
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 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

Netherlands, France, Italy - Anna van der Breggen says the biggest teams will have the advantage at Rwanda World Championships
By Kirsten Frattini published
News Van der Breggen links up with Vollering to form Dutch offense

'A crazy journey' - Paula Blasi's steep trajectory to the medals at Rwanda World Championships
By Kirsten Frattini published
News 'I came from the development team, so every step was going faster and faster, so I was just trying to absorb everything' says 22-year-old Spanish rider

'I feel ready for it' - Favourite Pauline Ferrand-Prévot recovered from Tour de France victory and ready to fight for a career 16th rainbow jersey at Rwanda Worlds
By Kirsten Frattini published
News 'I did some intensity and the numbers were quite good' says Frenchwoman in pursuit of second career road world title after winning in Ponferrada in 2014
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