
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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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'

Kell O’Brien hit by van while out training, broken collarbone ends spring Classics season early
By Simone Giuliani published
News Australian had expected to be on start line for Paris-Roubaix before training crash in Ghent

Haley Batten and Keegan Swenson snare solo wins at Sea Otter Gravel
By Simone Giuliani published
Results Santa Cruz rider launches on final climb to take out Life Time Grand Prix opening round while Batten capitalises on mid-race single-track to make her move

'A tough pill to swallow’ – Injured Rebecca Henderson misses first ever Mountain Bike World Series opener but sets sights on Nové Město
By Simone Giuliani published
News Fractures from Australian Championships crash delay effort to ride the upswing back to 'absolute best' but 'it's okay because I have eight more chances this year to try and find that peak'

'Such a fine won't stop us' – UCI hits Forster and Schurter with 800 CHF penalty for defying reduced podium size rules at 2025 Mountain Bike World Series opener
By Simone Giuliani published
News The fourth and fifth placed cross-country riders joined the men's elite podium in Brazil on Sunday to support broad rider objections to the decision to cut the podium from five to three

Paris-Roubaix 2025 men's contenders – Can Tadej Pogačar stop Mathieu van der Poel making it three in a row?
By Simone Giuliani published
Analysis Cyclingnews runs the ruler over a list of favourites that runs far deeper than the debuting world champion and two-time victor

Fergus Browning gets his chance with late signing to Hagens Berman Jayco
By Simone Giuliani published
News The 21-year-old Australian who claimed KOM jersey at Tour Down Under first lines up for Continental development team at Circuit des Ardennes

Chasing a winning trajectory for Unbound – Brendan Johnston opens third US gravel season with Salty Lizard win
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'I learn more and more every race' says Australian gravel champion

Geerike Schreurs and Magnus Bak Klaris sweep up Wörthersee UCI Gravel World Series round
By Simone Giuliani published
Results Lukas Pöstlberger and Jana Gigele claim race within the race for Austrian gravel title

Samara Maxwell makes history for New Zealand with cross-country win on elite debut at UCI Mountain Bike World Series
By Simone Giuliani published
News "I just kept telling myself ‘this is for a world cup win, hurt as much as you can because you won’t get it if you don’t’" says nation's first ever women's elite XCO World Cup winner
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