Reza is the only black rider in this year’s race‘I haven’t seen a lot of solidarity in cycling,’ he addsKevin Reza, the only black rider competing in this year’s Tour de
France, has complained of a lack of support for the Black Lives Matter movement within professional cycling, particularly as this year’s race has been devoid of any endorsement of the anti-racism movement.
“I’ve been a professional for 10 years now and I haven’t seen a lot of solidarity in cycling,” Reza told cyclingnews.com when asked about his own experience of racist abuse. “That’s not a criticism – it’s just an observation. I don’t carry as much weight in world sport as
Lewis Hamilton in
Formula One or
LeBron James in the NBA,” the French rider said, but added: “I feel really free and ready to fight and move forward.”