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she has done it. Great Britain are the team that could not be beaten.

They are the world champions a game. -- again.

A very good afternoon to you. The championships so far has been really

disappointing from the normally dominant British Cycling team. Jamie

staff is alongside me once again. Me and Jamie are happy we are tired.

I'm sure Sarah Storey will catch up later on I play. Here is what she

had two look forward to. It is Laura Trott against Sarah Hammer in the

women's Omnium. No Olympic champion in the men's sprint.

Becky James has a world title to defend. We will see the women's

Kieren where Kristina Vogel is looking for her third rainbow

jersey. Laura Trott stole our hearts in London 2012 with the dramatic

Omnium win. It should be a battle royal in -- here. Here comes Laura

Trott. She wins the final event. She wins the women's Omnium. What keeps

driving you and driving you? I love winning. You finish, I did a 500

metres, you look at the board and see you have one and it overrides

any other feeling you have. Where do you think you are now? There is

always something I need to improve on.

We have been doing a lot and I did eight points race and my coach said

I did really well. To hear that gave me quite a bit of hope and good

feelings. You have a huge target on your back. Does it make it just that

little bit harder? It definitely does. It is hard. I see people get

an easy lap. I try and get a lap and I cannot do it. It takes me 60 laps

to get it. I do think it makes it harder. If it were not like that,

maybe I would not enjoy it so much because it might be easier. When it

comes to competitions, she is stealing. First up, it was that

flying lap. This time trial is 250 metres. Laura started off well and

was in third place. She was one point and one place behind Sarah

Hammer, her archrival. Next was the points race. Sarah Hammer only

featured in one of the eight sprints but gained lap. Despite Laura Trott

scoring heavily, the victory went to the American with Laura in third

place. As expected, the battle was on. The American had the best of the

early skirmishes. Next up it was the elimination race.

The rider from Colombia. This is supposed to be neutralised lap. They

are already contesting positions. Sarah Hammer started off on the

front line. You would think they were sprinting for the first points.

Coming through, around on the outside, as they start the race is

the Polish rider. The French rider is also towards the front. On the

next time they cross the line, the first rider will be eliminated, that

is the last rider to cross the line. Laura Trott is towards the back of

the field. When I first saw this it alarmed me. I thought she had got

herself into difficulties. I realised she was so good, she knows

what to do. She spots the gaps when we would spot the bodies and somehow

slipped through them. In that statement I've just made, how did

she get from the back to the front in about eight seconds? The next

time over the line we will lose our second rider. Laura Trott is at the

front. It is the rider from Hong Kong who

has gone. She is out. Sarah Hammer got herself into a bit of bother.

Not afraid of hard work. She is happy to sit on the front and ride

from there. The Belgian is quite prominent as well. Laura Trott at

the bottom of the track, about force in line at the moment. Not in a bad

position at all. Was that the rider from Japan? It may well have been

the rider from Japan who has gone. No, it is the Cuban rider. There was

half a wheel in it. Not quite in line with the finish here. Laura

Trott tucked away in the middle of the pack.

The Colombian is riding on the front. Here comes Laura Trott once

again, just gliding towards the front. The rider from Hong Kong is

at this time. It is the Japanese rider who has gone. That does

surprise me. Laura Trott in second place. Sarah Hammer right at the

back at the moment. She is bouncing along at the back of the field and

she now makes a move. She goes past the Italian. She is gone. Sarah

Hammer is making hard work of this race. That is three times she has

been swamped and had to come around the outside. She stalled again

halfway. She is covering a lot of distance. Laura Trott, on the

inside, is just minding the holes when she needs to. The Russian rider

is at the rear of the field at the moment. Her position in this field

is at risk. How she made it? It was closed between her and the rider

from Belarus. It is just starting to whittle down. It comes thick and

fast in the elimination race. Another rider will go next time

around. Laura Trott goes to the front of the field. The rider at the

back again, who is in trouble, is the Russian.

That was a close one. It made BBC back Ian. Yes, it is. -- it may be

the Slovakian. Laura Trott is still riding in front.

Laura Trott has ridden very well so far in this elimination race. She is

in second place overall, three points behind Sarah Hammer.

Laura Trott in second place. Yet again, the ration is loitering

towards the back of the field. The French athlete is the overall winner

of the cup series. She could not hang around long enough to contest a

finish here. France have gone. Laura Trott in second place. Sarah Hammer

back in fifth. Laura Trott was almost boxed in but she spotted it.

I am trying to recall when she last lost one of these events. The

Spaniard is out. Now it starts to really get interesting. We are down

to the last half-dozen. Sarah Hammer is on the back now. She

is really struggling with this. This could play into the hands of Laura

Trott. The Colombian is in a really difficult position. She will go. She

could not quite get on the back of the net Edmondson. She desperately

needs a good elimination race. That is after the points race where she

finishes in 11 if she wants a podium spot. A couple of gold medals for

the Edmondson family already. Her brother has one two golds. Sarah

Hammer is in big trouble at the back. She may concede a few points.

Laura Trott suddenly finds herself at the back. This will be tight as

they cross the line. Laura Trott found a space that was not there.

That was a very courageous move to go on the inside. She forced her way

through. There was no gap but Laura Trott created one. She knew she was

in trouble. Now we are down to five. Sarah Hammer again on the rear. She

is going to try to box Laura Trott but she spotted it. Now we are down

to four. Just two more eliminations before the final sprint. It is

almost like a sprint now, isn't it? A sprint lap next time. Laura Trott

is boxed in. Sarah Hammer is trying to make sure she stays boxed in. She

will have to work hard. Edmondson leaves out the sprint. Laura Trott

has work to do as they come up towards the line. Had she made it?

That is a big surprise. In Laura Trott terms, that is an early exit

from the elimination race. She was just behind Sarah Hammer. That is a

real blow. I was just saying, I cannot remember the last time she

lost one of these events. She will take four points from this event.

Sarah Hammer looks as if she was having to work really hard earlier

in this elimination race. She is still there right at the end.

Edmondson is out. It'll be Belgian man the USA, the last two on the

track. Sarah Hammer looked to be in trouble all away through the race.

She gets better and better as the numbers whittle down.

The final sprint for the line. Sarah Hammer on the inside of the track.

Sarah Hammer, what an opening day she has had! She has stamped her

authority all away over the competition. Laura Trott has it all

to do issues to overcome the American on day two. Day two began

with the individual pursuit in the two kilometre time trial. Those two

athletes were a class above the rest but Sarah Hammer prevailed by just

over half a second to put her seven points clear. Two events to go. Next

the scratch race over ten kilometres. It is Laura were to take

gold, this is her last chance. This turned out to be the least

successful event for both Sarah Hammer and Laura Trott with the

American pipping the Brit by just one place. The title and the rainbow

jersey will stay in the states in the last event. Edmondson closing in

on bronze. A good start from and it is and is

on. She has got a chance to take another round here. She won the

opener yesterday morning. She was the second fastest. It is all down

to the final 250 metres. A high line on the track. It is a new fastest

time. She just kept winding up and up. Jolien D'Hoore's time is good

enough for fourth place. She will be reasonably pleased. It is not her

favourite discipline. And it is and set a tough mark.

The sixth and final race. It has not gone the way she would have wanted,

she has been competitive throughout, as always, but Sarah Hammer has had

her number this time. And eight point difference, so this ride is

unlikely to affect the overall result. They have a decent buffer on

the riders behind them. Laura Trott has got to hold off Annette

Edmondson behind her. A picture of concentration, Laura Trott gets

under way. Look at her go. She does not lack courage. Neither of them

do. They put every sinew into the ride. Laura Trott has just got to

keep going. That is the only thing she can control, and she has got to

hope that Sarah Hammer loses more time. Laura Trott crosses the line

second fastest. Sarah Hammer's time is good enough for fourth place,

there is the world champion, she has won it for the second year in a row,

it is exactly the same scenario as last time, Sarah Hammer, gold, and

silver for Laura Trott. Not a great ride for Sarah Hammer there, but she

did enough, she built up a buffer of points, and that is what she had it

for. Sarah Hammer finishing with 14 points, Laura Trott on 20. Annette

Edmondson, the Olympic bronze medallist, gets a bronze medal here,

24 points. Jolien D'Hoore outside the medals by some distance, 35

points. A silver medal to add to the gold

medal you won earlier in the week, you did not do a lot wrong. Sarah

Hammer was just keen to get the gold medal. Yes, she rode amazingly, she

won three of the six events. The better girl won on the day. Like you

say, I tried my best, I rode a decent points race for once. It is

putting the pieces together. The elimination race let me down this

time. But everything else went well. It is getting six complete events

right on the day. The focus for you is the team to shoot, but the fact

you have been so competitive in the bunch races is progress. Definitely,

the team pursuit helps me, because on the road we train further and do

some hard, flat-out efforts, and helps in the bunch races. Chris

Newton has been doing a lot of work with me, it is paying off. You are

paying the price for John arousal beating Sarah Hammer, because she

was desperate to get the medal, she was angry. She tweeted to say how

gutted she was, so she was out to get us back, and she did! How have

you enjoyed these championships? I really enjoy the team pursuit, that

was my best victory. Things went wrong and we still won, so we could

laugh about it. I really wanted to win the omnium. That was a bit of a

disappointment, but to come away with a silver, I am super happy.

A gold medal for Sarah Hammer. You know her well. You see her training

in the state, that was a dominant performance. She wanted to prove a

point. She has had a quick rise back to form, she let herself go a bit

about -- after the Olympics. She is training hard back home, but she is

there to prove a point and stamp her authority on that discipline and

show she is in contention for Rio de Janeiro. The different looking

athlete, Sarah Hammer is a powerhouse, Laura Trott is much

slighter, but that performance from Sarah was so dominant, for Laura,

she must look and think, where are the weaknesses for Sarah? Sarah

struggles being in the pack, she is not comfortable at that, she is

working on it, obviously, her coaches have addressed it and they

are trying to get her more comfortable, they will look at how

races are panning out. We are doing the same thing with Laura. She does

have witnesses, everybody does. At the moment, Laura is scratching her

head, how can I beat her? Sarah is going really fast, she is a

powerhouse, she is strong. You have got the insight from working in the

American system, how do they view what has been domination by British

cyclist for five or six years? It almost feels like it is coming to an

end a little bit, but let's not speak too soon. What is the view to

what is going on here? There is the target. Britain has been so

dominant. It will be tough for them, they have the target on their back,

whenever we have our review meetings or preseason meetings, we are

looking at a medal tally for the World Championships, Britain set the

benchmark, those are the goals we are trying to achieve. You look at

what written has done and you think, why can't we do that? The other

countries are doing it as well. That was Britain's Outlook years ago.

Germany or France, if they can do it, why can't we? Everybody is

gunning for Britain. We will move onto the sprint, it has been a tough

Championships for Becky James, a year ago, for medals, but a bronze

so far. The final event for her was the one in which she was the

defending world champion, the keirin, but she was up against

Kristina Vogel. We are ready to go. Anna Meares

feeling the consequences of taking a year out. She does not quite have

the depth she has had in the past. The experience is there. She should

not be ruled out, because she will know how to place herself. Kristina

Vogel mirrors her male counterpart, Francois Pervis, head and shoulders

stronger than the others. It is never sure in the keirin. Becky

James did not look as strong as I was expecting in the previous round.

Sandie Clair, from Anna Meares, Vicky James, Kristina Vogel, Daniela

Gaxiola, and at the back, Elena Brezhniva. The World Championship

final, eight laps of the track. They will have six to go when they

crossed the line in the next two seconds. 33 kilometres an hour. The

dramatic nature of the music over the tannoy ratchets up the tension

for the crowd. Everybody happy to stay in position for the moment.

Still five laps remaining. 36 kilometres an hour, the bike. Sandie

Clair, Anna Meares, Becky James, Kristina Vogel, Daniela Gaxiola and

Elena Brezhniva, in that order. 40 kilometres an hour.

One lap to go until we lose the motorbike. Already, Anna Meares

starting to check behind. As soon as they start to see somebody

accelerate, they will try to hold them on the shoulder. Sandie Clair

laying off the bike. Kristina Vogel will make her move soon. The race is

on. Just over two laps to go, Sandie Clair in front, Anna Meares in

second, Eddie James looking to see where Kristina Vogel is. The Russian

rider boxed in. Sandie Clair is being left behind. They take the

bell. It is going to be between the front three.

Kristina Vogel has the speed, it is Kristina Vogel who takes the crown,

Anna Meares with the silver, and in third place, Becky James for Great

Britain. Kristina Vogel is a triple world champion, she is one of the

Starts of this week in Colombia. The team sprint hold on the opening

night, the individual sprint gold, and she has book ended it with the

keirin gold. Becky James' world title has gone, but she fought all

the way. Nobody was going to beat Kristina Vogel today, but Becky

James spotted her going past, she fought her way up, she got onto her

wheel, as soon as Kristina Vogel dropped down, she was on the

shoulder of Anna Meares. She is congratulating Kristina Vogel. She

knew, I have got to hold this wheel. Experience got that silver medal.

Becky James fought hard, courageously, to take the bronze

medal, that was the best she could hope for there.

Your third time on the top step of the podium, how special does this

feel? It is really special. An amazing crowd. So many feelings come

to me. I never accepted that I would win three gold medals. You have

worked so hard, you have raised almost every day, how are you

feeling? I am now tired, but I want to party now! After yesterday, I am

good. Just be easy today, enjoy my ride, see what will happen, push

myself, and it worked. The last round, push, push, push. Just happy

that it worked. Congratulations, a bronze medal,

watching the race a game, you did not put a foot wrong, you were on

the wheel. Definitely, when Kristina Vogel went, I could have sat on the

wheel of Anna Meares, and I thought somebody could come round. I was

going to chase the wheel, I could feel Anna Meares underneath me. It

was hard, going through the turn, but I cannot complain with a bronze

medal. A really high quality, Anna Meares coming back, and Kristina

Vogel, three gold medals, a phenomenal performance. She has been

flying all season, through the World Cup, she has been on another level.

She deserved to win the medals. I have got something to chase next

year. It was always going to be difficult to replicate the success

of last year, but what are your thoughts? It has been really good, I

can take a lot away. I have learned a few different things. My form had

been pretty good, and I have raced as well as I could. I love racing

the keirin, it is nice to finish with that. There will be lots of

stuff I can work on after this. Hopefully, I will come out better

next year. Your thoughts will switch to Glasgow before that. Now this is

at the way, that will be my focus. It is not a long way at all.

Kristina Vogel unbelievable, but a great bronze medal for Becky James.

It is important for her to come away with something, even though she did

not defend her title. Yes, just to get on the podium. It is not what

you want, but you will take it. She looked good. She could have gone a

bit earlier and got to the front, she could have won it. She could

have also cut Anna Meares off. She did not lean on her quite enough,

she could have closed the door and made it hard for her. She went a

long longer, way higher on the track. She talked about tactics and

not liking her tactics in the individual sprint.

The keirin is hard. All the other athletes, it is hard to get right.

There are so many variables going on. Like I was telling you a moment

ago, you are in the race and behind a motorbike. When do I go, when do I

go? Shane Sutton used to tell me, the first time you think it is

generally when you should go. That tactic seemed to work for me. I

think she had it in her legs that she should not be too disappointed.

You mentioned Shane Sutton. We caught up with him for his

assessment. I am sure you will have time to reflect on these

championships as you make your way back to Manchester. Five medals,

what is your initial assessment? We were hoping for six medals. A little

bit of disappointment in certain events. There are a lot of

positives. We are by we are. There is a lot of work to do. It is back

to the drawing board. No medals at all for the Great Britain men's

team. I think 1998 was the last time that happened. How concerned are you

and how concerned should we be? It is about going back and addressing

where we went wrong and what areas we need to work on. The boys will be

a bit disappointed. It will give them time to reflect and say, we

have got to get on with it. Well done to the girls, to be honest.

Because we are used to seeing the much British success, we are

surprised when there is so little success from the men 's team. Where

has it gone wrong? It went wrong going into Christmas. The World Cup

in Manchester was good. Coming back in after Christmas, we were not

where we wanted them to be. We had to rejigger a few things here and

there. One thing and another and you are where you are, you need to

accept that and move on. The success of the British team has been built

on the endurance team. It is very disappointing for them. I would

challenge you. The men's sprint team, with the Chris Hoy and his

reign, we were untouchable. We cannot win everything. The boys must

accept that. Hopefully we can turn it around. What kind review will you

have after these championships? They are setting a plan in place in

Manchester. We have great athletes. They will understand they have

underperformed. Five medals at World Championship is, in another sport,

you would be jumping for joy. Unfortunately, cycling has been so

dominant, people expect. As long as we roll up our sleeves and get back

to basics, we will be fine. Katie Archibald has come in here and she

has performed. It was a great ride for the girls. Look at Laura again.

Kein, he has made a massive improvement. We are moving in the

right direction but it will take time. Make no excuses, this is a

World Championship. We came here to perform and probably did not get

what we wanted. At the end of the day, we will reflect and be better

next time around. Will Dave continued to lead the team? Only

Dave can answer that. His passion is still there. I know that. His hunger

is there. He is a busy man. Let's hope we can all turn it around

together. Jail not pulling the punches. They were tough questions.

One of the phrases we heard was, back to the drawing board. They know

what they are doing. They have won multiple medals. What is it about

going back to the drawing board? What can they get so wrong? When you

are dealing with sport, you will know yourself, there are so many

ways of being successful in terms of an athlete. Athletes and coaches

think it is a strict rule, routinely go through. You do this and this and

the outcome is this. We all know in sport there are so many different

ways to attack training programme and training cycle. Some things will

work for athletes and some will not. They are trying to find the new

edge. What will give them the edge in Rio? Maybe they are trying new

things and new tactics. Some of the events have changed little bit,

especially for the women. There are new rules in place. In my day and

Chris 's day, we only had to show up. Now the riders need to go out

and do the small races to even qualify. A lot of things have

changed. Everyone else has two played by the same rules. There is

still plenty more time for development. Again, I would rather

be losing now. Do you think the Whole Road cycling staff has taken

some of the emphasis of the men 's side? -- stuff. To separate the two

is kind of hard. Especially, even as a GB coach, they are wondering, are

they getting the full attention and investment from Dave? I would like

to think... They are completely separate entities. I do not think

there are any issues. We will move on to the men's sprint and a French

man looking for gold medal number three.

The first race in the bronze medal match up between the Russian and the

Australian. Just having a think about it, five

medals for the GB women and none for the blokes. Of the top of my head, I

know that none for the blokes is right. It is the women who are

leading the way for Great Britain. I think it is going to be four.

Sorry, five medals, yes. With two gold, silver and two bronze. The

Australian makes his move. He stays up as late as possible and weights

over half the back straight I -- half the back straight. Here is the

sprint once again. Let's have a look at how close it was. They have been

faultless all week, the tactics. He has been the one pushing the wind.

It might be starting to take its toll now. He has lost a bit of

edge. Francois Pervis against the defending champion. It is a bit

scary, to be fair. I am feeling slightly intimidated. I am 30 metres

away. The men's sprint final. The best of three.

They must continue now at least at walking pace. He is dictating the

pace of the race at this moment, the commissar. He seems to be content

they have managed that. He hands over to his fellow commissar. They

are playing cat and mouse. They need to keep the bikes moving. They did

not manage to do that convincingly. That was very foolish. We will do

that all again in a moment or two. And, at the second time of asking,

in this first race in the sprint final, it runs away. Bruce just get

up around the stadium will stop flags fluttering away.

Similar tactics to a minute or two number Aago. They are remembering to

keep things moving. -- a couple of minutes ago. He is safe now. If he

wants to stop, he is free to do so. Ironically, he decides to start

accelerating at that point. He is trying to get Purvis to accelerate.

They take the pressure off the back wheel and freeze it by using sheer

muscle power. The concentration on the face of Pervis. He does not want

to take the front position. He is trying really hard to get the front

position. Just out of principle, Pervis is trying to stop him. He

gave him a piercing look. Now the sprint starts. The sprint

round the back straight is well and truly under way. Francois Pervis is

drawing level. Yes, he is. Francois Pervis takes this race. It was one

with a lap to go. He allowed Francois Pervis to keep the height.

That is all he needed, that kind of advantage, to accelerate down the

back straight. You can see how he used it to accelerate into the

slipstream. He started to power around the outside on the final

bend. He knew he had it. It looks close to us but they him it was

never in doubt. It was cat and mouse. When it got going, it was

super fast. A little reminder of what we have here. The European

champion from Russia is going for bronze against Glaitzer. Glaitzer

have to win this time. Dmitriev is one win away from the bronze medal.

A convincing right by him in the previous round. He is riding out in

a pattern he has set out, which is to go to the front and move around

the track. He needs to stay high as late as possible. He has 180 metres

to go into the back straight and then he will accelerate hard. He

mixes up his tactics. We have just gone beyond the line on the track,

the half lap mark. That is why it is OK to do a track stand at this

point. The commissar has his stopwatch running, 30 seconds the

limit. If they are not moving by that time, the gun is fired and they

can restart the race. They can do this a maximum of twice. Every once

in a blue moon, somebody takes the opportunity to attack and goes for a

long one. It is very rare. This is generally when it happens, somebody

just starts to think about their track stand, forget the opposition,

give them an opportunity to disappear up the road. It does not

happen very often. Denis Dmitriev at the front. Just

over a lap and a half remaining. He will try and write this race the

same way again. Go high, control. Matthew Glaetzer keeping his eye on

the Russian. Denis Dmitriev claims the bronze

panel. That is the first tactical error I have seen from Matthew

Glaetzer. In the previous round, it was his superior acceleration that

one Denis Dmitriev the race. Matthew Glaetzer thought he would make it as

late as possible so there was no room for the Russian to come back,

but that was what his strength is, the sharp acceleration. Denis

Dmitriev a convincing winner. The winner of the kilometre and the

winner of the keirin. Going for the hat-trick.

Three laps of the track, potentially, to decide the outcome

of the sprint World Championship. Some very dire music in the

background! He looks to be very relaxed,

Francois Pervis, knocking around the track, and up into the stands. He

will need to be fully focused. Otherwise, we will go to a deciding

race. The wind-up is starting already, both riders getting maximum

height. The pace increasing all the time. He is going to go for the

inside, which is what Francois Pervis wants him to do.

Can Francois Pervis claim the gold medal? Francois Pervis is the world

champion. It is the third gold medal of the week. It is not about the

time, but what a time it was, to claim the gold medal. A ready and

sequence of sprints from Francois Pervis. It is the 11th time in his

career that he has won a World Championship medal, and it is the

fourth time that it has been gold. A magnificent performance, this is a

special place for you. Yes, three world titles, it is a first time for

me, the first time I have won the individual sprint, and the keirin. I

did an amazing kilometre. The public has given me big support, everybody

pushed me. It is my second home! Can you say which of the three victories

was the most important for you? The sprint. It is the most important

event. And the most needful event. Everybody says, if you win the

sprint, you are the best. I beat the world champion from last year. It is

a beautiful final. Do not if -- I do not know if they

do the man of the match, but he would win it for the men, and

Kristina Vogel for the women, three gold medals each. Completely

dominant, both of them, Francois Pervis looking unbeatable. When you

get to an event, there is a lot of anxiety, you do not know how you are

going to go, but you get a good feel for it as soon as you arrive, you

start training, and his results have been amazing. He is on point, and

his confidence is through the roof. Him and Kristina Vogel, tactics

become secondary. You are that confident, you can even make small

mistakes, you believe in yourself so much. It is great to see the

excitement in his face, he was so happy, all that hard work has paid

off, he will remember that for the rest of his life. We have already

heard from Shane Sutton, but what about the BBC voice of wisdom, Chris

Boardman? The sun has dipped down here,

drawing the World Championships to a close, but it is time to reflect on

Great Britain's performance, five medals, from the women's side, the

worst performance from Great Britain's men since 1998. I was

trying to cut back myself, I was there in 1998. It is a long time,

they have set the bar so high, but by anybody's standards, it is very

disappointing, at their form is good. They are just behind the curve

in every event. I would be concerned. That is the biggest

worry. We cannot work out what caused the problem. A review would

take place, what would you say? You have got to start with the process

of looking back, week by week, have you got here, what are the

differences, what have we done this year, try to tease it out. Also, the

competition was so strong, we saw world's best times set at sea level,

so it was not easy. Looking at the individual performances, the pursuit

team were not where they wanted to be at Christmas, it was always going

to be tough, what did you make of Jason Kenny? Not massively behind

the curve, he was there or thereabouts, but when you are

talking about half the bike length nicking the difference, Francois

Pervis was in phenomenal form, and he kept it up all the way through,

he was super strong. And Kristina Vogel armour they dominated. Let's

look at Laura Trott, her silver medal today. She fought hard, just

missing a bit of edge, up against the super-strong Sarah Hammer. She

still managed to get a silver medal. Another positive, Katie Archibald

coming away with a rainbow Jersey. There were raised eyebrows when

Danny King was not in the team. You put in a youngster like that, in the

final, a big scrap, and she threw in a long term, she was fantastic.

Everybody will analyse the performances, what has been the

highlight? The Colombian victory in the points race, that has got to be

it for me, it was great for the crowd, good for cycling, it was a

great spectacle. It looked as though it might lift the roof of! It would

not take too much! Chris Boardman has been part of

British cycling for many years, he was part of the technology

innovation that has been so important, so if he says he is

concerned about the men, there is reason for concern. I was not

concerned until he said it! Whether he was just trying to make good TV

or not, I do not know. Jason has now assumed the role that Chris had,

they will be doing a lot of research, seeing what new

innovations are coming up over the next few years. Like I mentioned

earlier, some of the equipment they used at the Olympics is not allowed

at the regular World Championships, which sounds absurd, but they keep

that equipment pristine for every four years. Like Chris said, they

are not 1 million miles away, it is not like they have had a disastrous

Championships. The medal count is not what they wanted, but again, we

are talking tiny things across the board. You talked about how the

Americans look at the Brits, is it a case of the Brits not being behind,

but everybody else having caught up, and it is like going back to the

drawing board, so we have to be better again? Had you keep

improving? Exactly, everybody charging towards Britain, they have

now passed Britain, and now Britain are scratching their heads,

thinking, what have we done wrong? In terms of performance, and the

benchmarks in terms of time and data, maybe they all where they want

to be, but everybody else has stepped it up. But I would rather be

the underdog and scratching my head, tried to build motivation and

passion and drive, to get what we want in Rio de Janeiro. The best

performance from the Brits, you picked out Joanna Russell. She is

just like Francois Pervis, she had a fantastic Championships. She is at

the peak of her career. Seeing the excitement on her face, it is great

to see, and hopefully she does not get pulled down to much by everybody

else and the negative experience of the event. Thank you, safe journey

back to America, we are jealous of you going to the Sunshine! We are

back again next weekend, with more action from a bank track, but no

wheels this time. There is a 35 strong British team, with plenty of

new faces, and some old ones to look out for. Coverage continues

throughout the weekend. The bare statistics do not make great reading

from a British perspective, the worst championships in a decade,

since 2004, and the men drawing a blank on the medal table. But with

two and a half years to go until the Olympics, if you needed a wake-up

call, this is the right time for it to happen. Goodbye.

It is gold! Sendshapes no riding! World champion!