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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Patrick Lefevere ordered to apologise or pay fine over 'disparaging comments towards women'
Soudal Quick-Step boss handed suspended fine by UCI's Ethics Commission
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Visma-Lease a Bike say they want to be the All Blacks or Chicago Bulls of cycling, but is this possible?
The Dutch super team might be winning it all, but can they create a legacy?
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I cycled up the steepest hill in England... and it was easy
Vale Street defeated me once before, but it would not happen a second time
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Do longer races actually mean better bike racing?
Milan-San Remo is shorter than 300km this year - shock! - but other races are getting longer. Is that actually a good thing?
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'That was fun, just like juniors' - Brandon McNulty on riding back into yellow at Paris-Nice with Matteo Jorgenson
American pair now sit one-two on general classification at Paris-Nice, which hasn't been won by an American in 18 years
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Mattias Skjelmose escapes to victory on stage six of Paris-Nice as Brandon McNulty reclaims yellow
Dane wins from McNulty and Matteo Jorgenson, as favourites lose time
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Tweets of the week: Helmet-gate, Strade Bianche's 'photo finish' and a wet Paris-Roubaix?
Alison Jackson has fun in Pisa, while spare a thought for poor social media managers on boring days
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'We had way more interest than we ever thought' - Inside the UK's women’s racing boom
As more British women’s teams than ever race at UCI Continental level, Adam Becket spoke to three teams at different levels to find out what’s going right
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Olav Kooij wins again at Paris-Nice in bunch sprint on stage five
Dutchman rounds Mads Pedersen in final 50 metres to take win
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Giro hits back at UCI in helmet row, as expert says manufacturers could look at 'legal options'
Giro and Specialized both respond to UCI review
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Ribble launches new team, Ribble Rebellion, to 'disrupt the global crit circuit'
The British based team has nine riders, including Matt Bostock and Joe Laverick
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Santiago Buitrago flies to victory on stage four of Paris-Nice as Luke Plapp claims yellow
Mont Brouilly could prove decisive in overall battle in the Race to the Sun
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'It was really radical': The Giant TCR escaped a UCI ban, and is still going strong
Giant’s signature bike changed the look of road bikes forever. Adam Becket looks back on what the TCR has meant for bike design
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UAE Team Emirates power to team time trial victory on stage three of Paris-Nice
Team take advantage of more clement weather to put Finn Fisher-Black into yellow jersey
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The UCI is banning time trial helmet optimisations - one day after Giro lid broke cover
The 'head sock' is out, with more helmets to be reviewed - whilst hookless rim investigation is still ongoing
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Another year, another annoying choice between Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico
The two premier stage races clashing is a continued bane for all fans of cycling, and points to a bloated sport
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Arvid de Kleijn sprints to victory on stage two of Paris-Nice, surprising favourites
Tudor Pro Cycling's Dutchman beats all the WorldTour big guns to win in Montargis
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Visma-Lease a Bike’s new Giro helmets take aero to ridiculous level
Dutch team debut new Giro aero helmet on stage one of Tirreno-Adriatico
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'I don’t know': Not even Tadej Pogačar could explain his incredible Strade Bianche attack
The Slovenian was so dominant on Saturday that everything seems hyperbolic
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Tadej Pogačar cruises to Strade Bianche victory after 81km solo attack
Slovenian wins by almost three minutes in Siena after dominant display in Tuscany
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Everything you need for Tirreno-Adriatico: Key information, route, start list and riders to watch
The Italian stage race returns, with Jonas Vingegaard set to battle it out across the hilly days
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Halfords once again issues profit warning following 'significant market deterioration' within cycling
The UK's biggest bike retailer has reduced its forecasts once more after "weakening" customer demand
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'Losing the plot in public - it's mental' - Geraint Thomas on Patrick Lefevere's criticism of Julian Alaphilippe
Ineos Grenadiers rider says he feels sorry for his peers who are criticised in public by the Soudal Quick-Step boss
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Quietly, Jonas Vingegaard is looking very, very good
The Visma-Lease a Bike rider has started 2024 in the same way as he started 2023, a year that went pretty well for him
By Adam Becket Published