British Cycling, the country's preeminent governing body for competitive cycling, has brought the hammer down — and man is it a fine thing to see:

New rules for competitive events, due to be implemented this year, will see racing split into "open" and "female" categories, with transgender women, transgender men, non-binary individuals and those whose sex was assigned male at birth eligible to compete in the open category.

The female category will remain for those whose sex was assigned female at birth and for transgender men who are yet to begin hormone therapy.

"Transgender men," of course, is a way of saying "women who are erroneously convinced they are men." So, basically, the two categories are "women" and "everyone else."

If a woman wants to enter a cycling race with a bunch of men, more power to her. She will not come in first place. She's not even likely to come into 101st place. But that's fine.

The unfair bit comes when men are allowed to race against women. Then you're getting a balance of unfair athletic superiority. It's inherently unjust.

But that's not going to stop the men in dresses from complaining about it.

British Cycling suspended its previous policy last April after transgender woman [AKA man in lipstick] Emily Bridges sought to race at the national omnium championships as a female rider.

Bridges described the move as a "violent act," adding: "I agree there needs to be a nuanced policy discussion and continue to conduct research, but this hasn't happened."

It seems British Cycling finally recognizes that biology is a thing and that capitulating to men who call everything "violent" is cowardly.

Good for them.