launched on GoFundMe<\/a> by Finlay Tarling\u2019s agent, Jamie Barlow, over the weekend. It has already raised more than \u00a340,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cThis fund can hopefully serve as part of a legacy project providing an opportunity to help future generations of young Welsh riders discover the freedom and confidence that a bike can give a child,\u201d the GoFundMe page reads.<\/p>\n
The fundraiser says: \u201cFinlay was an exceptionally talented cyclist with a bright future ahead of him, as well as a beloved son, brother, grandson, loyal friend and teammate, and an outstanding young man in every respect.<\/p>\n
\u201cFin\u2019s happy place was on his bike \u2013 whether on the track, at a local club 10, on the West Wales home roads, or racing internationally.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis smile was known far and wide and always lifted those around him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tarling\u2019s death prompted his NSN Development Team to withdraw from the Volta a Portugal on Saturday. The NSN Pro Cycling WorldTour team continued to race at the Czech Tour and the Arctic Race of Norway.<\/p>\n
The team said: \u201cWe will continue to hold Fin in our hearts as we race in his honor, doing what he loved most.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to thank everyone in the cycling community and beyond for the incredible support at this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n
The riders\u2019 union, the Cyclistes Professionnels Associ\u00e9s (CPA), expressed its fury\u00a0over Tarling\u2019s death.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are speechless and filled with anger after the news of Finlay Tarling\u2019s death at the Tour of Portugal,\u201d the union wrote on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not right that a young athlete\u2019s life should end this way, and we are furious that even today it is still not possible to prevent such serious accidents.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe share in the grief of his family, friends, team, and everyone who knew Finlay. Rest in peace, young rider; we pray for you, and we will carry you in our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Finlay\u2019s parents, Michael and Dawn Tarling, shared a message of thanks for the support they have received during \u201cthe hardest couple of days of our lives\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhilst our broken hearts will never be fixed, he was not only our son and brother but our best mate. Gentle, loving with the driest sense of humour we will miss him terribly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhilst he was only 19 his short life was packed full of wonderful experiences and achievements and we couldn\u2019t be prouder of him.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re heading out on your bike in the next few days give him a thought as you clip in.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fund to help young riders has been created in honour of Finlay Tarling, after he died on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":741024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-741023","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\/741023","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=741023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}