Tour of Britain Women begins under cloud but with hope of stronger future
Women’s peloton returns after death of Finlay Tarling, who died during the Volta a Portugal last week The 2026 Tour of Britain Women starts in Cumbria on Wednesday under a cloud after the death of the Welsh rider Finlay Tarling in the Volta a Portugal last Friday. Tarling was in a collision with a non-race vehicle during the race’s eighth stage and, while police investigations into the exact circumstances surrounding
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Women’s peloton returns after death of Finlay Tarling, who died during the Volta a Portugal last week The 2026 Tour of Britain Women starts in Cumbria on Wednesday under a cloud after the death of the Welsh rider Finlay Tarling in the Volta a Portugal last Friday. Tarling was in a collision with a non-race vehicle during the race’s eighth stage and, while police investigations into the exact circumstances surrounding
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Tour of Britain Women begins under cloud but with hope of stronger future
Women’s peloton returns after death of Finlay Tarling, who died during the Volta a Portugal last week The 2026 Tour of Britain Women starts in Cumbria on Wednesday under a cloud after the death of the Welsh rider Finlay Tarling in the Volta a Portugal last Friday. Tarling was in a collision with a non-race vehicle during the race’s eighth stage and, while police investigations into the exact circumstances surrounding
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