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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Who can keep undefeated champion Annika Langvad from record sixth win? - Contenders for 2025 Cape Epic
By Jackie Tyson, Simone Giuliani published
Analysis 2022 winner Sofia Gomez Villafañe teams with Langvad for record assault on eight-day MTB race while defending men's champion Matt Beers joins forces with Keegan Swenson

Jonas Vingegaard will not start stage 6 of Paris-Nice after Thursday's early stage crash
By Simone Giuliani published
News Visma-Lease a Bike rider was second overall after stage 5, having handed race lead to teammate Jorgenson after hurting hand in crash

Melisa Rollins nursing injury rather than starting 2025 US season at Mid South Gravel
By Simone Giuliani published
News Australian trip ends with a broken wrist after the 2024 Leadville winner crashed at Otway Odyssey mountain bike race

‘Pretty unfortunate but we are not done with this Paris-Nice’ – Ben O’Connor slips down GC after brutal conditions hit
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'Yesterday was a great day for us, today not so good' says Jayco-AlUla DS Hayman after O'Connor tumbles to 20th overall on stage 4

Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2025 contenders – Vollering and Van der Breggen return to challenge sprinters
By Simone Giuliani published
Analysis Elisa Balsamo faces serious climbing force in title defence at Italian race where sprinters and attackers battle to carve out race-winning scenario

Jayco-AlUla without 'huge engine' Luke Durbridge but still secure second in Paris-Nice team time trial
By Simone Giuliani published
News Despite Durbridge being out with a broken collarbone Ben O’Connor gets advantage on most of his GC rivals in stage 3

Paris-Nice stage 2 crashes leave Luke Durbridge, Florian Sénéchal, Gorka Sorarrain with fractured collarbones
By Simone Giuliani published
News Sénéchal falls in large crash at 45km to go, Durbridge and Sorarrain hit deck in intermediate sprint with 20km left

‘Kicked about in a different way’ – Kasia Niewiadoma endures another form of Strade Bianche heartbreak after crash
By Simone Giuliani published
News Tour de France Femmes champion taken to hospital after race-ending second crash but escapes without any broken bones
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