Celebrity Chef <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gordon Ramsay</a> urged his followers on social media to wear a helmet when they are riding bicycles as he opened up about a recent serious accident that he was involved in where he could have been killed.
&#8220;I&#8217;d like to share a very important message with you all,&#8221; Ramsay said in a video. &#8220;You know how much I love cycling and triathlons and Ironman, etc. This week, unfortunately, I had a really bad accident. And it really shook me. And, obviously, I&#8217;m lucky to be here.&#8221;
&#8220;Now from those incredible trauma surgeons, doctors, nurses in the hospital that looked after me this week, they were amazing. But honestly, you&#8217;ve got to wear a helmet,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I don&#8217;t care how short the journey is. I don&#8217;t care the fact that these helmets cost money, but they&#8217;re crucial. Even with the kids, a short journey, they&#8217;ve got to wear a helmet.&#8221;
He then lifted up the side of his shirt and showed a massive bruise that he sustained from the accident that covered the entire side of his torso.
&#8220;Now, I&#8217;m lucky to be standing here. I&#8217;m in pain,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s been a brutal week, and I&#8217;m sort of getting through it. But, I cannot tell you the importance of wearing a helmet.&#8221;
He concluded the video by once again urging: &#8220;Please, please, please, please wear a helmet. Because if I didn&#8217;t, honestly, I wouldn&#8217;t be here now.&#8221;
In the caption of the video posted on X, Ramsay said that the accident happened in Connecticut.
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An important <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FathersDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FathersDay</a> message from me…WEAR A HELMET ! This week I had a bad accident while riding my bike in CT. I&#8217;m doing ok and I’m thankful for all the doctors, nurses and staff at <a href="https://twitter.com/lmhospital?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LMHospital</a> who looked after me but most thankful for my helmet that saved my life. Be Safe <a href="https://t.co/UMjaoXGpkc">pic.twitter.com/UMjaoXGpkc</a>
— Gordon Ramsay (@GordonRamsay) <a href="https://twitter.com/GordonRamsay/status/1801996837689418164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Two biological men won the top two spots and took home the top cash prizes in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-athlete-wins-womens-world-cycling-competition-again-slams-transphobic-critics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">women&#8217;s cycling race</a> in Chicago, leaving a sole female alone on the podium in third place after the trans-identifying males raced in the competition.
It happened on October 7 at the Chicago CycloCross Cup (CCC), where Tessa Johnson, 25, took home the gold in the Women&#8217;s Single Speed and Cat Half categories followed by Evelyn Williamson, 30, who took the silver in the Single Speed contest, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/10/13/trans-cyclists-take-gold-and-silver-in-chicago-womens-races/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a> reported. The bronze went to female Allison Zmuda in the Single Speed race.
In 2020, Williamson raced in both the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s categories, where he won first place in the women&#8217;s and didn&#8217;t even place against the men, the outlet noted.
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Race organizers of <a href="https://twitter.com/usacycling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@usacycling</a> need to stop calling these “women’s events.” 
You are fooling nobody. 
These are “beta-male races” where some women get to be involved. 
In the process you are turning your “sport” into a joke.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cycling?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cycling</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UNSPORTING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UNSPORTING</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nonsense?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Nonsense</a> <a href="https://t.co/Kns60X0F6W">https://t.co/Kns60X0F6W</a>
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And the win by the biological men meant that Johnson won $150 and Williamson scored the $75 prize money. Organizers of the event made it clear on the website that they have no problem with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cycling-organization-bans-trans-identifying-men-from-womens-bike-races" target="_blank" rel="noopener">biological men racing against biological females</a>.
&#8220;If you have found your way to a CCC event to race your bike and hopefully have some fun in the process… then you’re welcome here,&#8221; the message read on the <a href="https://chicrosscup.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>.
&#8220;The CCC has always been first and foremost about fostering a positive &amp; supportive community built around competitive cyclo-cross racing, and that means welcoming and challenging everyone who wants to contribute to the series and make it better,&#8221; it added. &#8220;The CCC supports and follows USA Cycling&#8217;s Transgender Athlete Participation policies.&#8221;
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Former track and field coach Linda Blade slammed the event organizers and said to stop calling them &#8220;women&#8217;s events.&#8221;
&#8220;Race organizers of USAcycling need to stop calling these &#8216;women’s events.&#8217; You are fooling nobody,&#8221; Blade wrote. &#8220;These are &#8216;beta-male races&#8217; where some women get to be involved. In the process, you are turning your &#8216;sport&#8217; into a joke.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disgrace-megyn-kelly-slams-win-by-transgender-cyclist-in-nyc-womens-race-issues-challenge-to-college-male-athletes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;Disgrace&#8217;: Megyn Kelly Slams Win By Transgender Cyclist In NYC Women&#8217;s Race, Issues Challenge To College Male Athletes</a>

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A man who claims to be a woman crushed his competition in a North Carolina cycling event, beating the second-place finisher by a whopping five minutes.
Austin Killips, 27, won the 137-mile long Belgian Waffle Ride, leaving the two women behind him, Paige Onweller and Flavia Oliveira, far behind him.
“It was just a grueling effort,” Killips said after the race. “I am just really proud to lay it out there and get the result.”
“I asserted myself there and was able to get a gap early,” he boasted. “&#8217;We were kind of all riding together for quite a while and, you know, I have a cross background and I am going to attack these single track sections as hard as I can and did that. &#8230; One of the mid-race single-track sections I just kind of hammered and was able to stay clear.”
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📽️ Male pro women’s cyclist Austin Killips talking about his win at the Belgian Waffle Ride gravel race in North Carolina yesterday. He credits his strategy and cx background. 
🚴🏻‍♀️Ladies: You need to “lay it out there and get the result” like Killips! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveWomensSports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaveWomensSports</a> <a href="https://t.co/MzLqH4YtQ6">pic.twitter.com/MzLqH4YtQ6</a>
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In December 2022, Killips was harshly criticized online after it looked as though he pushed Hannah Arensman, 24, off the race course at the UCI Cyclocross National Championships.
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Remember the video of Austin Killips throwing himself into Hannah Arensman in an attempt to knock her over?<a href="https://t.co/vOydqydsE8">https://t.co/vOydqydsE8</a> <a href="https://t.co/5cxh9BBFGR">pic.twitter.com/5cxh9BBFGR</a>
&mdash; 🚲 (@i_heart__bikes) <a href="https://twitter.com/i_heart__bikes/status/1610747669827424260?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Arensman, who finished in <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/cyclocross-star-hannah-arensman-slams-trans-participation-womens-sports-talks-retiring-career-peak" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fourth place</a>, was angered by the incident.
“I fully expect that in cycling, as a full-body contact sport, you’re going to get hit at some point,&#8221; Arensman later <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12184553/Trans-cyclist-wins-North-Carolina-women-race-crossing-finish-line-FIVE-MINUTES-ahead-runner-up.html">said</a>. &#8220;But when you have someone born a man run into you, over six feet tall, it’s quite different. I tried to keep racing, not to let it get into my head at all. That one instance caught on video felt unnecessary, though.”
In an <a href="https://adflegal.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/BPJ-v-West-Virginia-State-Board-Ed-2023-03-13-Female-Athletes-Amicus-Brief.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">amicus brief</a> submitted in West Virginia&#8217;s Supreme Court appeal to preserve a law designed to protect women athletes from unfair competition, Arensman announced her retirement from the sport.
&#8220;I have decided to end my cycling career,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;At my last race at the recent UCI Cyclocross National Championships in the elite women’s category in December 2022, I came in 4th place, flanked on either side by male riders awarded 3rd and 5th places. My sister and family sobbed as they watched a man finish in front of me, having witnessed several physical interactions with him throughout the race.&#8221;
Arensman called on the bodies that govern women&#8217;s sports to protect female competitors.
&#8220;I feel for young girls learning to compete and who are growing up in a day when they no longer have a fair chance at being the new record holders and champions in cycling because men want to compete in our division,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/us-cyclocross-champion-reveals-she-retired-sport-emergence-transgender-athletes-womens-sports">wrote</a>. &#8220;I have felt deeply angered, disappointed, overlooked, and humiliated that the rule makers of women’s sports do not feel it is necessary to protect women’s sports to ensure fair competition for women anymore.&#8221;
After the Belgian Waffle Ride, Onweller acknowledged there was a significant difference between her and Killips.
“Most of the day I was riding with the top three women together: me, Austin and Flavia. But I just couldn’t match Austin — you know, the power is not comparable.”
“A transgender athlete won the women’s overall, which has caused some controversy,” she wrote in a <a href="https://www.paigepowered.com/post/bwr-nc-race-recap" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blog post</a>. “For those following women’s road cycling, you are aware of the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) rule that this is currently allowed. Rather than sharing my personal opinions about the UCI rule, I think it’s most important to recognize that all athletes, no matter how they identify, should have a space to compete and race.”
Then she suggested a separate race be held for men and women.
“Underneath all helmets is a face and a person who deserves respect, dignity and a safe space to ride bikes,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;In the future, I feel a separate category may be appropriate but event promoters are also learning what is best to preserve both female cycling while also creating an inclusive space for all to ride.”

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