
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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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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SUNDERLAND LEAVES CERVELO TEST TEAMScott Sunderland quits Sastre’s new team before first pedal is turned
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Wendy Houvenaghel retires as injury prevents Glasgow rideThree time track world champion Wendy Houvenaghel announces retirement - Injury keeps her out of Commonwealth Games that was due to be her final ride - Houvenaghel retires with world titles and an Olympic silver medal
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Sir Chris Hoy looking good as British cyclists look to end with a flourishLondon 2012: Olympic track cycling set for big finale with Hoy, Trott and Pendleton
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Capecchi takes Giro stage win as contenders take day offGiro d'Italia 2011, stage 18: Liquigas steal a stage win as Downing grabs eighth spot
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8 things we like about the new Lee Valley VeloparkThe Lee Valley Velopark opens to the public this weekend, bringing all four Olympic cycling disciplines together in one place.
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CAVENDISH ON T-MOBILE'S TOUR SHORTLISTMark Cavendish told to train for the Tour
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Going high tech - Peter White's CW5000 March blog1,100 miles in and getting fitter all the time
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Armstrong attacks USADA for opening formal action against himAmerican goes on the offensive as he faces loss of all seven Tour titles
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How the CW5000 inspired riders through 2020The challenge that kept you riding through a pandemic
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UCI to set up Truth and Reconciliation frameworkUCI to work with WADA to develop Truth and Reconciliation process to allow commission to continue
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Houvenaghel, Trott and Storey take women's team pursuit in CaliTrack world cup British trio take the team pursuit while Germans set a world record in team sprint
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Track worlds day one: steady start for team GBTwo silvers and two bronze with the promise of more to come
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