Great Britain enjoyed a successful first day of the Track Cycling World Cup in London that produced golds in the women’s and men’s team pursuit.
Laura Kenny, Katie Archibald, Neah Evans and Ellie Dickinson claimed their third consecutive World Cup title after reeling in the United States with more than 1km to go.
And the Huub Wattbike team of British riders Dan Bigham, Jonny Wale, John Archibald and Ashton Lambie overcame Belgium to take gold in the men’s event.
“The way that we went out has proved a really good formula,” said Katie Archibald. “The most important part of a team pursuit is inevitably that last kilometre and we’re yet to really test that. But, although the world championships seem a long way away, I’m excited to see what we can do there.”
There was a second medal in the men’s pursuit as a youthful Great Britain quartet of Fred Wright, Will Tidball, Ethan Vernon and Matthew Walls beat Italy to bronze, while the men’s sprint team of Joe Truman, Ryan Owens and Phil Hindes took silver after being beaten by the Netherlands in the final.
The paralympic team sprint champions Jody Cundy, Jon-Allan Butterworth and Louis Rolfe seized gold, while Cundy also clinched the C4-5 1km time trial title during the afternoon.
Neil Fachie and Matt Rotherham topped the podium in the mixed B sprint event after Kadeena Cox came first in the C4-5 time trial ahead of Dame Sarah Storey, who took silver.