
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

The three key stages set to decide the battle for yellow at the Tour de France Femmes 2025
By Simone Giuliani published
The fourth edition of the rebooted race has a course that should keep the tension high in the overall battle until the very end

Dual Corkscrew climb finale for women’s Tour Down Under in 2026 as men’s race tackle Willunga Hill triple on penultimate stage
By Simone Giuliani published
News Both courses deliver opportunity for shifts in overall standings right up to the very last kilometres of racing in the southern hemisphere summer

2026 Tour Down Under to run from January 17 with all 15 Women's WorldTour teams while men's prologue makes a return
By Simone Giuliani published
News Women's WorldTour race from January 17-19 and six-day men's WorldTour event starts on January 20

‘A hell of a day’ – Back to the breaks for Ben O’Connor as mountains materialise at Tour de France
By Simone Giuliani published
News “First day in the break, first day in the mountains – you’ll see me there again”

SD Worx-Protime stumbles, new talents rise and Tour de France Femmes indicators flow – Six conclusions from the 2025 Giro d'Italia Women
By Simone Giuliani, Kirsten Frattini published
Analysis Taking a closer look at some of the key talking points from eight revealing days of racing around Italy where some faltered and others took flight

'Beyond my wildest dreams' – Sarah Gigante’s rocky road to dual stage wins and overall podium spot at Giro d’Italia Women
By Simone Giuliani last updated
Feature Update with stage 7 victory and GC third for Australian which carves out perfect comeback from iliac artery endofibrosis surgery

'I'm a fighter' – Two crashes and a puncture not enough to stop Samara Maxwell riding to MTB World Cup victory at Pal Arinsal
By Simone Giuliani published
News Rider from New Zealand climbs back to XCO top step after fighting back to front and then launching a last lap attack

Giro d’Italia Women 2025 – The make-or-break stages in the race for the maglia rosa
By Simone Giuliani published
Analysis The days with the biggest potential to shape the podium in the 919.2km, eight-stage Italian Grand Tour
The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!
Latest on Cyclingnews
-
UCI Gravel World Series: Romain Bardet and Axelle Dubau-Prévôt claim emphatic victories at 66 Degrés Sud-Pyrénées Catalanes Gravel Tour
Nicole Frain and Hugo Drechou take runner-up spots at French qualifier -
UCI Gravel World Series: Caleb Bottcher and Jennifer Tave capture the top spots at Mammoth TUFF
Tave carves out massive 25 minute gap to second placed Rachel McBride in second US-based qualifying event -
'I don’t feel part of this world anymore' – Marta Cavalli to retire as injuries and comebacks leave Italian climber exhausted
'I have been chasing a condition for a long time, that has never returned' says Italian who won Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and was runner-up at Giro d'Italia in 2022
-
An improvised parking lot podium for Vuelta a España with drink coolers as steps and podium pooches
Chaos around the Madrid finale may have halted the official ceremony but another plan quickly evolved -
2025 gravel national champions index
A guide to who is wearing the jersey of a gravel national champion and when the title battles take place -
'More serious consequences than initially thought' – Further tests reveal Lotte Kopecky fractured a vertebra in crash
No breaks was original diagnosis for world champion after Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche stage 3 crash but further tests reveal different scenario
-
'I didn’t really know who I was outside of racing anymore' – Fem van Empel to pin on a number again at La Choralis Fourmies but cyclocross focus fuels return of three-time world champion
23-year-old Dutch rider plans to leave the road behind so she can 'dive in and do what I love most' -
'Absolutely gutted' – Jay Vine absorbs sting of missing win at shortened Vuelta a España time trial by one second
Australian looks to turn disappointment into World Championships motivation -
'I have one shot left, just one' – Arkéa-B&B Hotels hoping last sponsor interest can save the French team as UCI deadlines looms
"October 1, you have to submit a bank guarantee. Then the axe will fall. If I don't have at least a firm letter of commitment, it will be over,' team boss Emmanuel Hubert tells Le Parisien