British Cycling will prevent riders trans women from racing in elite female events in a new transgender and non-binary participation ban.
The governing body's new rules for competitive events, which will be implemented later this year, will see racing split into "open" and "female" categories.
Trans women, trans men, non-binary individuals and those whose sex was assigned male at birth eligible to compete in the open category. The female category will remain for those whose sex was assigned female at birth, and transgender men who are yet to begin hormone therapy.The current men's category will be consolidated into the open category, in which those whose sex was assigned as female at birth can also compete if they so wish.
British Cycling suspended its previous policy last April amid controversy after transgender woman Emily Bridges sought to race at the national omnium championships as a female rider. The governing body's new chief executive Jon Dutton, who has been in post for one month, said he was "sorry" for the anxiety and upset caused during the 13 months since.
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