
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 – Adam Toupalik and Hanna Nilsson win Gravel Adventure Poland
By Simone Giuliani published
Results Runner-up spots for Petr Vakoč and British champion Annabel Fisher

'I was waiting for a long time for this' – Ondřej Cink claims MTB World Cup XCO win in muddy Leogang as Puck Pieterse doubles up
By Simone Giuliani published
News Samara Maxwell rebounds to take second in women's race as Mathias Flückiger claims men's runner-up spot in duel with privateer Fabio Püntener

Swiss Grand Départ announced for Tour de France Femmes in 2026
By Simone Giuliani published
News Lausanne loop to start off event on August 1 next year with race heading back to France from Geneva on stage 3

Has a more complete Lorena Wiebes got what it takes to tame Tour of Britain GC? 'I cautiously dare to dream'
By Simone Giuliani published
News ‘There are tough stages, but no really tough mountain stage' says Wiebes who till take leadership mantle

'Good day until blood came out' - The Unbound Gravel mishaps and misadventures that took their toll in 2025
By Simone Giuliani, Jackie Tyson published
News A catalogue of the crashes, broken wheels, barbed wire encounters and wrong turns that ended races and curtailed results

UCI Gravel World Series – Marianne Vos delivers solo victory in rainbow jersey at 3RIDES as Niels Vandeputte sprints to men's win
By Simone Giuliani published
Results Jonas Koch and Larissa Hartog take second at German round of series

From surprise Unbound 200 win in 2024 to a crash, wrong turn and fourth place in 2025 – ‘That’s racing' says Rosa Klöser
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'I will, for sure, come back next year and try to better that result,' defending champion says about Kansas campaign

Unbound Gravel 200: Karolina Migoń takes emphatic solo victory in Emporia to continue winning streak
By Jackie Tyson, Simone Giuliani published
Results Back-to-back Traka 360 victor adds Unbound crown with more than 8 minute gap to PAS Racing teammate Cecily Decker
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