
Adam Becket
Adam is Cycling Weekly’s news editor – his greatest love is road racing but as long as he is cycling, he's happy. Before joining CW in 2021 he spent two years writing for Procycling. He's usually out and about on the roads of Bristol and its surrounds.
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 riding bikes.
Latest articles by Adam Becket
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I rode the UK’s biggest closed-road cycling sportive, and it was the best bike event I’ve ever experienced
The Etape Loch Ness offered everything you could want from a day on the bike, and I felt fast too
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What is the 'Red Bull KM' at the Giro d'Italia? Everything you need to know about the 'groundbreaking' sprint for bonus seconds
The intermediate sprints will be rebranded at the Giro, with bonus seconds for the general classification on offer
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Tadej Pogačar's hat-trick, La Redoute, and Dutch delight: Five things to look out for at Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2025
The oldest professional bike race in the world takes place this Sunday – here's how to watch, who to watch, and what to watch out for
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'I've bought four kilos of Haribo just in case' - Meet Dr Sarah Ruggins, who has gone from paralysis to aiming for the LEJOGLE record
Canadian is aiming to take the overall record for Lands End to John O' Groats to Lands End, which currently stands at five days, 18 hours
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UK government 'recognises concerns' but ignores calls for Tour de France to remain on free-to-air television
A petition which sought to change the way the Tour de France was categorised by the government in order to keep it free to watch from 2026 has been responded to
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Rapha launches the Super-League, a new British road racing points competition
16 events make up the Rapha Super-League, including crits and road races, with overall winners crowned
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How to watch La Flèche Wallonne: Everything you need to live stream the Ardennes Classic
All the broadcast information for the second of the Ardennes Classics on 23 April with Tadej Pogacar – here's how to watch La Flèche Wallonne online and on TV.
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Tadej Pogačar has shown he's fallible - and that's a good thing
The Slovenian won’t enjoy losing, but it’s better for brand Pog that he sometimes does
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British cycling legend Barry Hoban dies aged 85
Eight-time Tour de France stage winner paved way for future British success
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How to watch the Amstel Gold Race 2025: Everything you need to live stream the Dutch Classic
All the broadcast information for the first of the Ardennes Classics on 20 April with Tom Pidcock – here's how to watch Amstel Gold Race online and on TV.
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'This is a fresh start' - Belgian rider returns to professional cycling after two year anti-doping ban
Shari Bossuyt to ride for AG Insurance-Soudal from June
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'I have been ashamed for days' - Man who threw bottle at Mathieu van der Poel at Paris-Roubaix apologises
In a letter to Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws, the assailant apologised for his action on Sunday
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I went to Paris-Roubaix Femmes and was shocked at how it is still treated as secondary to the men’s race
The women’s version of the Hell of the North is five years old, but needs to be put more on equal footing with the men
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'I'll take a top 10, that's alright in the end' - Fred Wright finishes best of British at Paris-Roubaix
Bahrain-Victorious rider came back from a mechanical on the Arenberg to place ninth
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'I thought it would be dark by the time I got here' - Joey Pidcock, the last rider to finish Paris-Roubaix, on his brutal day out
Q36.5 rider finishes outside time limit, but still completes race with lap of the Roubaix Velodrome
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'It was like a stone hitting my face' - Mathieu van der Poel calls for 'legal action' after bottle incident at Paris-Roubaix
The winner was hit by a bottle in the face on Templeuve, sector 8b
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How to watch Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2025: Everything you need to live stream the Hell of the North
All the broadcast information for cycling's brutal cobblestone Classics this weekend – here's how to watch Paris-Roubaix Femmes and Paris-Roubaix from anywhere.
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'This race is absolutely disgusting': Peloton reacts to another brutal Paris-Roubaix Femmes
Now in its fifth edition, Paris-Roubaix Femmes is still a tough race, even for the best bike riders in the world
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'I wasn't thinking about winning, I just wanted to make SD Worx work' - Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, the accidental Paris-Roubaix Femmes champion
Visma-Lease a Bike's star Frenchwoman was never supposed to ride Roubaix, but her presence paid off for her and her Dutch team
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I ran Paris-Roubaix’s Arenberg sector and now I never want to cycle it
The five-star stretch of the Hell of the North was not an ideal surface for a 4.5km run, but it made for an interesting time
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'I hope it rains... there's little room for error' - British cycling legend on the prospect of a wet Paris-Roubaix
Sean Yates says that inclement weather won't stop the favourites from winning Roubaix, but that it'll add a bit more excitement
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Tadej Pogačar's historic debut, Lotte Kopecky at the double and a new Arenberg diversion: Everything you need to know about Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Roubaix Femmes
The Hell of the North happens this weekend - here's how to watch, who to watch, and what to watch out for
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'We need to keep the biggest race in the sport free' - Petition calling for Tour de France to remain on free-to-air television reaches 10,000 signatures
As things stand, the Tour will be not be free to watch in 2026, but a petition is seeking to change the way it is categorised by the UK government
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Will it be a wet Paris-Roubaix?
The weather forecast looks at the very least overcast for the men's race on Sunday, with gusts set for both Saturday and Sunday too
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