Finlay (Fin) Tarling (born 2 October 2006) is a Welsh track and

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who rides for . He is the younger brother of Welsh track and road cyclist Josh Tarling. In 2023 he won

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s in the

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at the Junior European Track Championships, and in the Junior Chrono des Nations. In 2024 he won a gold medal with Team Wales in the team pursuit at the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships, a

in the British national junior time trial championship, and

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s in the junior team pursuit at the 2024 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) and in each of the men's points race, the men's Madison relay race, and the team pursuit (with a new national record) at the

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Cycling career

2019–22

In June 2019, at 12 years of age, Tarling (riding for West Wales Cycle Racing Team) won the Hammer Series event in

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, in the

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, at the

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Bike Park against 80 riders, all 12 or 13 years of age. At the 2019 Welsh

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Championships at the

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Outdoor Education Centre in December, Tarling (riding for WORX Factory Racing) won the under-14 boys. In September 2020, he won the RTTC 13-year-old 25-mile time trial national championship, riding for WORX Factory Racing Powered by Silverstone. In July 2021, Tarling won the

in the British National Circuit Time Trial Championships held in

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. In 2022, Tarling joined elder brother Joshua on the Belgian FlandersColor cycling team. He won his first five races in a row, including the Welsh Cyclocross Championships at

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, Wales, where he won the U16 race to become Welsh Champion."Ffosyffin’s Finlay Tarling off to a flyer in new cycling season,"
''Cambrian News'', 2 March 2022.

2023

In July 2023, he won a silver medal in the

at the Junior European Track Championships in

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. He rode that year for Dutch team Willebrord Wil Vooruit (WWV). In October 2023 he finished runner-up in the 27.23-kilometer Junior Chrono des Nations in Les Herbiers,

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2024

With Team Wales he won a

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in the

at the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships at the

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in February 2024. In June 2024, he was runner-up in the 30-kilometer British national junior time trial championship, and won a bronze medal in the 121-kilometer British national junior time road race. He won a

in the junior team pursuit at the 2024 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) at the Lausitz Velodrome in

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, Germany, in July 2024. He set a record (46.14) in the

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& Dist CC 25-mile time trial at

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, Wales, in July 2024, against 77 competitors. He won bronze medals in each of the men's points race, the men's Madison relay race, and the team pursuit (with a new national record) at the

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, China, in August 2024. He was sick with an upset stomach for the Road World Junior Championship time trial in

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, Switzerland, in September 2024, and placed 24th overall out of 66 riders.

2025-present

He signed a two-year contract to ride for Sylvan Adams's from the 2025 season.Dylan Halliday (22 May 2024)
"Finlay Tarling signs two year deal with Israel-Premier Tech academy,"
''Cambrian News''. Academy Manager Tim Elverson said: “Time trialling is his passion; it’s also an area in which the team is really keen to improve. He’s also got an eye on Classics racing, and that’s a big area in which we can work together.” Tarling said: "I think as it’s my first year the races that I could best fit into would be the classic-type races .... I also think with TT background that I have that it could be used for shorter stage races with TTs to carry a possible GC contention."

Personal life

Tarling is from Ffos-y-ffin,

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, west

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. He is the younger brother of Olympic track and road cyclist Josh Tarling, and his father is Michael Tarling. His father is a keen cyclist who used to race at Newport Velodrome. In 2012, Tarling's parents started the West Wales Cycle Racing Team, in part to address the lack of cycling clubs in the area.Dylan Halliday (20 June 2024)
"Why is Ceredigion such a hotbed for cycling talent?,"
''Cambrian News''.

References

External links

Instagram page"Finlay Tarling,"
''Pro Cycling Stats''.
"Finlay Tarling"
''FirstCycling''.

''The-Sports.org''.
"2024 Finlay Tarling (chat in Cumbria),"
''Channel VeloUK'', 2024. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarling, Finlay 2006 births Living people British track cyclists Welsh track cyclists Welsh male cyclists British male cyclists Sportspeople from Ceredigion 21st-century British sportsmen