
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.
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Ben Healy says you can't say cycling is 100% clean – he's right, but should we be worried?
Suspicion and mistrust are cycling's cross to bear
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'We aim for the top with one true soul' – XDS Astana release rap song for 2026
It's not their first musical adventure, and yes this is a pro cycling team
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'It feels like the right environment for the next phase of my career' – Derek Gee-West signs for Lidl-Trek after termination of Israel-Premier Tech contract
Canadian champion signed on three-year contract
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'My focus will now be on recovery and the preparation of the road season' – Wout van Aert has successful surgery on ankle after crash
Belgian rider crashed during Exact Cross at Mol on Friday
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All the pro cycling transfers for 2026: Louis Barré moves to Visma-Lease a Bike
Keep up to date with all the latest confirmed transfers with Cycling Weekly
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Demi Vollering on top, Tadej Pogačar to win Roubaix, and bigger tyres – the Cycling Weekly predictions for 2026
These might not be the boldest bets, but they could come off
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'When you think cycling might be getting predictable, the most dramatic things can happen' – the Cycling Weekly team's races of the year
Let's just hope for just as many thrills in 2026...
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Not every bike ride has to be an epic: Cycling Weekly's team pick their best two-wheeled adventures of 2025
From South Africa to the Highlands of Scotland
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Away from the headlines – the Cycling Weekly team's alternative riders of 2025
Recognition for those riders who deserve more attention than they have received
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From the Tour de France to JOGLEJOG via a Christmas party – the Cycling Weekly team's cycling moments of 2025
We couldn't all pick stage 20 of the Giro d'Italia
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These are the Cycling Weekly team's riders of the year – and only one person chose Tadej Pogačar
There's even a mountain biker in this list, what's going on?
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'Both occasions have been magical, out-of-body experiences': from Cape Town to Flanders, via London, Cycling Weekly's team pick their favourite cycling roads
We all have favourite places to ride – here are ours
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'The proposal was not one Oscar or the team could refuse' – Oscar Onley leaves Picnic PostNL for Ineos Grenadiers
23-year-old to join British squad in 2026
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Whisper it, but are Ineos Grenadiers heading in the right direction?
With the announcement of a development squad, and potentially a new GC star, the tide appears to be changing at Britain’s only WorldTour team
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'A much clearer bridge to the next step beyond the junior ranks' – Ineos Grenadiers partner up with British junior team
Newly-merged camsmajaco to have support from WorldTour performance structure
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'Riders' health is at risk' – anti-doping group calls on UCI to take action on 'medicalisation' of cycling
'Finishing bottles', ketones and Tapendatol all the subject of the group's criticism
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'Merry Christmas' – Tadej Pogačar smashes his own Strava KOM on Coll de Rates
World champion takes 24 seconds off record he set last year
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How to watch Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert battle for first time this cyclo-cross season – TV & streaming info for Cyclocross World Cup Antwerp
All the details on TV coverage, live streams, and more for the Antwerp round of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup
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'The motivation and the enjoyment I have had are missing' – Cyclo-cross world champion puts career on pause, leaves Visma-Lease a Bike
Fem van Empel says that this is the "best choice" for her
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'They’re young, keen and it’s brilliant to have them integrated with the WorldTour team' – Ineos Grenadiers launch development squad
12 riders signed up for under-23 team, called the Ineos Grenadiers Racing Academy
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Vuelta a España 2026 route: seven summit finishes, two time trials, and a whole lot of southern Spain
The 81st edition of the race will visit the Pyrenees and the Sierra Nevada, after starting in Monaco
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Portuguese rider banned for four years over biological passport anomalies
António Carvalho Ferreira accepted the consequences, UCI says
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The new Ineos Grenadiers kit will certainly stand out, but I'm not sure it will be in the way it's intended
Fashion is subjective until white shorts encounter mud
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Tadej Pogačar has never been nominated for BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year – why not?
The Slovenian is arguably the greatest sportsperson in the world right now, but has been snubbed
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