
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 to Study sports science. Here he found he had more time to train and some amazing roads to ride on. He raced domestically for several years with his club Norwood Paragon, 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 articles, pro interviews, race coverage, features and news. He has covered the Tour de France more times than he can remember along with two Olympic Games (Beijing 2008 and London 2012) along with many other international and UK domestic races. He can still be seen at his club's evening races through the summer and riding the lanes of Surrey, Sussex and Kent, but he still hasn't completed the Big Ride challenge!
Latest articles by Simon Richardson
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Your CW5000 June challenges
Celebrating Cycling Weekly's 130 year anniversary with the biggest challenge of the year
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Come and ride our CW5000 monthly Zwift events
Join fellow CW5000 riders on the final Friday of each month for a ride around one of the Zwift worlds
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130 people who changed cycling and getting them all on the cover
There is one clear inspiration for this week’s special cover - The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album. We spoke to Sir Peter Blake, the artist who created the iconic album artwork.
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CW5000: CW staff progress - Michelle Arthurs-Brennan
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Cycling Weekly - magazine subscription
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Punctures and potholes - Peter White's April blog
Peter logs his biggest weekly mileage and Halfords lend a hand
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Chris Walker: British Legend
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Wahoo Tickr heart rate strap review
We put this Bluetooth ready heart rate monitor to the test
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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...
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Julich lays out how Team Sky have prepared for Giro's team time trial
Giro d'Italia 2011: What it takes to prepare for a team time trial
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CW5000: CW Staff progress - James Bracey
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Hoy says a Wiggins Tour win would be greatest ever British sporting achievement
Sir Chris admits to being inspired by watching Wiggins in the Tour de France
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FIRST RIDE: ROURKE 953
Is steel still real? We take a quick spin on Rourke's 953 to find out
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NEW REPLICA TRACK TO HELP READE’S PREPARATIONS
New BMX track in Manchester for GB's golden girl
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GORDON MCCAULEY SELECTED FOR NEW ZEALAND WORLDS SQUAD
British based rider impresses NZ selectors with TT performances
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CW5000 April challenges
Pay a visit to your favourite café and get a long ride in
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Anna van der Breggen - The grand finale
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Best rides from the CW5000 - The Forest of Wonders
Steve Rowe's New Forest rides reveals it's not all flat
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Geoghegan Hart's final corner crash in Brighton
Spectacular crash at the end of stage seven from Camberley to Brighton captured on a phone and put on YouTube. Crash occurs at 2:28mins
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New format for team pursuit explained
London 2012: will new team pursuit format change team tactics?
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Guide to: Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a perfect symbol of team work as four riders cover four kilometres at a controlled speed, at the limits of their physical capability.
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Hoy leads team sprinters to gold on dramatic first night
London 2012: World records tempered by disqualification for Pendleton and Varnish
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Froome out of Tirreno, Thomas to lead in France
Chris Froome has pulled out of next week's Tirreno - Adriatico stage race in Italy with a bad back. - Richie Porte will head to Italy and lead Team Sky - Geraint Thomas will take on responsibility at Paris-Nice - Paris-Nice organiser ASO not happy with 'cavalier' attitude
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BMX SET TO OUTSHINE THE OLYMPIC TORCH
New discipline to add something special
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