Kay and Nelson get silver in first women's Madison

BySportsbeat

Published 23/10/2016 at 16:51 GMT

Great Britain finished off their European Track Championships in Paris with silver in the first-ever women's Madison for Emily Kay and Emily Nelson to cap off a promising competition for the young team.

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While Olympic champion Katie Archibald was the star of the show at the event in Saint Quentin en Yvelines, just outside the French capital, there were plenty of other British riders who impressed over the five days.

And in the first senior women's Madison, Kay and Nelson fought back to claim silver behind Dutch duo Kirsten Wild and Jolien Dhoore.

Kay told British Cycling: "It's pretty amazing to be part of the first women's Madison. It was a tough race and we fought all the way so we're really happy to get silver.

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"To be with Kirsten Wild who's just got second at the Road World Championships, and Jolien who got bronze at the Olympics, just to be in a bunch with them and mixing it is pretty amazing.

"I think it shows how big women's cycling is becoming, to have a field like that in the Madison, and the first-ever women's Madison, is pretty amazing."

Nelson added: "I think we went a little bit big at the start and paid for it in the middle but we came back strong. I think we were sitting fourth or fifth, so to get silver, we're both really happy with that."

Elsewhere on the final day Joe Truman finished sixth in the keirin to complete a great win in which he had won silver in the team sprint.

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