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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Manuel Cardoso takes win ahead of ValverdeTour Down Under stage 3: Portuguese champ wins in Stirling after tough day in the saddle
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MARK CAVENDISH CONTINUES TO FIGHT ILLNESST-Mobile rider couldn't hold on in GP Pino Cerami
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Final silver for Trott as Great Britain fails to secure a single goldThe British cycling team returned from the track cycling world championships with their worst medal haul since 2001. - French fans celebrate their new home with more gold in sprint and Madison
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CW5000 January challenges - your progressDiscovering new roads and lots of long rides on turbos
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Team Sky in training for today's team time trialVideo: British pro team subjected to road rage attack while out training
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Bradley Wiggins wins 2014 time trial world titleBradley Wiggins wins the time trial world title in Ponferrada, Spain, beating defending champion Tony Martin by 26 seconds
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Froome claims Tour leadership after Wiggins announces Giro Tour aimTour de France Leadership at Team Sky in doubt as both Chris Froome and Sir Bradley Wiggins signal their intentions
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CUMMINGS OUT WITH BROKEN ELBOWDiscovery rider to take time out after TT crash
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FIRST MEDALS FOR GB AT EUROPEAN TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPSBritain's junior riders rack up the medals in Germany
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TEAM BOSSES TO DISCUSS FUTURE OF PROTOUR
Team's resume ProTour discussions in California
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Peter Kennaugh to lead Team Sky in Giro's opening stageGiro d'Italia 2011: Young Brit will use his track pedigree to get the team time trial under way
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Tom Boonen set to ride both Het Nieuwsblad and KuurneBelgian’s favourite son will be at opening classics
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Stapleton looks forward to challenge of new teamsCan Teams Sky and The Shack make a dent in Columbia's winning ways?
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Team Sky miss out on stage fourTour Down Under: Bad luck for the British team's lead out train in chaotic last few kilometres
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British Team pursuiters tune-up in MajorcaManchester World Cup 2011: British coaches face selection dilemma four weeks out from World Cup
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Marcel Kittel talks us through his best yearMarcel 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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British sprinters off the pace on day oneThe team sprint competition is a perennial problem for the British camp, and they're no closer to solving it 18 months out from the 2016 Rio Olympics as both the men's and women's team qualify in eighth place.
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Cavendish wins in La Grand-Motte as Armstrong distances Contador in crosswindsSecond straight-win for Cavendish but tactical intrigue is already in full-swing at Astana
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LONDON READY TO DELIVER BIKE HIRE SCHEMEParisian style ‘Velib’ coming to London
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Robbie McEwen: Rider ProfileRobbie McEwen: Career profile, biog, cycling results, photos and more
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UCI defends its stance on tilted saddlesTour de France 2011: Teams were gaining an advantage says UCI's Technical Coordinator
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Jason Kenny dumped out of sprint competition in first roundJason Kenny is out of the men's sprint competition at the earliest opportunity.
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Valverde gets better of Wiggins and Sky in Ruta del SolMovistar's leader Valverde takes the win at the Ruta del Sol as Team Sky place four riders in the top ten - Wiggins sixth fastest on the same time as Geraint Thomas - Richie Porte in eighth place
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Surrey Police go after inconsiderate cyclistsLeaflets handed out to cyclists near Box Hill due to anti social riding in the Surrey Hills
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