Thread by @i_heart__bikes

As the year comes to a close, here's a thread of males who have won in women's cycling in 2023. 🏆

(Because "This never happens," and "I bet you can't even give me an example," and "How many people can this possibly affect?")

Here's Tiffany (Trent) Thomas on the top step at the Randall's Island Crit.

Tiffany is 47 and has a spot on the women's pro crit team LA Sweat.

Austin Killips is a name that no one would know if he had chosen to compete in his correct sex category, but he has made a name for himself racing against women.

Killips won the GC at Tour of the Gila riding for the Amy D. Foundation women's development team.

Austin Killips also won the Belgian Waffle Ride North Carolina.

You can get a sense of his humility and some insight into his racecraft in the video in this post.

https://x.com/i_heart__bikes/status/1667989526692892672?s=20

Catherine (Nicholas) Barnwell burst onto the women's cycling scene in the northeastern US and has taken women’s wins in road and cyclocross.

Molly Cameron won the women’s prologue time trial at the Cascade Gravel Grinder. Here he is talking about it.

Kristin (Nathan) Duhr took the women’s 40+ cat 1 series win at Downhill Rockies.

Bee (Brandon) Black was very proud of taking several women's mountain bike wins this year.

Florida crit racer Zoey (Zakkary) Marks took some fixed gear crit wins this year. Here he is on the top step of the women's 3/4/5 at the Harlem Skyscraper Cycling Classic.

Tara (Todd) Seplavy is a fixture in the women's cat 3s in road and cyclocross.

He won the women's cat 3/4/5 at the Emrick Blvd Crit this year.

Kylie (Kyle) Small won the @usacycling women's singlespeed cyclocross national championship title this year. He also won a few local races in Durango, coming in first overall in the Zia Taqueria 4 Corners CX series.

Jenna (Jimmy) Lingwood had an outstanding women's cycling season. He took elite women's wins in road, track and cyclocross.

Ash (Max) Fierek took the women’s e-bike win at the Cascadia Dirt Cup Finals.

Tessa (Michael) Johnson took many elite women's cyclocross wins in the Chicago area this season.

Roxy (Roger) Bombardier won the women's fat bike category at the Ice Weasels Cometh cyclocross race.

Jordan Johnson came in first in the women's 3 at the CSU Oval Crit in Colorado this season.

Eva (Matthew) Kloiber took some beginner women's wins in the ACA Tuesday Night Crit Series.

Gage Martin got first place in his very first mountain bike race, the Land Mine Classic.

Chloe Spritz (Cole Sprague) took several women's cyclocross wins this year. He's currently the @ORBicycleRacing women's state single speed champion.

Zee Mars (aka Kyo Zero Mars) came back to women's bike racing after a bit of a hiatus. He took some women's cat 3 and 4 cyclocross wins in the Washington area.

Lesley (Wesley) Mumford has found that he's really great at beginner women's cyclocross. He took 5 wins and lots of upgrade points this season.

Here's Canadian racer Riley Claire Sato on the top step at Dam Cross in Ontario.

Here’s Kenzie (Kenneth) Statz on the master’s women 40-49 podium at the Iola Bump and Jump.

Evelyn Williamson had some wins on the track this season. Here he is on the top step for the Madison at the Illinois State Track Cycling Championships with fellow male racer Tessa (Michael) Johnson.

Kiana Gysin won numerous women's races this year, including the Rad Race Fixed42 World Championship race in Berlin.

Here is Claire (Ivan) Law on the at the Northwest Track Championships.

Canadian Jordan Lothrop raced with men early in the 2023 season. He later switched to the women's category and took some wins.

Anna Sofia Zarate is always proud to take women’s road cycling wins. Zarate is a member of a men’s team but only races in the women’s category.

Sammy Rose Dobroszi won the women’s open at The Gobbler 6 hour cross country marathon mountain bike race.

Daniela Salazar won the women’s 30-39 category at Gran Fondo Volcán Osorno