Chloe Hosking owes an official apology to UCI’s President Pat McQuaid
Chloe Hosking is definitely unhappy with UCI’s meager support for women cycling. She took her anger out on UCI’s President Pat McQuaid after winning the stage 1 of Jayco Bay Classic 2012.
The cyclist was upset by the low wages given to women cyclists. She took her anger out by saying, "What can you say, Pat McQuaid is a d**k".
She also briefed, "To say at the biggest sporting event for women's cycling that we haven't progressed enough to have a minimum salary - how do we progress if we all have to still work and we can't support ourselves".
The 21-year-old now owes an official apology for the inappropriate choice of words. However, she still insists that women’s cycling needs more attention from the authorities.
Chloe believes that women’s cycling is becoming stronger every year and UCI must take interest in the sport.
She stated that the World Championships is the only women’s race that gets television coverage, which is highly unfair.
She quoted, "It needs to get more recognition and I'm not going to apologise for what I said, but I do apologise for how I said it".
Neither McQuaid nor the UCI demanded an official answer, it was Cycling Australia that was disappointed by her statement.
The federation claimed that all their members have full rights to express their concerns but no one should be targeted personally by any means. It also mentioned that her comments against Pat McQuaid will not do any good for women’s cycling.
The Australian cyclist was tremendous during the opening stage of Jayco Bay Cycling Classic. She won the event after a close victory over Melissa Hoskins of GreenEdge-AIS.
A well deserved second place for Melissa but she was just one second short of securing the first stage win for GreenEdge as a World Tour team.
Rochelle Gilmore of BikeExchange Dream Team finished third, whereas Tiffany Cromwell and Jessie Maclean of GreenEdge-AIS secured the fourth and fifth spots.
Chloe is currently leading the stage 1 overall classifications with a total number of 12 points to her credit.
Mellissa Hoskins is at second with 10, while Rochelle Gilmore currently holds the third spot with 8 points to her credit.
It is believed that her apology will settle the matters between the two authorities and UCI should take necessary measures to ensure that maximum attention is given to all forms of the sport.
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