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GRAEME OBREE REVEALS HE IS GAY

"Estimat on the proportn of UK and US people who are gay or bisexual range om about three to seven per cent, as reported a recent Cyclg Weekly vtigatn to the absence of openly LGBTQ+ rirs the profsnal timat suggt there should be between five and 12 LGBTQ+ rirs currently ridg the Tour France. "The whole peloton, the whole cyclg fay, will have to face when somebody will feels fortable enough to clare [they are LGBTQ+], " Guarnieri says of how the more homophobic elements of the sport will have to tch up quickly when the first pro rir cis to e out.

TAYLER WIL: I HOPE THE MEN'S PELOTON BE MORE ACCEPTG OF GAY RIRS

I mean people thk thgs like yeah, this job is too hard for a homosexual person. Image 1 of 4Graeme Obree on track at Palermo for World Track Champnships whout helmet (Jonny Lee Miller) (Image cred: MGM)Graeme Obree, a two-time World Champn and hour rerd holr, has admted the torment he faced as he me to terms wh his sexualy, after revealg that he is gay to a Brish an terview wh the Sttish Sun newspaper published on Monday, Obree admted that the anxiety associated wh hidg the fact that he was gay had led to two separate attempts to take his own life, 1998 and 2001.

"I was brought up by a war generatn; they grew up when gay people were put jail.

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Beg homosexual was so unthkable that you jt wouldn't be gay. "I was brought up thkg you'd be better ad than gay. I mt have known I was gay and was so unacceptable, " said the Obree's private life and his achievements on the bike have bed to make him one of cyclg's most enigmatic figur.

Tayler Wil spoke wh Cyclgnews om the Trek-Segaedo mp January shortly after 'cross racer Jt Laevens me out as growg up Utah surround by nservative Mormon culture to livg the Bay Area as an openly gay profsnal cyclist, Amerin Tayler Wil has fed her own unique path through life and sport. Cyclgnews spoke wh the Trek-Segaedo rir about her hop for gay rirs the men's peloton, cyclg the time of panmic and the shiftg Olympic Wil and her partner Olivia Dillon have been the subject of numero articl, they've been lled one of cyclg's olt upl. While Wil' reer the pro peloton tak her around the world, Dillon's role wh the clothg pany Veloc allows her to work remotely and jo Wil Europe for long stretch – much like many married upl the 's not que the same for the men's peloton: there are no openly gay WorldTour rirs and when an U23 cyclo-cross racer Jt Laevens me out, ma headl.

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