Earlier today, Peter Kennaugh posted a tweet asking why Team Sky would support a team in the Women’s Giro d’Italia as it is a race that “absolutely no one in the UK has absolutely no idea about.”

The Team Sky rider came in for a considerable level of criticism for the tweet, prompting him to delete the tweet and close his Twitter account for a time. He has since gone back on Twitter to offer an apology for any offence he may have caused.

Kennaugh has since posted the following tweet: “I’ve re-read the tweet i deleted and realise i came across like a total idiot im sorry to anyone i may have offended in how they were worded”

Peter Kennaugh Apology

His earlier tweet followed on from an article in The Guardian where former Olympic Silver medallist, Emma Pooley, questioned why there was a lack of support from British Cycling and Team Sky to help support a team in the Women’s Giro d’Italia.

“Why didn’t anyone ask how it could be that a publicly funded body like British Cycling joined together with a privately funded team – Sky – on a mission to get a British winner of the Tour de France within five years?” Pooley asked.

“Why wasn’t there a similar plan for the women? The women’s Giro d’Italia was the most important race for women but where was the funding for that? I came second twice and no one from British Cycling offered to put together a team to help me win it.”

Following on from the publication of the article featuring Pooley, Kennaugh then tweeted his opinion regarding funding for a women’s team, saying “Emma pooley why would sky put money into the women’s giro that absolutely no one in the UK has absolutely no idea about.”

Peter Kennaugh Tweet

9 COMMENTS

  1. The guy is flat out a fucking dumbass. Some professional athletes and the things they say baffles me, and it’s getting to the point where I find it strange that a) sponsors don’t coach them in social-media skills or b) sponsors even let them run their own fucking twitter accounts.

  2. I can sort of see where he is coming from but his means of expression leaves a lot to be desired. I assume that sponsors base there decisions on commercial grounds rather than sentiment and if the women’s giro does not attract the publicity that the mens does then I can fully understand the decision.

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