,” Amy D. Foundation director Julie Kuliecza said in a Gila press release. “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.”
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