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From Breitbart: A group of female cyclists is now alleging that USA Cycling engaged in “deception” and tried to hide the real gender of a transgender competitor who won a women’s championship race in Wisconsin.
Trans athlete Kate Phillips dominated the field of female competitors at the Lyons Masters National Championships in Wisconsin on Tuesday, prompting some of the women to refuse to stand on the winner’s podium alongside Phillips after the race.
Veteran cyclist Julie Peterson blasted Phillips, who was born James Phillips, for taking part in the race and told Fox News, “You could clearly see the power that he had. If I had known, I wouldn’t have spent thousands of dollars on travel and time off work to come and do a race.”
“I said, ‘I don’t want to race against a man,’ and they quickly scolded me and said ‘Oh, you can’t call him a man,’ and I’m like ‘Well, he is a man,’ so I was quickly scolded and corrected that it is a woman and I don’t even know what to say,” Peterson added.
Another cyclist accused USA Cycling of hiding the trans opponent.
“It was hidden from us,” Debbie Milne told Fox News. She said “deception was involved.”
“Basically, we came to compete and we found out, during the race, after the race, that’s when we found out that there had been another competitor we thought just added,” Milne said. “There hasn’t been transparency there.”
"Deception was involved."@usacycling is being accused of "hiding" a trans athlete's participation in a race after cyclist Debbie Milne competed against the athlete and later explained why her friend boycotted the podium following the competition. pic.twitter.com/7hJHgodSZB
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 3, 2025
