Cycling team parts ways with Olympian Inga Thompson after call to protest UCI's transgender athlete policy

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Cynisca Cycling parted ways with its director and three-time Olympian Inga Thompson on Thursday after she called on cyclists to protest against the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)'s transgender athlete policy.

Thompson called for the protest Sunday after Austin Killips, a transgender female, won the Tour of the Gila overall category against biological females.

"Inga Thompson is no longer a member of the Cynisca board of directors and will have no consulting or any other role with Cynisca," the team said in a statement, via Cycling Weekly.

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Inga Thompson, #49 of the USA, speaks to a television reporter after the Women's Road Race in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia near Barcelona on July 26, 1992 during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. (David Madison/Getty Images)

"The association with Ms. Thompson has affected Cynisca's brand and reputation."

Cynisca Cycling was formed earlier this year in hopes of developing the next cream of the crop in the sport. Thompson was invited onto the team’s board of directors due to her "impressive palmarés and a wealth of knowledge on international race strategy, tactics and training," the team said, according to Cycling Weekly.

The team accused Thompson of trying to intimidate staff members and use the team’s platform "for her political activity."

"Ms. Thompson's departure resolves a troubling conflict of interest. Cynisca is an apolitical organization, and her campaign and methods, by charter, UCI Code of Ethics, U.S. law and decency, are not and will never be Cynisca's mission," the statement read.

"To be clear, Ms. Thompson is entitled to