{"id":2096507,"date":"2026-08-16T10:55:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T07:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2096507"},"modified":"2026-08-16T10:55:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T07:55:22","slug":"if-youre-heading-out-on-your-bike-in-the-next-few-days-give-him-a-thought-as-you-clip-in-finlay-tarlings-parents-issue-public-message-following-sons-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2096507","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;If you&#8217;re heading out on your bike in the next few days give him a thought as you clip in&#8217; \u2013 Finlay Tarling&#8217;s parents issue public message following son&#8217;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Z4wtsrchhdoHpfBL7K9Pef-2000-80.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><article class=\"page-content-onecol flex-1\nnews-article article\n\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-area-group widget-area-group-2col flex flex-wrap box-border\">\n<div id=\"widgetArea16\" class=\"widget-area basis-full md:basis-2\/3 widget-area-g-md-vp-2-3 widget-area-g-lg-vp-2-3 widget-area-g-xl-vp-2-3 page-widget-area-16\">\n<div data-widget-type=\"hero\" id=\"hero\" class=\"clear-both widget widget-hero widget-hero widget-hero-hero widget-hero widget-hero-fter-news\">\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<header data-component-name=\"Article:Hero\">\n<nav class=\"breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\">\n<ol>\n<li>\nPro Cycling\n<\/li>\n<li>\nTeams &amp; Riders\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<h1>&#8216;If you&#8217;re heading out on your bike in the next few days give him a thought as you clip in&#8217; \u2013 Finlay Tarling&#8217;s parents issue public message following son&#8217;s death<\/h1>\n<div class=\"byline-social\">\n<div class=\"vds-byline-block flex flex-row flex-nowrap my-1.5 gap-2 text-left items-start justify-start\" data-component-name=\"Article:BylineBlock\">\n<p>News<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-auto vds-simple-byline\"><span class=\"inline-block vds-author\"><br \/>\nBy<br \/>\nPatrick Fletcher <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex gap-1 vds-byline-with-avatar__meta\"><span class=\"vds-date block font-normal tracking-normal normal-case text-xs\"><br \/>\nPublished<br \/>\n<time data-component-name=\"UI:DateTime\" datetime=\"2026-08-16T10:55:22Z\" class=\"relative-date\"><br \/>\n16 August 2026<br \/>\n<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Michael and Dawn Tarling grateful for the support they&#8217;ve received and &#8216;couldn&#8217;t be prouder&#8217; of the life their son lived<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"text-gray-700 flex items-center mx-0 my-5 p-0 justify-start text-left\" id=\"affiliate-disclaimer\" data-component-name=\"AffiliateDisclaimer\" data-hawk-message=\"Affiliate disclaimer removed because hawk deemed there are no affiliate links on this page\">\n<p class=\"text-[color:var(--affiliate-disclaimer--text-color,inherit)] mb-2 text-[length:var(--affiliate-disclaimer--font-size,0.75rem)] leading-[18px] md:text-[13px] [&amp;&gt;a]:text-inherit [&amp;&gt;a]:underline\">\nWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. 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On Saturday, while the NSN Development Team pulled out of the Volta a Portugal, the NSN WorldTour squad raced on at the Czech Tour and the Arctic Race of Norway &#8220;with the full support of Fin&#8217;s parents&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday morning, Michael Tarling \u2013 Finlay&#8217;s father \u2013 posted a public message to Instagram in collaboration with Finlay&#8217;s mother, Dawn, accompanied by a photo of them both with their son.<\/p>\n<p>The message is reproduced in full below.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;This has been the hardest couple of days of our lives and it&#8217;s taken us a bit of time to be able to post this.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;One of the things that has helped carry us through is the wave of posts, messages, emails, articles, and calls from across our family, friends, team, local and sporting communities. Hearing how lovingly and fondly Fin was thought of has been a huge help to us. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We simply can&#8217;t thank you all enough for the support we&#8217;ve had. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know how we carry on from here but we&#8217;ll figure out with the support of all our family, friends, and community. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Whilst 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. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Whilst he was only 19 his short life was packed full of wonderful experiences and achievements and we couldn&#8217;t be prouder of him. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;If you&#8217;re heading out on your bike in the next few days give him a thought as you clip in.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"slice-container-authorBio-TypF3QdXchEeyMCvSdDKgn\" class=\"slice-container slice-author-bio authorBio-TypF3QdXchEeyMCvSdDKgn slice-container-authorBio\">\n<div class=\"author author__default-layout author--separator author--collapsible\" data-hydrate=\"true\">\n<div class=\"author__header\">\n<div class=\"author__avatar-block\">\n<figure class=\"image-wrapped__wrapper\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"false\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapped__widthsetter\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapped__aspect-padding\">\n<div><source class=\"author__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/2QoJgeVtEMbCKNujw2pLoH-140-80.jpg.webp 140w\" sizes=\"99vw\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/2QoJgeVtEMbCKNujw2pLoH.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/2QoJgeVtEMbCKNujw2pLoH.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/2QoJgeVtEMbCKNujw2pLoH.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author__heading\">\n<div class=\"author__name\">Patrick Fletcher<\/div>\n<div class=\"author__role\">Deputy Editor<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author__bio-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"author__biography\">\n<p>Patrick is an NCTJ-accredited journalist with a bachelor\u2019s degree in modern languages (French and Spanish) and a decade\u2019s experience in digital sports media, largely within the world of cycling. 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On Saturday, while the NSN Development Team pulled out of the Volta a Portugal, the NSN WorldTour squad raced on at the Czech Tour and the Arctic Race of Norway &#8220;with the full support of Fin&#8217;s parents&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday morning, Michael Tarling \u2013 Finlay&#8217;s father \u2013 posted a public message to Instagram in collaboration with Finlay&#8217;s mother, Dawn, accompanied by a photo of them both with their son.<\/p>\n<p>The message is reproduced in full below.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;This has been the hardest couple of days of our lives and it&#8217;s taken us a bit of time to be able to post this.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;One of the things that has helped carry us through is the wave of posts, messages, emails, articles, and calls from across our family, friends, team, local and sporting communities. Hearing how lovingly and fondly Fin was thought of has been a huge help to us. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We simply can&#8217;t thank you all enough for the support we&#8217;ve had. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know how we carry on from here but we&#8217;ll figure out with the support of all our family, friends, and community. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Whilst 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. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Whilst he was only 19 his short life was packed full of wonderful experiences and achievements and we couldn&#8217;t be prouder of him. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;If you&#8217;re heading out on your bike in the next few days give him a thought as you clip in.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"slice-container-authorBio-TypF3QdXchEeyMCvSdDKgn\" class=\"slice-container slice-author-bio authorBio-TypF3QdXchEeyMCvSdDKgn slice-container-authorBio\">\n<div class=\"author author__default-layout author--separator author--collapsible\" data-hydrate=\"true\">\n<div class=\"author__header\">\n<div class=\"author__avatar-block\">\n<figure class=\"image-wrapped__wrapper\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"false\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapped__widthsetter\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapped__aspect-padding\">\n<div><source class=\"author__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/2QoJgeVtEMbCKNujw2pLoH-140-80.jpg.webp 140w\" sizes=\"99vw\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/2QoJgeVtEMbCKNujw2pLoH.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/2QoJgeVtEMbCKNujw2pLoH.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/2QoJgeVtEMbCKNujw2pLoH.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author__heading\">\n<div class=\"author__name\">Patrick Fletcher<\/div>\n<div class=\"author__role\">Deputy Editor<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author__bio-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"author__biography\">\n<p>Patrick is an NCTJ-accredited journalist with a bachelor\u2019s degree in modern languages (French and Spanish) and a decade\u2019s experience in digital sports media, largely within the world of cycling. 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On Saturday, while the NSN Development Team pulled out of the Volta a Portugal, the NSN WorldTour squad raced on at the Czech Tour and the Arctic Race of Norway &#8220;with the full support of Fin&#8217;s parents&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday morning, Michael Tarling \u2013 Finlay&#8217;s father \u2013 posted a public message to Instagram in collaboration with Finlay&#8217;s mother, Dawn, accompanied by a photo of them both with their son.<\/p>\n<p>The message is reproduced in full below.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;This has been the hardest couple of days of our lives and it&#8217;s taken us a bit of time to be able to post this.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;One of the things that has helped carry us through is the wave of posts, messages, emails, articles, and calls from across our family, friends, team, local and sporting communities. Hearing how lovingly and fondly Fin was thought of has been a huge help to us. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We simply can&#8217;t thank you all enough for the support we&#8217;ve had. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know how we carry on from here but we&#8217;ll figure out with the support of all our family, friends, and community. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Whilst 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. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Whilst he was only 19 his short life was packed full of wonderful experiences and achievements and we couldn&#8217;t be prouder of him. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;If you&#8217;re heading out on your bike in the next few days give him a thought as you clip in.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/if-youre-heading-out-on-your-bike-in-the-next-few-days-give-him-a-thought-as-you-clip-in-finlay-tarlings-parents-issue-public-message-following-sons-death\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Z4wtsrchhdoHpfBL7K9Pef-2000-80.jpg&#8221;] Pro Cycling Teams &amp; Riders &#8216;If you&#8217;re heading out on your bike in the next few days give him a thought as you clip in&#8217; \u2013 Finlay Tarling&#8217;s parents issue public message following son&#8217;s death News By Patrick Fletcher Published 16 August 2026 Michael and Dawn Tarling grateful for the support they&#8217;ve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,68],"class_list":["post-2096507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-cyclingnews-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2096507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2096507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2096507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2096507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}