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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![Jack Ward (BridgeLane) takes his second summit victory in as many days on Mt Buffalo on stage 3 of the Tour of Bright](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5ht2QJobpRAfmJJQcPAWWQ-320-80.jpg)
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
![Women's A 2024 Tour of Bright stage 1](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ztir3KJkvZc78Binw7Qvo4-320-80.jpg)
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
![Biniam Girmay (Intermarché Wanty) starting the 2024 season at the Tour Down Under](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/M7w5PGWvM3MAqi7pYcqyMi-320-80.jpg)
‘I know my potential’ - Biniam Girmay surveys the repaved road ahead
By Simone Giuliani published
Three Tour de France stage wins and a green jersey may be a hard act to follow in 2025 but the grounded Eritrean looks set to embrace the confidence, not bow to the pressure
![Picture by Ed Sykes/SWpix.com - 21/09/2024 - 2024 UCI Road and Para-cycling Road World Championships, Zurich, Switzerland - Training - Primož RogliÄ (Slovenia)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zbs3X9ng54waC3zrjwjNsd-320-80.jpg)
'Going with these steps of the younger generation' – The challenges that keep Primož Roglič chasing
By Simone Giuliani published
Interview Motivations that drive four-time Vuelta winner who says ‘earth will turn the same’ without Tour de France win on palmares
![PARIS FRANCE AUGUST 09 Sprint winner Matthew Richardson of Team Australia celebrates after the Mens Sprint Semifinals Race 2 on day fourteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at SaintQuentinenYvelines Velodrome on August 09 2024 in Paris France Photo by Jared C TiltonGetty Images](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dfoVEwEEggc5UYmDaq8o3k-320-80.jpg)
Two-year ban deemed 'legally unenforceable' in AusCycling review of Matthew Richardson Great Britain shift
By Simone Giuliani published
News Investigation concludes track rider who swapped nationalities after Olympics 'acted in a way which conflicted with the values of AusCycling’
![2024 winners of Unbound Gravel 200 were both from outside the USA for the first time, Australian Lachlan Morton and German Rosa Klöser](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/r7NE4x37LWD8MdbCPwSJoM-320-80.jpg)
Faster, richer, louder - How 2024 has changed gravel and off-road racing
By Jackie Tyson, Simone Giuliani published
Analysis Gravel discipline carving a path with more convenience, diverse courses and rewards that riders can take to the bank
![Cadel Evans and Grace Brown out on the course of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/P5LNLjEV7KtNHY3xJ3GDaD-320-80.jpg)
Retiring but not riding away – Grace Brown keeps cycling centre stage while settling back to life in Australia
By Simone Giuliani published
News Changing habits but connection with cycling remains entrenched as rider adds Cadel Evans Race ambassador role to Cyclists Alliance presidency
![SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 09: Chris Froome of The United Kingdom and Criterium Legends Team poses for a portrait during the media day prior to the 3rd Tour de France Prudential Singapore 2024 on November 09, 2024 in Singapore. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ba9bLKVTta4Zet98WsAurW-320-80.jpg)
'One final push on the road' - Chris Froome on retirement, sliding doors and chasing another Grand Tour
By Simone Giuliani published
Speaking to Cyclingnews at the Tour de France criterium in Saitama, Froome speaks about his form, his final years in the sport and his unbroken bond with the Tour de France
![Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) at the pre-race media conference for the 2024 Tour de France Prudential Singapore Criterium](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nSZHK8ewM8h7TQurh9xvJj-320-80.jpg)
'I don't want to risk it all for this one stage' - Jasper Philipsen cautiously dreams of a yellow-tinged opening to the 2025 Tour de France
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'There's a lot of opportunities for us in the first 10 days of the Tour of France' Alpecin Deceuninck rider tells Cyclingnews
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