
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 – 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

2025 gravel national champions index
By Simone Giuliani last updated
Features A guide to who is wearing the jersey of a gravel national champion and when the title battles take place

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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