
Kirsten Frattini
Kirsten Frattini is the Deputy Editor of Cyclingnews. She oversees the global racing content plan, budget, commissions and data analysis, collaborating with heads of news, features and tech, and with our teams in Europe, North America, and Australia to ensure quality, engaging content and audience growth across the brand.
Kirsten has a background in Kinesiology and Health Science. She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's biggest races, reporting on the WorldTour, Spring Classics, Tours de France, World Championships and Olympic Games.
She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006 before moving into a Production Editor's role in 2014, writing, producing and publishing international racing content. In 2018, Kirsten became Women's Editor – overseeing the content strategy, race coverage and growth of women's professional cycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023.
Kirsten enjoys learning about the figures in our sport, diving into an in-depth interview, and writing about people and stories that affect our emotions and change our perspectives. She investigates, researches and reports on some of cycling's major issues and explores topics bigger than our sport that delve into worldwide impacts.
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'I was fighting with myself' - Tadej Pogačar says Mont Kigali attack was part of the plan, doing 66km alone was not at Rwanda Worlds
By Kirsten Frattini published
News 'Of course, you doubt yourself a bit, but you have to push through and hope for the best'

'Chapeau, they were the bravest' - Elisa Longo Borghini congratulates winning breakaway, takes time to reflect on poor performance at Rwanda Worlds
By Kirsten Frattini published
News 'We should give credit to the ones who were in the front and who were the bravest because they made a move, and they believed, and they succeeded' says disappointed Italian champion

'I took the risk' - Magdeleine Vallieres makes history with stunning breakaway to claim Canada's first elite road race rainbow jersey at Rwanda Worlds
By Kirsten Frattini published
News 'It was my dream to win it, and it's true now! It's crazy!' says Canadian in Kigali

'It was a big mess' - Pauline Ferrand-Prévot says tactical game went wrong among major favourites at Rwanda Worlds
By Kirsten Frattini published
News 'They were thinking that I was as good as I was at the Tour de France, and I was not' yellow-jersey winner says it was hard to make a strong attack in Kigali

'She could win the Tour de France one day' - Tsige Kahsay Kiros animates junior women's road race in hunt for rainbow jersey at Rwanda Worlds
By Kirsten Frattini published
News Ethiopian talent discovered by mechanic and developed through the World Cycling Centre cracks the top 10 in Kigali

'It's unreal' - Lorenzo Finn takes first rainbow jersey for Italy at Rwanda Worlds
By Kirsten Frattini published
News 'I was more confident in my potential to win' says youngest winner in the men's U23 road race

'It would be nice if it gave more opportunities to the African riders' - Biniam Girmay says challenging course design made him doubt racing historic Rwanda Worlds
By Kirsten Frattini published
News Girmay opines that the difficulty of the road race course makes it harder for African riders to have a chance

'Teams wanted to blackmail the UCI' – David Lappartient aims to roll out new GPS tracking system at all races, despite concerns from teams
By Kirsten Frattini published
News 'We will not commercialise rider data' says UCI President at Rwanda Worlds, open to working with alternative provider
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