Not only suspended, he should be stripped of all prizes and have his times stricken from the records — in every single instance that he competed in a women only-class. At least Lance Armstrong had the virtue of competing in the class he was eligible to compete in, and yet he was stripped of all titles and banned for life. Why are they being lenient with this particular cheater? I say run him out on a rail.
Good point about Armstrong, Twiliter. That bit of doping did not give him the overwhelming advantage that males have competing against women, but just enough to shave seconds from each heat of Le Tour.
When he started knocking women off the podium (figuratively), women had to pose with their arms behind him and smile to celebrate him. I forgot the women involved, and the links to their stories, but I remember at least one female cyclist complained on social media, and fell afoul of a cycling organization that forced her to apologize or recant, or risk a suspension. As I recall, that was a cycling rules thing, not a sponsorship thing.
I see what Riley Gaines did here, by citing Ivy tweeting offensively from 2019. If the UCI wanted to, the UCI could go through Ivy’s history on social media, and find years of things they could discipline him for.
Not only suspended, he should be stripped of all prizes and have his times stricken from the records — in every single instance that he competed in a women only-class. At least Lance Armstrong had the virtue of competing in the class he was eligible to compete in, and yet he was stripped of all titles and banned for life. Why are they being lenient with this particular cheater? I say run him out on a rail.
Good point about Armstrong, Twiliter. That bit of doping did not give him the overwhelming advantage that males have competing against women, but just enough to shave seconds from each heat of Le Tour.
I sense an imbalance in the Force.
Ivy finds the shoe is on the other foot now.
When he started knocking women off the podium (figuratively), women had to pose with their arms behind him and smile to celebrate him. I forgot the women involved, and the links to their stories, but I remember at least one female cyclist complained on social media, and fell afoul of a cycling organization that forced her to apologize or recant, or risk a suspension. As I recall, that was a cycling rules thing, not a sponsorship thing.
I see what Riley Gaines did here, by citing Ivy tweeting offensively from 2019. If the UCI wanted to, the UCI could go through Ivy’s history on social media, and find years of things they could discipline him for.