Cycling news - Great Britain enjoys golden start to Track Cycling World Cup

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.

Katie Archibald said: “The way that we went out has proven a really good formula.

“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 Holland in the final.

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, while earlier in the day Kadeena Cox came first in the C4-5 time trial ahead of Dame Sarah Storey, who took silver.