Kennaugh weighs in on inequality in cycling on Twitter, later deletes profile
Sky rider Pete Kennaugh has ventured into the fray of the British Cycling sexism scandal, criticizing Emma Pooley and telling her to “get over it.” The Manxman made two posts on Twitter Thursday afternoon, which were quickly deleted. However, both had already been often and widely retweeted. He temporarily deleted his Twitter profile.
In an interview with Guardian Sport earlier this week, Pooley asked why British Cycling and Team Sky didn’t sponsor a women’s team. “Why wasn’t there a similar plan for the women? The women’s Giro d’Italia was the most important race for women but where was the funding for that? I came second twice and no one from British Cycling offered to put together a team to help me win it.”
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Kennaugh, 26, replied to her questions on Twitter saying,“Emma pooley why would sky put money into the women’s giro that absolutely no one in the uk has absolutely no idea about”, followed one minute later by “Stop being so self centered and get over it.”
Kennaugh later reactivated his Twitter profile to make a public apology for how his two deleted posts were worded, saying that he "came across like a total idiot".
— Peter kennaugh (@Petekennaugh) April 28, 2016
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