Simon Richardson
Editor of Cycling Weekly magazine, Simon has been working at the title since 2001. He fell in love with cycling when. channel surfing in 1989 and happening across the greatest Tour de France ever ridden. He's been a Greg LeMond fan ever since. He started racing in 1995 when moving to university in North Wales gave him more time to train and some amazing roads to train in. He raced domestically for several years, riding everything from Surrey leagues to time trials, track and even a few Premier Calendars. In 2000 he spent one season racing in Belgium with the Kingsnorth International Wheelers.
Since working for Cycling Weekly he has written product reviews, fitness features, pro interviews, race coverage and news. He has covered the Tour de France more times than he can remember along with two Olympic Games and many other international and UK domestic races. He can still be seen at his club's evening races through the summer but he still hasn't completed the CW5000 challenge!
SIMON IS CURRENTLY RIDING
Road bike: Pinarello K8S with Shimano Dura Ace
TT bike: Specialized Venge road bike with FFWD wheels
Gravel bike: N/A
Training bike: Rourke custom hand made with Reynolds 853 steel
Latest articles by Simon Richardson
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Punctures and potholes - Peter White's April blog
Peter logs his biggest weekly mileage and Halfords lend a hand
By Simon Richardson Published
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Wahoo Tickr heart rate strap review
We put this Bluetooth ready heart rate monitor to the test
By Simon Richardson Published
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Brompton Electric bike: first ride of the speedy folding machine
Britain’s best loved, best selling bike just went Electric. There will be many of you reading this that have never ridden an e-bike before (and perhaps not a Brompton), so let me tell you this from the start – you’re missing out...
By Simon Richardson Published
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British Cycling to continue rolling out Stop Event signage
Initial trials of scheme has prove successful.
By Simon Richardson Published
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Gold for Great Britain in men's team sprint at Rio Olympics
Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner beat New Zealand to take gold in the men's team sprint at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
By Simon Richardson Published
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Julia Shaw breaks in to world's top twenty in Copenhagen
Road World Championships 2011: British champion Shaw happy with her GB debut
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Dave Brailsford receives knighthood from the Queen
British riders at the Palace to receive their honours after year of success
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Chris Hoy takes Britain's first gold but Australians march on
track champs day two Sir Chris Hoy wins keirin to take his tenth world title
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Tour de France podcast: Greipel surprises the press pack
Tour de France podcast following stage six to Reims, the centre of the Champagne industry (although there was no free bubbly for the press pack)
By Simon Richardson Published
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Boardman Air 9.8 review
Test of Boardman Air 9.8 Aero road bike.
By Simon Richardson Published
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CW5000 March challenges - sunrise and sunset images
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Cavendish hot favourite for Tour's first sprint showdown
Stage 2 preview Bunch finish anticipated in Brignoles
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Mark Cavendish reveals his new kit for 2013
Omega Pharma put out pictures of their star sprinter on January 1st
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Mountains of the 2011 Tour de France
Tour de france 2011: Six mountain stages make it a race of two halves
By Simon Richardson Published
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Alexandre Vinokourov wants the 2009 world title
Kazakh rider says he'll be back this summer
By Simon Richardson Published
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Omnium bronze for Hayter at track world championships
Ethan Hayter put in a solid omnium performance but slipped off the top spot in the final points race as New Zealand's Campbell Steward took a late lap and with it the gold medal.
By Simon Richardson Published
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UCI to make Astana announcement next week
The future of Astana's licence still hangs in the balance with the ISSUL findings to be made public next week and the UCI awaiting details from the Padua investigation
By Simon Richardson Published
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Junior racer Elynor Bäckstedt survives gruelling edition of Tour de Yorkshire
The 17-year-old finished in 35th place overall in a gruelling edition of the stage race
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Mark Stewart takes points race bronze at track worlds
Another medal for Great Britain on day three as Mark Stewart grabs a bronze in a brutal points race. Australia's four strong squad gets their first gold through Cameron Meyer.
By Simon Richardson Published
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Manchester ready to unveil new BMX arena
Velodrome gets a little sister while British Cycling get some windows
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Sir Chris Hoy - 80 medals and counting
Team GB's linchpin set to add to his international medal tally
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Contador rules himself out of Vuelta after Tour crash
Spaniard tweets to say his wound is not healing and there are complications
By Simon Richardson Published
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Spoke Bulletproofs cycling trousers review
If you only ride a few miles to work and back you might not want to get dressed head-to-toe in Lycra every time. Normal clothes with a few cycling specific design nods fill that gap
By Simon Richardson Published
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World titles expected of British track team in Cali
British track team race at the UCI track cycling world championships in Cali, Colombia this week. Shane Sutton is keen to manage the expectation on this very young team.
By Simon Richardson Published