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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NEW Cycling Weekly heritage cycling kit
To continue our celebrations of 130 years of cycling we've teamed up with Milltag to launch our heritage cycling kit
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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
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Marcel Kittel talks us through his best year
Marcel Kittel has been pondering the question for a week. “How do you define your best year? Do you take victories as the most important factor?” It was what Chris Marshall Bell assumed when he first made contact for this interview
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CW5000 January challenges - your progress
Discovering new roads and lots of long rides on turbos
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CW5000 jerseys - No longer available
Order yours before February 15
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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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Download your Cycling Weekly 2021 mileage chart
Never mind apps - the only way to log your miles is on a piece of paper stuck to your fridge door. Cyclists have been doing it for over one hundred years.
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Best routes from the CW5000 riders - Lanarkshire calling
We follow Dan Grime's 77.7m route north east out of Glasgow
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How the CW5000 inspired riders through 2020
The challenge that kept you riding through a pandemic
