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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Heat on for men's Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race with top of 38°C forecast
By Simone Giuliani published
News Possible thunderstorms in the forecast for Geelong on Sunday which delivers the start-finish of the one-day WorldTour race

'Not just a sprinter' - No pigeon-holing Wollaston after Women’s Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race victory
By Simone Giuliani published
News New Zealand rider, who was team’s plan B, conquers Challambra climb to claim first Women’s WorldTour one-day win

Neve Bradbury late withdrawal from Women's Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
By Simone Giuliani published
News Illness keeps Australian contender from lining up – 'it's not the time of year to be really pushing and forcing' says sports director

Lewis Askey rebounds from crash to target Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'Form-wise, I'm actually going really quite well at the moment so if we put me on a parcours that really suits my abilities then there's a chance to do something quite nice'

‘I think we can play a really nice game’ – A Women's Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race debut for Niamh Fisher-Black
By Simone Giuliani published
News Lidl-Trek enters Women's WorldTour race with packed hand as they attempt to break through to top step in Geelong for first time

Luke Plapp to have surgery on wrist, not racing Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
By Simone Giuliani published
News Jayco-AlUla rider 'suffering with ongoing wrist discomfort from an injury sustained in 2024'

‘It was Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe versus the world’ – Sam Welsford’s sprinting hot streak curtailed at the Surf Coast Classic
By Simone Giuliani published
News Team looks for revenge at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race with defending champion Laurence Pithie and Finn Fisher-Black

Tobias Lund Andresen wins charged edition of men's Surf Coast Classic
By Simone Giuliani published
Results Sam Welsford second as Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe draws big target in split and attack filled Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race lead-in
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