Adam Becket
Adam is Cycling Weekly’s news editor – his greatest love is road racing but as long as he is cycling on tarmac, he's happy. Before joining Cycling Weekly he spent two years writing for Procycling, where he interviewed riders and wrote about racing, speaking to people as varied as Demi Vollering to Philippe Gilbert. Before cycling took over his professional life, he covered ecclesiastical matters at the world’s largest Anglican newspaper and politics at Business Insider. Don't ask how that is related to cycling.
Latest articles by Adam Becket
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Pro cycling's most beautiful race? The best photos from the Arctic Race of Norway
It doesn't get much prettier than bike racing at the top of the world
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Inside the alternative race scene: meet the riders finding a competitive outlet without the fanfare
Fastest-known times are growing in popularity, so we take a look at what’s going on in the speedy off-road scene in the UK
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Under-23 Paris-Roubaix winner Tijl De Decker dies after training crash
Lotto-Dstny Development rider was put into an induced coma following the incident on Wednesday
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Remco, Roglič or Vingegaard? Five general classification contenders for the Vuelta a España 2023
Will it be a Jumbo-Visma hat trick? Or can Soudal Quick-Step, Ineos Grenadiers or UAE Team Emirates do anything about it?
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'I’ve got the rest of my life to chill and drink cocktails' - Geraint Thomas going all-in at the Vuelta a España
Ineos Grenadiers leader ready for Spanish Grand Tour, three months after finishing second at Giro d'Italia
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Vuelta a España 2023 start list: All teams confirmed for Spanish Grand Tour
Last year's winner Remco Evenepoel goes up against three-time winner Primož Roglič and Jonas Vingegaard
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'It's not meant to be illegal, that's just how it is': Alleycat racer speaks about the culture behind fixed city racing
The underground bike races have attracted attention this past week, so we spoke to someone who takes part
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Introducing Cycling Rebellion, Extinction Rebellion's two-wheeled cousin
The nascent group aims to push for more cycling infrastructure across the UK - starting in Bournemouth
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Female cyclist dragged from bike and robbed in Warwickshire
Police are appealing for any information on the robbery
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Belgian cyclo-cross star Toon Aerts banned for two years for anti-doping violation
Former World Cup winner can return to racing from February 2024
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Tweets of the week: Primož Roglič has déjà vu, beer at the Volta a Portugal, and Marlen Reusser is relieved
The big wheel of cycling social media content keeps on turning, and we're just here watching it whirl
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Tweets of the week: Cow (coo?) fever hits the World Championships
Mathieu van der Poel and Michael Matthews also caught tasting Scottish tipples
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'I feel like I'm in a never-ending downward spiral': Marlen Reusser says burnout behind Worlds time trial abandon
Swiss rouleur says "it wasn't a mechanical problem, it was just me"
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Chloé Dygert storms to women's time trial victory at World Championships
American takes second World Championships title of her career, finishes six seconds ahead of Australia's Grace Brown
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Vollering, Kopecky, or another? Five contenders for the women's World Championships road race
It's hard to look past a dominant SD Worx rider, but will the Dutch have it all their own way?
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Tao Geoghegan Hart moves to Lidl-Trek from Ineos Grenadiers for 2024
Londoner signs three year deal with new team, and says he has "plenty of growth" still to come
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'The culture war is making it more dangerous': Four in five cyclists report aggression from drivers
Bristol survey shows that driver aggression is putting off people from cycling
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Paralympic legend Jody Cundy swaps track for tango as he signs up for Strictly Come Dancing
The five-time Paralympic gold medallist will be treading a different kind of boards later this year
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The flying Dutchman: The making of Mathieu van der Poel
The flying Dutchman might be related to cycling royalty, but, as Adam Becket discovers, he has forged his own path to the top of cycling
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Mathieu van der Poel's protest poo - and four other famous toilet stops in cycling history
The new men's world champion apparently stopped off in a Scottish house to take a break on Sunday, but he was not the first to feel an urgency mid-race
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Tweets of the week: World champion cows, an Irn Bru bike, and Mathieu van der Poel's missing BOA dial
We return with a bumper edition, which should you keep going for a few days at least...
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Second professional tier for women's cycling a year earlier a 'good step forward'
Three-tier system of WorldTeams, ProTeams and Continental Teams to mirror men's equivalents from 2025
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'It's for an important cause, even if it is very childish': Phallic Strava art drawn for testicular cancer awareness
Jake Colling set out on 69km ride around Manchester for fun, but then to raise awareness over cancer
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Alpecin-Deceuninck's Robert Stannard provisionally suspended over alleged 2018 anti-doping violation
Stannard says he has never intentionally used a prohibited substance
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