PRO DIARIES [INTRODUCING]
KÉVIN RÉZA
B&B HOTELS P/B KTM
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ast season was a strange, difficult one for everybody in the peloton. For B&B Hotels rider Kévin Réza perhaps it was the most intense of all. Like everybody in the peloton, Kévin had to deal with the challenges of the covid-19 pandemic. Unlike them, he was also elevated into a figurehead of the Black Lives Matter movement in cycling.
Kévin was initially ambivalent about his unofficial role as go-to spokesperson for the movement towards equality in cycling -it’s something he feels strongly about, having been the victim of racism in the past, yet he’d been reluctant to make a big deal of it. But he’s embraced what he sees as his responsibilities.
“We’re making small changes, but important ones,” he tells Procycling. “At the Tour we made a small gesture, but that was important because it’s the biggest race. We’re making a little noise, and it’s a start for something that I hope will evolve.”