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SPRINTING’S FRESH FACE

There’s a risk that Cycling Weekly is talking to the wrong Carlin today — at least that’s the way Jack Carlin tells it. “Harry, my little brother, he’s probably the more talented sportsman in the family, he’s just a lazy s**t,” Jack says when we ask about his childhood in sport.

If this is accurate then the thought of Harry Carlin deciding to take up cycling should worry the other national sprint squads. Because Jack has in a short time all but cemented his place in the GB team sprint trio — not an easy place to

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