
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.
Latest articles by Simone Giuliani

Change of plans for Pauline Ferrand-Prévot with the French rider to race Road World Championships after all
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'Forward to a new great experience! And in any case, I can already be awarded the title of World Champion of Change of Plans' jokes Ferrand-Prévot

'Gnarly conditions', a long breakaway and searing sprints – Rosa Klöser and Matt Beers victorious at Lauf Gravel Worlds in Nebraska
By Simone Giuliani published
Results Sticky mud splits race with $100,000 prize purse, leaving Klöser and Geerike Schreurs in 200km break as Beers beats Keegan Swenson in sprint

UCI Gravel World Series: Haley Preen and Alex Miller win Khomas100, claim African gravel titles
By Simone Giuliani published
Results Marc Pritzen and Anri Greeff take second behind the solo victors in first running of Namibian event as a UCI World Championships qualifier

UCI Gravel World Series: Romain Bardet and Erica Magnaldi sweep up solo victories after attacking on the climbs of Monsterrando Gravel
By Simone Giuliani published
Results Nicole Frain and Petr Vakoč come second from among packed field of core Italian qualifier

Denmark cuts Rwanda World Championship team even more, skipping elite time trials
By Simone Giuliani last updated
News Location distance and closeness of European Championships shape decision to add TT absence to that of junior and U23 riders

Oceania road champion handover will have to wait until 2026 with search for location and date coming up short
By Simone Giuliani published
News Cancellation for 2025 confirmed with 2024 title holders getting another season in jersey

'It’s a bit of a question how the form is' – Mathieu van der Poel to find the answer at Renewi Tour
By Simone Giuliani published
News Alpecin-Deceuninck rider continues rebuild after pneumonia forced him out of Tour de France

Brady Gilmore continues winning roll with back-to-back victories at Volta a Portugal
By Simone Giuliani published
News Australian Israel Premier Tech Academy rider takes his eighth win for the season on stage 6

'The current system is not set up to protect female health' – Cyclists Alliance renews calls for mandatory REDS screening
By Simone Giuliani last updated
News Update: UCI says it is continuing its discussions with medical experts and "an official announcement will be made in due course"

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot celebrates Tour de France Femmes victory and reveals final goals for 2025
By Simone Giuliani published
News Road World Championships in Rwanda not on the plan but European Championships in France became the last goal of the season

Fire leads to neutralisation and deviation for part of stage 4 of Volta a Portugal
By Simone Giuliani published
News After restart Bryan Munton goes on charge to win summit finish stage while defending champion Artem Nych shifts into race lead

What's next for the Tour de France Femmes – does it really need three weeks of racing?
By Simone Giuliani published
'We can’t start from nothing and arrive at the same level' says race winner Pauline Ferrand-Prévot

This Tour de France Femmes was exactly what women's cycling needed – Analysis
By Simone Giuliani published
Suspense, field depth and local heroes alongside broader global interest not only made a compelling edition, but paint a rosy picture of what's in store for the future

Breakthrough riders, history makers, and a home winner – Tour de France Femmes 2025 conclusions
By Simone Giuliani, Dani Ostanek published
Cyclingnews breaks down all the big talking points from a thrilling edition of the women's Tour

'The biggest priority is to be healthy' - Demi Vollering, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot respond to questions about rider weight at the Tour de France Femmes
By Kirsten Frattini published
News 'Just believe that if you have the power and that you train hard, that you can make it' former Tour winner on balancing health, training and racing

'It makes me hungry for next year' – Sarah Gigante falls away from podium at Tour de France Femmes but takes heart from progress
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'It feels like a lot better week than last year, so even though it's only one place better, I think I improved a lot' says Australian after finishing sixth overall

'Back to the drawing board' for Demi Vollering after finishing second again at Tour de France Femmes
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'Never say never' as Vollering looks ahead to possible yellow-jersey target at 2026 French Grand Tour

'We went for a statement' – Niamh Fisher-Black flies off the front at Tour de France Femmes to take third on Col de la Madeleine
By Simone Giuliani published
News Lidl-Trek rider finishes third on queen stage after launching from the break, moving up to eighth overall

Teamwork, a yellow-clad sacrifice and mean messages – Sarah Gigante's rocket-fuelled path from recovery to the Tour de France Femmes podium
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'I was definitely dreaming of winning this stage … but I'm happy with second' says Australian after Col de la Madeleine runner-up spot also shifted her to second on GC

Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage 8 preview – Col de la Madeleine 'out of my comfort zone, but it's out of everyone's comfort zone'
By Simone Giuliani last updated
Preview Finishing climb set to tear the GC apart on the penultimate 112km stage featuring 3,520m in elevation gain

'My body just completely shut off' – Kim Le Court-Pienaar's yellow-saving down hill fight back at Tour de France Femmes
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'I knew I had to do the best downhill of my life' says race leader, adding that she also had to overcome being tactically blocked by two FDJ-Suez riders

'Other teams don't know what's coming' – Australia gets a reason to dream of a Tour de France Femmes winner as Sarah Gigante faces up to Col de la Madeleine
By Simone Giuliani published
News Australian says rivals have missed opportunities to derail AG Insurance-Soudal's GC position and 'hopefully they live to regret it'

'We can't sit here and say all the problems are from outside' – Cyclist Alliance's Grace Brown spearheads unity campaign at a Tour de France Femmes where debate over rider respect is bubbling
By Simone Giuliani published
Interview 'We're not afraid of saying that the riders have a part to play in making the racing more safe' said Brown while also pointing to the shared responsibility

Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage 7 preview – The Col du Granier could bring major GC moves, but on the way down, not up
By Dani Ostanek last updated
Preview 'There are strong descenders that will look to break the race apart. So it's not a climb, but it's another option to create the difference'

Gigante on the radar, Niewiadoma-Phinney gets an edge, Vollering and Ferrand-Prévot conserve – Revealing movements on first Tour de France Femmes mountain day
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'I think she's in a position to win the Tour de France now' says Visma-Lease a Bike DS Jos van Emden of rival rider Sarah Gigante
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