From 'serendipitous start' at Tour de Georgia to in-depth interviews and investigative work across 20 years, Kirsten Frattini becomes first female Editor of Cyclingnews

ROUBAIX, FRANCE - OCTOBER 02: (L-R) Marianne Vos of Netherlands and Jumbo Visma Team on second place, stage winner Elisabeth Deignan-Armitstead of United Kingdom and Team Trek - Segafredo and Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy and Team Trek - Segafredo on third place, pose with trophies on the podium during the podium ceremony after the 1st Paris-Roubaix 2021 - Women's Elite a 116,4km race from Denain to Roubaix / #ParisRoubaixFemmes / #ParisRoubaix / on October 02, 2021 in Roubaix, France. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images).

Kirsten Frattini moved into the role as Editor of Cyclingnews in December 2025, becoming the first female editor in the now 31-year history of the most prominent global news website for the sport of cycling.

Her career at Cyclingnews started in 2006 as a race correspondent, covering the fourth edition of the Tour de Georgia, a US UCI stage race in April that attracted major media around the world.