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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Luke Plapp to have surgery on wrist, not racing Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
By Simone Giuliani published
News Jayco-AlUla rider 'suffering with ongoing wrist discomfort from an injury sustained in 2024'

‘It was Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe versus the world’ – Sam Welsford’s sprinting hot streak curtailed at the Surf Coast Classic
By Simone Giuliani published
News Team looks for revenge at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race with defending champion Laurence Pithie and Finn Fisher-Black

Tobias Lund Andresen wins charged edition of men's Surf Coast Classic
By Simone Giuliani published
Results Sam Welsford second as Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe draws big target in split and attack filled Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race lead-in

‘Raising the bar’ in Australia – A first Surf Coast Classic for the women and a category bump in 2026
By Simone Giuliani published
News Race director Scott Sunderland discusses the evolution of midweek races before the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

'Every day I’m seeing gains' - Chloé Dygert’s Australian build continues with second at Surf Coast Classic
By Simone Giuliani published
News Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto rider maintains strong form from Tour Down Under in solid start to 2025 season

Ally Wollaston claims first Women's Surf Coast Classic in Torquay
By Simone Giuliani published
Results The rider from New Zealand clinches the win in new 1.1 women's race ahead of Chloe Dygert and Georgia Baker

Five conclusions from the 2025 Tour Down Under
By Laura Weislo, Simone Giuliani published
Analysis All the key takeaways from the 2025 women's and men's Tour Down Under

From training race to charged WorldTour battles, the 25-year evolution of the Tour Down Under
By Simone Giuliani published
Feature Celebrating one era and carving out the next at Australia’s men's and women's WorldTour opener
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