Cycling team parts ways with Olympian Inga Thompson after call to protest UCI's transgender athlete policy

Cynisca Cycling parted ways with its director and three-time Olympian Inga Thompson on Thursday after she called on cyclists to protest against the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)'s transgender athlete policy.

Thompson called for the protest Sunday after Austin Killips, a transgender female, won the Tour of the Gila overall category against biological females.

"Inga Thompson is no longer a member of the Cynisca board of directors and will have no consulting or any other role with Cynisca," the team said in a statement, via Cycling Weekly...