Chloe Dygert on horror crash at Imola World Championships and her mission to be a 'better person' after tweet shame

This week’s episode of The Cycling Show focuses on “riders on the comeback, trying to make their way, and others building on past successes.” In the former category we meet Canyon-SRAM's Chloe Dygert. Ad/> While Dygert is widely seen as a cycling superstar in the making, her activities outside of racing have attracted a significant amount of negative attention.

/> Volta a CatalunyaVolta a Catalunya highlights: Stage 2AN HOUR AGO At the end of 2020, shortly after signing for Canyon-SRAM, it came to light that she had 'liked' certain Twitter posts. One included the statement that “white privilege does not exactly exist”, while another criticised the conduct of Colin Kaepernick, the former NFL player who effectively sacrificed his career for the sake of racial justice.

Dygert issued a public apology after it came to light, saying «cycling should be for everyone regardless of colour, gender, sexuality or background.» Speaking to Eurosport over a year later, the young American maintains that she is on a journey of self-improvement. “On and off the bike I’m always trying to be a better person,” she says on The Cycling Show, which is available to watch now on discovery+.

“It takes more than just a week. More than just a month.

It’s a constant process that I’m continuing.” To that end, Dygert credits her employers at Canyon/SRAM, as well as «USA cycling, my family, my friends… everybody's helping me just be a better person.” Dygert first made waves for her physical prowess when she became the 2019 time trial world champion, in her first-ever professional race on European soil. The little-known Dygert stormed to victory over the Harrogate course, beating Dutch favourites Anna van der Breggen and Annemiek van Vleuten by well over