USA Cycling reportedly draws anger over transgender eligibility survey: 'You are going to get someone killed'

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USA Cycling received backlash for issuing a survey to its members for their input on the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)’s transgender participation rules amid rising outrage in the sport over transgender female cyclists winning women’s events.

The organization sent the survey in an email to its members Friday titled "USA Cycling Survey on the UCI Transgender Eligibility Regulations," Bicycling.com reported. The survey aimed to collect the views of riders who participate in UCI-sanctioned events in the U.S. and give the data back to the organization.

According to the report, USA Cycling hoped to hear from organizers, teams and athletes impacted by the rules for transgender athletes.

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The UCI World Cycling Center logo on May 14, 2022, in Aigle, Switzerland. (RvS.Media/Basile Barbey/Getty Images)

The survey asked members whether they agreed with certain statements such as "At UCI events, transgender women should be eligible to compete in the women’s category regardless of when they transitioned" and "At UCI events, transgender women should be eligible to compete in the women’s category if they transitioned before puberty." 

The survey also asked whether members believe they could speak freely about the inclusion of transgender women in UCI events. Answers are due by Friday.

Cycling has been in the national spotlight over its transgender participation rules. 

Austin Killips became the first transgender woman to win the female overall in a UCI event when she won the Tour of the Gila. The win sparked outrage among the sport, including three-time Olympian Inga Thompson, who spoke