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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'A couple of good bits of luck away from an amazing year' – Luke Plapp wards off travails of 2024 to find inspiration ahead
By Simone Giuliani published
Interview An Australian build toward goal of winning in Europe and fighting for an overall top ten at a Grand Tour
'Full of the joy of cycling' - How Victor Campenaerts sealed his career in 2024
By Simone Giuliani published
Interview 'Saturated' with personal success after Tour de France stage win, team goals now rule for Belgian rider as he shifts to Visma-Lease a Bike
Grace Brown, Saya Sakakibara awarded Australian cyclists of the year
By Simone Giuliani published
News The Olympic gold medallists in the time trial and BMX racing share Sir Hubert Opperman Trophy as Ben O'Connor wins men's road cyclist of the year
Two charges relating to death of Melissa Hoskins dropped as Rohan Dennis pleads guilty to new lesser charge
By Simone Giuliani published
News ABC News says rider committed for sentencing at District Court after pleading guilty to charge of aggravated count of creating likelihood of harm
‘I can’t lose that aggressivity’ - Ben O’Connor changes teams but keeps his racing style
By Simone Giuliani published
'He throws it out there, rides aggressively and looks for opportunities where a lot of other GC guys don't which is a great talent to have and an exciting way to race' says Jayco-AlUla's Matt White
Tour Down Under return for Australian champions Ruby Roseman-Gannon and Luke Plapp
By Simone Giuliani published
News Three time GC winner Amanda Spratt and three-time stage winner Sam Welsford also among Australian riders embracing chance to race in front of home crowds
'No one asks a fisherman when he's going to retire' - Mark O'Brien signs up for Melbourne to Warrnambool defence
By Simone Giuliani published
News 2024 winner of 269km event may be re-focussed on work and family but lure of racing with number 1 on back means there'll be no last minute entry in 2025
‘I’d take the Champs-Élysées’ - Arnaud De Lie prefers to win last stage of 2025 Tour de France rather than the first in Lille
By Simone Giuliani published
Interview Chance to wear first yellow jersey of 2025 a lure for Belgian sprinter but it can’t trump lustre of Paris finale
Tour of Bright - Solo and a sprint settle stage 3 on ‘greatest mountain in the world' while Plapp, Anderson seal GC
By Simone Giuliani published
News Jack Ward seals rising star status with Men's A win in Mt Buffalo finale and local mountain biker Kathryn McInerney steals show in Women's A
Tour of Bright - A lone ranger, a crafty 19-year-old climber, Luke Plapp's TT resurgence and an unfolding GC duel
By Simone Giuliani published
News 19-year-olds Talia Appleton and Jack Ward climb their way to victory on stage 1 summit finish but Plapp and Alli Anderson clinch GC lead with stage 2 TT
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Heat, speed and a tribe of Kiwis – Five conclusions from the 2025 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
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'All in for Gate' – New Zealand champion takes a gamble that ends with second at Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
After jumping up to WorldTour at 34 with XDS Astana, Aaron Gate quickly makes his mark in Geelong -
Jayco-AlUla finally snares coveted men’s Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race trophy
After nine editions Australian team betters runner-up result from inaugural race with Swiss champion Mauro Schmid delivering a tenacious solo victory
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Heat on for men's Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race with top of 38°C forecast
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'Not just a sprinter' - No pigeon-holing Wollaston after Women’s Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race victory
New Zealand rider, who was team’s plan B, conquers Challambra climb to claim first Women’s WorldTour one-day win -
Neve Bradbury late withdrawal from Women's Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
Illness keeps Australian contender from lining up – 'it's not the time of year to be really pushing and forcing' says sports director
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Lewis Askey rebounds from crash to target Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
'Form-wise, I'm actually going really quite well at the moment so if we put me on a parcours that really suits my abilities then there's a chance to do something quite nice' -
‘I think we can play a really nice game’ – A Women's Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race debut for Niamh Fisher-Black
Lidl-Trek enters Women's WorldTour race with packed hand as they attempt to break through to top step in Geelong for first time -
Luke Plapp to have surgery on wrist, not racing Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
Jayco-AlUla rider 'suffering with ongoing wrist discomfort from an injury sustained in 2024'