
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 – 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
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