
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

SEVEN unfurls as Western Australia keeps preparation toward 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships rolling
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'We're very well down the line in our project planning' says race director Stephen Gallagher as Nannup brings solid foundation to next year's rainbow race

'Rocks and roots with zero traction' – Lachlan Morton's speedy dash through 300km Bergslagsleden route
By Simone Giuliani published
News A fastest known time 'we think' says EF Education-Easypost of 15 hour and 21 minute effort

Rohan Dennis receives 17-month suspended sentence, banned from driving for five years after car accident leading to death of Melissa Hoskins
By Simone Giuliani published
News Dennis enters into good behaviour bond of two years as part of suspended sentence, which takes into account guilty plea to one count of aggravated act likely to cause harm

Brennan Wertz and Jen Tavé win King Ridge, the final round of 2025 Grasshopper Adventure Series
By Simone Giuliani published
Results Tavé also claims women's overall series title while Taj Krieger clinches top men's spot after five events

UCI Gravel World Series – Tim Wellens and Lorena Wiebes go on attack to win Marly Gravel
By Simone Giuliani published
Results UAE Team Emirates-XRG and SD Worx-Protime riders take out wins ahead of Joris Nieuwenhuis and Quinty Ton

UCI Gravel World Series – Brendan Johnston and Talia Appleton claim the Devils Cardigan
By Simone Giuliani published
Results Duo chock up second Australian UCI rounds of season beating new national champion Tiffany Cromwell and former winner Tasman Nankervis to bag of spuds and wooly jumper trophy

Lagunas de Neila summit finish to begin carving GC – La Vuelta Femenina stage 5 preview
By Simone Giuliani last updated
Preview 'It’s going to be fighting, for sure' – Testing return to key climb for Van der Breggen as defending champion Vollering looks set to pounce

‘Enjoy retirement mate, save a spot for me’ – From Geraint Thomas to Tadej Pogačar tributes roll for Caleb Ewan
By Simone Giuliani published
News Friends and former rivals send off Australian rider who retired with more than 60 prestigious victories on his palmares

'I was out there for bloody ages' – Crossing the line on a cargo bike 30 hours after The Traka Adventure winners
By Simone Giuliani, Will Jones published
News 'On a bike like this, nobody was having these grand expectations of me' says Allan Shaw who also completed the Silk Road Mountain Race on a cargo bike

UCI Gravel World Series – Felix Stehli and Zanri Rossouw both capitalise on Uitkyk Pass attacks to win The Ceder
By Simone Giuliani published
Results Felix Ritzinger and Catherine Colyn takes runner up spots in new South African series round

'Exciting to see what he can do' – Chris Harper leads Jayco-AlUla GC hopes at Giro d’Italia
By Simone Giuliani published
News Luke Plapp, Filippo Zana, Paul Double and Davide De Pretto in line-up but De Marchi misses out on final Giro

260km with a ligament tear but Maddy Nutt still rides to seventh place at Traka 360 after crash
By Will Jones, Simone Giuliani published
News 'I could just feel something wasn't right but I didn't know exactly what it was and it wasn't painful enough to force me to stop' Brit says

'That was it, day done' – Broken wheel snaps Lachlan Morton’s Traka 360 hopes so now attention turns to Unbound XL
By Will Jones, Simone Giuliani published
News 'I'll give it a good nudge and see where it gets me' says Australian of 350 mile overnight event in Kansas

The Traka Adventure: Victor Bosoni and Svejna Betz win first running of 560km gravel challenge
By Simone Giuliani published
News At second attempt, The Traka Adventure opens competition at event that draws the cream of the gravel world from around the globe

'The luckiest unlucky person around' - Jay Vine moves toward Giro d'Italia goal through a new post-injury normal
By Simone Giuliani published
Interview Australian discusses recovery, perspective changes, Grand Tour goals and the safety 'dark ages'

'Keep the hand in the fire' – Lachlan Morton gets set to buy into the pace at The Traka 360
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'That's the way these races generally go. Whoever can hold the hand in for the longest wins,' says Morton of challenge ahead at Europe's flagship gravel event

The Traka 360 and 200 contenders – Who will be battling for the podiums at the flagship European gravel race?
By Simone Giuliani, Jackie Tyson published
Preview Peter Stetina and Karolina Migoń set to defend 360km titles while Carolin Schiff squares off against Annika Langvad and Peter Vakoč faces Matt Beers and Greg Van Avermaet in the 200 distance

UCI Gravel World Series – Devon Clarke and Benjamin Perry win Canada's Paris to Ancaster
By Simone Giuliani published
Results Yehor Volkov and Anne-Sophie Hebert clinch runner-up spots in race inspired by Paris-Roubaix

Nearly 20 years in the making – Tiffany Cromwell and Mark O’Brien scoop up first elite Australian titles at National Gravel Championships
By Simone Giuliani published
News Cromwell claims three-way battle into final corners to deliver memorable return from collarbone break, O’Brien triumphs after 30km solo

La Vuelta Femenina 2025 stage 7 preview – Dominant Demi Vollering shows no signs of wavering on Cotobello finale
By Simone Giuliani published
Preview Defending champion looks just as powerful in new team as FDJ-SUEZ embraces role of favourite and looks set to yield the rewards

Ponderosa Pines – A new gravel race to decide the 2025 Australian national champions
By Simone Giuliani published
News Tiffany Cromwell, Rebecca Henderson and defending champion Brendan Johnston among those set to vie for green and gold jersey in South Australia Saturday

Paris-Roubaix medical updates – From fractures for Ballerini and a bloodied face for Küng to lucky escapes for Theuns and Ferguson
By Simone Giuliani published
News The accumulating injury reports from a brutal weekend of racing at the Hell of the North

'That first sector, it's just bodies falling' – Oscar Chamberlain soaks up debut Paris-Roubaix while providing spark of hope for Australian resurgence
By Simone Giuliani published
News One of just three riders from nation lining up to take on the brutal cobbled test, the second-youngest rider in race is first Australian across line in 82nd place

Christopher Blevins and Samara Maxwell walk away from Brazil Mountain Bike World Series opening rounds on top of XCO leaderboards
By Simone Giuliani published
News American Specialized Factory rider closes with XCO win as New Zealand’s Maxwell comes second to Jenny Rissveds in final battle at Araxá

More comfortable and more adherence on back wheel – Pauline Ferrand-Prévot embraces adjustable tyre pressure edge at winning Paris-Roubaix debut
By Simone Giuliani published
News Visma-Lease a Bike rider says for Tour of Flanders the self-inflating technology was a 'maybe but maybe not' though 'for the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix there is no question'
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