
Simone Giuliani
Simone is a degree-qualified journalist that has accumulated decades of wide-ranging experience while working across a variety of leading media organisations. She joined Cyclingnews as a Production Editor at the start of the 2021 season and has now moved into the role of Australia Editor. Previously she worked as a freelance writer, Australian Editor at Ella CyclingTips and as a correspondent for Reuters and Bloomberg. Cycling was initially purely a leisure pursuit for Simone, who started out as a business journalist, but in 2015 her career focus also shifted to the sport.
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UCI Gravel World Series: Caleb Bottcher and Jennifer Tave capture the top spots at Mammoth TUFF
By Simone Giuliani published
Results Tave carves out massive 25 minute gap to second placed Rachel McBride in second US-based qualifying event

'I don’t feel part of this world anymore' – Marta Cavalli to retire as injuries and comebacks leave Italian climber exhausted
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'I have been chasing a condition for a long time, that has never returned' says Italian who won Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and was runner-up at Giro d'Italia in 2022

An improvised parking lot podium for Vuelta a España with drink coolers as steps and podium pooches
By Simone Giuliani published
News Chaos around the Madrid finale may have halted the official ceremony but another plan quickly evolved

'More serious consequences than initially thought' – Further tests reveal Lotte Kopecky fractured a vertebra in crash
By Simone Giuliani published
News No breaks was original diagnosis for world champion after Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche stage 3 crash but further tests reveal different scenario

'I didn’t really know who I was outside of racing anymore' – Fem van Empel to pin on a number again at La Choralis Fourmies but cyclocross focus fuels return of three-time world champion
By Simone Giuliani published
News 23-year-old Dutch rider plans to leave the road behind so she can 'dive in and do what I love most'

'Absolutely gutted' – Jay Vine absorbs sting of missing win at shortened Vuelta a España time trial by one second
By Simone Giuliani published
News Australian looks to turn disappointment into World Championships motivation

'I have one shot left, just one' – Arkéa-B&B Hotels hoping last sponsor interest can save the French team as UCI deadlines looms
By Simone Giuliani published
News "October 1, you have to submit a bank guarantee. Then the axe will fall. If I don't have at least a firm letter of commitment, it will be over,' team boss Emmanuel Hubert tells Le Parisien

Australia's women's elite road race chances at World Championships suffer another blow as Neve Bradbury withdraws
By Simone Giuliani published
News U23 women's team, however, all of a sudden looks much stronger with late call up of Talia Appleton

'Do everything possible to secure the event' – Visma-Lease a Bike call on Vuelta a España to act and public not to interfere
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'As long as the race organisers and the UCI allow the Vuelta to continue, I assume they can also ensure it is done in complete safety'

From World Cup domination to GC ambitions – Why this multiple World Champion could be the next mountain biker to make her mark on the Tour de France Femmes
By Simone Giuliani published
Interview Austrian Mona Mitterwallner has 'potential as a world-class GC rider' says her road team Human Powered Health
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