
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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'Aggressive and opportunistic' – Elisa Longo Borghini ready to start turning the corner on nightmare run at Tour de France Femmes
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'The pressure is off after the Giro and we are here hunting stages, not looking at GC, so I’m pretty happy to have this mindset' says the two-time maglia rosa winner

'Happy to win a stage' – Lotte Kopecky’s Tour de France Femmes expectations firmly adjusted amid back pain doubts
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'I don't want them to sacrifice or to ride every day full gas for me and then have me saying, after six days ‘sorry, but my back is hurting' says World Champion

2025 Tour de France Femmes – Examining just how the game-changing shifts could change the shape of the race
By Simone Giuliani published
Analysis A look at the top teams and their contenders for the Tour de France Femmes

The three key stages set to decide the battle for yellow at the Tour de France Femmes 2025
By Simone Giuliani published
The fourth edition of the rebooted race has a course that should keep the tension high in the overall battle until the very end

Dual Corkscrew climb finale for women’s Tour Down Under in 2026 as men’s race tackle Willunga Hill triple on penultimate stage
By Simone Giuliani published
News Both courses deliver opportunity for shifts in overall standings right up to the very last kilometres of racing in the southern hemisphere summer

2026 Tour Down Under to run from January 17 with all 15 Women's WorldTour teams while men's prologue makes a return
By Simone Giuliani published
News Women's WorldTour race from January 17-19 and six-day men's WorldTour event starts on January 20

‘A hell of a day’ – Back to the breaks for Ben O’Connor as mountains materialise at Tour de France
By Simone Giuliani published
News “First day in the break, first day in the mountains – you’ll see me there again”

SD Worx-Protime stumbles, new talents rise and Tour de France Femmes indicators flow – Six conclusions from the 2025 Giro d'Italia Women
By Simone Giuliani, Kirsten Frattini published
Analysis Taking a closer look at some of the key talking points from eight revealing days of racing around Italy where some faltered and others took flight
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