UK cycling magazine apologises after “idiotic” sexist caption appears in most recent edition

Cycling Weekly has apologised for what it described as an “appalling lack of judgement”.

UK cycling magazine Cycling Weekly has issued an apology after a sexist caption appeared alongside a picture of a female rider in this week’s edition. Hinckley Cycle Racing Club, from Leicestershire in the UK, was the subject of a regular feature called ‘Ride With’ in this week’s issue of the magazine, in which a photo of a female club member was captioned “token attractive woman”. https://twitter.com/Chapeau_Velo/status/903333298361032704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.storyful.com%2F A member of the club pointed out the error on Twitter on Thursday, August 31, with Cycling News issuing a full apology several hours later, an apology that is included in a pinned Twitter post on the Cycling Weekly Twitter page. In a statement, Cycling Weekly editor Simon Richardson apologised for “an appalling lack of judgement” by a member of the sub-editing team and said that it is not a reflection of the culture in the Cycling Weekly office. You can see the apology in full below, followed by a number of complaints on social media once the caption had been spotted. https://twitter.com/cyclingweekly/status/903380116985786372 Pic via Twitter/Cycling Weekly via Storyful https://twitter.com/Chapeau_Velo/status/903339085149995008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.storyful.com%2F https://twitter.com/stiricide/status/903361036857856002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.storyful.com%2F https://twitter.com/Saffysoot/status/903354857142329346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.storyful.com%2F https://twitter.com/RobsWebquarters/status/903514158829903872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.storyful.com%2F