He's just ended up expressing his view that cyclists shouldn't be on the road as apparent concern that cyclists should have better training. His perspective is that cycling is dicing with death, and cyclists should learn to deal with that.
The controversy around his comments on cycling are incidental to his aims, and to be honest not many people give a shit, so it depends on how much he feels he needs to placate cyclists by engaging with them. I suspect not a lot.
He's just ended up expressing his view that cyclists shouldn't be on the road as apparent concern that cyclists should have better training. His perspective is that cycling is dicing with death, and cyclists should learn to deal with that.
The controversy around his comments on cycling are incidental to his aims, and to be honest not many people give a shit, so it depends on how much he feels he needs to placate cyclists by engaging with them. I suspect not a lot.