Olympic champion Archibald takes national pursuit title with ease

Archibald - who won team pursuit gold in Rio alongside Laura Kenny, Jo Rowsell Shand and Elinor Barker - caught Emily Nelson within the first six laps in the final to take the win.

Neah Evans completed the podium line-up with victory in the bronze medal race, triumphing over Emily Kay.

"I'm chuffed. It feels nice in this [British champion's jersey]," Archibald, who recently returned to action following a broken wrist, told British Cycling.

"[Nelson] actually qualified going out quite hard and I was gambling on the fact that she would moderate that in the next round.

"I gave myself six laps. I thought six laps if I've not made it it's game over and I think I got her at about five and a half, so it just happened."

Elsewhere on the night, Jessica Frampton beat Rachel James to take her first British sprint gold, with Lewis Oliva and Daniel Bigham winning the men's keirin and individual pursuit respectively.

Crampton said: "I think I did really well – if you'd told me earlier today that I was going to win I would have been like 'no'. "I needed a little bit of confidence."

Dame Sarah Storey – Britain's most successful female Paralympian of all time – finished eighth in the able-bodied pursuit, while in the para-cycling, Sophie Thornhill and Corinne Hall won the mixed tandem time trial title, with Lauren Booth winning the C1-5 event.

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