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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Tour Down Under: Sam Welsford survives early crash to win stage 2 in Tanunda
By Simone Giuliani, Lyne Lamoureux published
Results Australian sprinter remains in ochre leader's jersey on eve of mountain stage

‘Maybe we'll get a contract out of that, who knows?' - 126km in Tour Down Under spotlight for Browning and Marriage
By Simone Giuliani published
News ‘We're the little sister that gets invited at the last minute and she's trying to make an impression’ says Australian national team DS Barras

Tour Down Under: Sam Welsford sprints to victory in chaotic finish on stage 1
By Simone Giuliani, Lyne Lamoureux published
Results Matthew Brennan second, Matthew Walls third in Gumeracha

Talia Appleton and Brendon Davids claim GC at ProVelo Super League's South Australian opener
By Simone Giuliani published
Results Odette Lynch takes women's stage 3 win in bunch charge, as Davids moves into men's top slot after claiming sprint from break

'Even if I muck it up we've got someone else' – Jay Vine returns to Tour Down Under with Narváez as not-so-secret weapon
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'I think it suits exactly what my style of racing is to have him on the team' says Australian 2023 winner of new teammate

Following in Richie Porte’s Tour Down Under footsteps – Is this the year Luke Plapp can claim his mentor’s crown?
By Simone Giuliani published
News ‘I think it's one of the hardest courses the Tour Down Under’s probably ever seen, which I think is right up my alley’

ProVelo Super League SA Kick It – Blake Agnoletto and Sophie Marr launch to stage 2 wins in front of Adelaide crowds
By Simone Giuliani published
News Jack Ward and Talia Appleton step into overall lead in new national race series

'I was really jittery going into the final kilometre' – Patience key as Dygert sweeps up Women's Tour Down Under final stage
By Simone Giuliani published
News A confidence-building win for Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto rider after team piled pressure on the peloton through the stage
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