
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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Tim 'Bacon' Searle becomes latest rider to be first past the 5,000 miles barrierThe leader of Zwift's mileage leaderboard reached 5,000 miles on February 24
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Your CW5000 June challengesCelebrating Cycling Weekly's 130 year anniversary with the biggest challenge of the year
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Come and ride our CW5000 monthly Zwift eventsJoin 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 coverThere 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-BrennanBy Simon Richardson Last updated
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Cycling Weekly - magazine subscription
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Punctures and potholes - Peter White's April blogPeter logs his biggest weekly mileage and Halfords lend a hand
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Chris Walker: British LegendBy Simon Richardson Published
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Wahoo Tickr heart rate strap reviewWe put this Bluetooth ready heart rate monitor to the test
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Geraint Thomas: ‘They can have my power meter, it won't change the race'Thomas says a proposed ban of power meters at the Tour de France will only continue to hold cycling back
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Brompton Electric bike: first ride of the speedy folding machineBritain’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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How Team Sky’s Tour de France leadership strategy may backfireComment: Geraint Thomas may have become the first Briton to win on Alpe d’Huez with a stunning sprint to the line, but by not taking more time out of Tom Dumoulin has he exposed a crack in Sky’s tactics ?
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Britain’s team pursuiters back on top of the podium in ApeldoornEd Clancy collected his fifth team pursuit World Champs title as he lead a young and disparate group to a gold medal with a world class time of 3-53.
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British sprinters back on podium to usher in a new eraThe British men won their first team sprint medal in seven years at the track worlds in Apeldoorn, boasting a strength in depth that bodes well for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and beyond.
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From horror crashes to kids stealing bidons, this are the top 14 cycling fan failsAmateur photographers, people in fancy dress and dogs all add to the free, side-of-the-road festival atmosphere of a pro bike race. But sometimes it goes a little bit wrong
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Julich lays out how Team Sky have prepared for Giro's team time trialGiro d'Italia 2011: What it takes to prepare for a team time trial
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CW5000: CW Staff progress - James BraceyBy Simon Richardson Published
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Hoy says a Wiggins Tour win would be greatest ever British sporting achievementSir Chris admits to being inspired by watching Wiggins in the Tour de France
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FIRST RIDE: ROURKE 953Is 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 PREPARATIONSNew BMX track in Manchester for GB's golden girl
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GORDON MCCAULEY SELECTED FOR NEW ZEALAND WORLDS SQUADBritish based rider impresses NZ selectors with TT performances
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CW5000 April challengesPay a visit to your favourite café and get a long ride in
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Anna van der Breggen - The grand finaleBy Simon Richardson Published
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Best rides from the CW5000 - The Forest of WondersSteve Rowe's New Forest rides reveals it's not all flat
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