Chloe Dygert publicly apologized for her actions on social media and expressed her commitment to diversity and equality in a statement that appears to have been prompted by her new team, Canyon-SRAM.

"Cycling should be for everyone, regardless of skin color, gender, sexuality, or background, and like Canyon-SRAM Racing, I am committed to promoting diversity, inclusion, and equality in cycling and our broader community I am committed to," Daigert wrote in an Instagram post over the weekend.

"I apologize to anyone who has been offended or hurt by my actions on social media. I promise to continue to learn and grow as an athlete and as a person."

Neither Daigert nor Canyon-SRAM, which announced the signing of this former time trial world champion this week, made specific mention of the allegedly inappropriate social media conduct. However, the incident began in the summer when the 23-year-old "liked" on Twitter, which appears to have been a post on Twitter. 7]

A screenshot posted by one Twitter user shows that Dygert "liked" a post stating that "white privilege does not exist" and American football player Colin Kaepernick, who kneeled during the American national anthem to protest racial inequality and later settled a collusion lawsuit with the NFL, "realized he could cheat the black community out of millions of dollars by growing an afro and playing the role of the victim ." and suggested that he was a "victim."

Some postings suggested that he was a "victim" and that he was a "victim of the law.

Dygert "liked" another tweet that appears to have been pushed, referring to former U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to allow gender-segregated homeless shelters to reject transgender people, stating: "Just as children who self-identify as mermaids are not actually fish, so men who self-identify as women are not actually women."

This post was "liked" by Daigert. It is no longer liked.

On Saturday evening, after Daigert issued his statement, Canyon-SRAM issued its own statement.

"Canyon-SRAM Racing and all its members stand for many values, including treating everyone with respect and dignity, regardless of gender, color, sexual preference or background.

"Our team exists to inspire people, especially women, to discover the beauty of cycling, from riding for fun to racing to win and everything in between.

"We are committed to regular training and support to ensure that all members fully understand and live up to our team values. This applies to all players and applies equally to Chloe Daigail. He has willingly committed himself to our team values in an official statement"

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One of the sport's greatest talents, Daigert will leave the Twenty20 team, one of the leading teams in women's cycling, in 2021 to switch to the European circuit and compete in the Women's World Tour.

She is still recovering from a quadriceps laceration suffered in a horrific crash in Italy in September that ended her hopes of defending her time trial world title. She has set her sights on returning to the time trial before her biggest goal this year, the Tokyo Olympics in the summer, with the spring classics as her target.

Trek-Segafredo was suspended by fellow American Quinn Simmons for using an emoji with black skin color. Trek Segafredo called Simmons' post "divisive, inflammatory, and harmful" and has now lifted the suspension.