Simon Gerrans Archives

L’Etape Australia (Kiama, NSW – 19-20 March): now able to accept an additional 1,000 entries

March 11, 2021

With 10 days to go before the first L’Etape Australia in Kiama, the event organisers have announced that they can now accept another 1,000 entries. If you’re ke...

Australians and the pink jersey – Hindley the 10th Aussie to lead the Giro d’Italia

October 25, 2020

With just 15.7km to go in the 2020 Giro d’Italia, there’s an Australian in the lead of general classification. Jai Hindley is the 10th rider from Australia to w...

Bike Gallery: Look 595 from 2008 – with guest test comments from Simon Gerrans

April 10, 2020

At the end of 2007, just before Simon Gerrans swapped teams – from AG2R to Crédit Agricole – we reviewed a Look 595 bike just like he was riding for the first t...

Gerrans on his move to BMC Racing in 2018

September 22, 2017

Shortly after it was announced that Simon Gerrans would joins BMC Racing for the 2018 season, RIDE spoke to the 37--year-old about the deal.It was getting...

Gerrans on Bobridge (Nationals 2016): “I didn’t think it was physically possible to do what he did”

January 11, 2016

Simon Gerrans is a two-time national road race champion. He knows how to find form in January... but first he's coming to terms with what he saw Jack Bobridge d...

Simon Gerrans: “I’ll set my sights for a little bit later in the season”

December 23, 2014

Onto the trails of Mount Buller went the reigning national champion, Simon Gerrans. It was an afternoon training session along with a few locals... and then dow...

A different January for OGE

December 23, 2014

The defending champion of both the national championship road race and the Santos Tour Down Under is recuperating from surgery. Simon Gerrans is out of action f...

Worlds gallery 09: Kwiatkowski takes the win!

September 29, 2014

A championship for the young road racers. Ponferrada, Spain: where the rain fell and a 24-year-old Polish sped ahead on the final descent and onward to victory ...

When is a crash an “act of violence”?

July 7, 2014

Minutes after the incident that would ultimately cost Mark Cavendish his spot in the peloton of the 2014 Tour his former team-mate Matt Goss tweeted: “I'm prett...

Simon Gerrans on the 100th Tour de France

June 27, 2014

With the Orica-GreenEdge line-up for the 2014 Tour de France due to be announced in the coming days we can safely assume that one of the nine will be the Austra...

Features

Cycling and tourism: Port Douglas launches a Gran Fondo (9 to 11 September 2022)

Comment on SBS: shouldn’t a public broadcaster should listen to the public?

Australian road cycling national championships: Gallery – elite women’s road race

Interviews

Interview: Luke Plapp – Australian road race champion 2022

Details of 2022 UCI road world championships revealed in Wollongong

Ride diary + product reviews: MAAP knicks, O’Keefe on GP5000 tyres + Crust gravel bike

Paraphernalia

Ride Diary / Product review: new cycling kit by Giordana, great riding apparel just got even better

Bike Build: Shimano Dura-Ace 12-speed R9200 groupset + Factor O2 bike

Wheels & tyres – 2 new videos, a long-term review: Zipp/Goodyear vs Campagnolo/Schwalbe

Tour de France

Ben O’Connor interview (part 1): “The Tour gives another level of taxation – it really hurts your mind”

Stephen Hodge interview: how the Tour de France can inspire people to ride bikes in Australia

Reflecting on the 2021 Tour de France – the race is over, long live the memories!

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