British cyclist Finlay Tarling has died aged 19 after an accident during the eighth stage of the Volta a Portugal. <\/p>\n
Tarling, the younger brother of Netcompany-Ineos rider Josh, had raced for Great Britain on the road and track.<\/p>\n
The Welshman was competing for the NSN Development Team when the incident occurred on the 166.8km route from Melgaco to Fafe.<\/p>\n
In a statement, NSN said: “We are heartbroken to announce the passing of Finlay Tarling at the Volta a Portugal today.<\/p>\n
“Fin was a much loved member of our team but most importantly, he was a son, a brother, and a friend to so many. He will be deeply missed.<\/p>\n
“Our deepest condolences go out to Fin’s parents Michael and Dawn, his brother Josh, and everyone who was lucky enough to call Fin a friend.”<\/p>\n
In a post on X, the race organisers and the Portuguese Cycling Federation expressed their “most heartfelt condolences to the family of Finlay Tarling, to his team-mates, to the NSN Development Team, and to all his friends and loved ones”.<\/p>\n
It added that the racing was stopped and the scheduled podium ceremony would not take place as a sign of “respect and mourning”.<\/p>\n
Portuguese president Antonio Jose Seguro added that Tarling’s death had “plunged the peloton, the tournament and the host nation into mourning”.<\/p>\n
British Cycling’s performance director Stephen Park, added: “All of us at British Cycling are heartbroken to learn of the tragic passing of Finlay Tarling at the Volta a Portugal.<\/p>\n
“Fin was a talented rider with a fantastic future ahead of him, a loyal teammate and an all-round brilliant young man.<\/p>\n
“Our deepest sympathies are with his parents and brother, Josh at this tragic time.”<\/p>\n
World governing body the UCI added on X: “The UCI is deeply saddened by the tragic death of British rider Finlay Tarling, who passed away following a serious accident during today’s eighth stage of the Volta a Portugal.<\/p>\n
“The UCI extends its deepest condolences to Finlay’s family, friends, and team-mates.”<\/p>\n
The Volta a Portugal got under way in Lisbon on 5 August and is raced over 10 stages, concluding in Porto on 16 August.<\/p>\n
Tarling looked to be following in the footsteps of his older brother Josh as a time trial specialist. <\/p>\n
He finished in third in the under-23 men’s individual time trial at the British Championships in June and competed in the Tour of Britain just under 12 months ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British cyclist Finlay Tarling has died aged 19 after an accident during the eighth stage of the Volta…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":738048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-738047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/738048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}