Day One Highlights Cycling

Hello and welcome to Manchester, the

home of British cycling, for the

Track Cycling World Cup and the star

of the show is Katie Archibald who

has year headed into the final of

omnium looking for her first

individual world title.

Archibald is

in a good spot here. Archibald leads

by 2 points.

This is all going to

come down to the final sprint.

So,

so close. Can Katie Archibald hold

on to that gold medal position here

in the sprint? And Archibald really

wants it and makes sure she gets it.

That was absolutely fantastic. Gold

for Katie Archibald, gold for Great

Britain.

Katie is one of six British

Olympic champions here. The men's

Team won gold last year. And there

is a new partnership for the women

with Capewell leading. Chris Latham

took bronze in the scratch race in

the World Championship in April, can

he make the podium again? Youngsters

Emily Kay and Elinor Dickinson go up

again a strong field in the women's

scratch race. Chris Boardman and

Chris Hoy are here. We have seen the

departure of chairman, Jess Varnish

is suing UK Sport and the endurance

coach has gone. Which will have the

biggest impact?

Take your pick!

Potentially the court case against

UK Sport and British Cycling could

have huge ramifications. We will

have to wait and see. Of course the

door is still up to Jess Varnish, if

you're fast enough there is a place

in the team. But it is going to run

and run. It has been a busy week.

What does British cycling have to

do?

It has been a bit game of

thrones, it is following a national

trend. They have done exactly what

they had to do. They have got new

people in, massive amount of faith

in Julie Harrington, a strong,

authentic leader and she is getting

done and she has changed the systems

and employ new people. I don't think

there is anything else they could be

doing.

There is a line to tread,

between motivating and getting the

best out of athletes and providing a

holistic care you need to make sure

that mentally they're in the right

space.

It is difficult and every

athlete is different. This is elite

sport. This is tough. It is about

tiny margins, I have found often the

athletes are the toughest people on

themselves. It is not about a coach

cracking the whip, it comes from

within. But it is about getting that

balance right and you know I'm sure

British cycling are looking to

improve.

Do you fancy the job of

chairman?

I think I will let it

settle. I'm having a quiet life.

Now

you remember that the only event

British cycling didn't qualify a

team for at the Olympics was the

women's team sprint and we have a

new line up, leading out will be

19-year-old Sophie Capewell.

I

finished my o' levels in June and I

was full-time since July. And it has

been a hectic couple of months with

the Euros and the World Cup.

It is

exciting to have her on board, she

is one of the more advanced senior

Academy riders and she is doing well

and working hard. Hopefully she can

pull it out of the bag.

It feels

like a big step to race with the

likes of Katie, that is great,

because she like makious feel better

about -- makes you feel better about

it and it makes it a bit easier. But

it is crazy that I'm racing with

people like Kristina Vogel.

Each

time we have got faster and faster.

That shows that we are on the right

path. Hopefully we can go fastest

and qualify top 8 to get a second

ride this weekend.

Katie Marchant

and Sophie cape we Capewell got

through. But then lost to German y.

Let's join the races. Chris Boardman

is in the commentary box with Simon

Brotherton.

COMMENTATOR: You can see the way

they threw their weight out of the

gate. Timing is so important in this

event and this is the important bit,

the second half. The Dutch have work

to doing.

Its an enormous gap in is

in kind of event, but they're

closing it quickly.

Very close. But

holy Holy Brother Cycling Team

taking it by over a tenth of a

second.

They got out of the gate

quickly. The quicker of the Holy

Brother Teach. They slowed in the

second half and it almost allowed

the team from the Netherlands to get

back on terms.

There is the rider on

lap two. And the wing time is there.

That is for the bronze medal. The

race for gold coming up and what a

race it promises to be as well.

Welte and Vogel have been there for

ever. They're probably the most

experienced female sprint riders,

certainly, here tonight. The world

champions. Last mental rehearsal

with 20 seconds to go.

Well,

Kristina Vogel is 27 today. It is

her birthday. Will she celebrate

with a gold medal or will the world

champions prevail? Two laps of the

track.

Great start by both teams.

You will see the gap, don't panic,

that is an acceleration room they're

giving themselves.

On this last lap,

twho has got the speed in Nair legs

to secure the gold medal? Up to the

line and it is Germany who take it.

And the Russian world champions have

been beaten.

Just as I was saying

is, they lay off to use the slip

stream, in fact the Russian team

didn't get it right and didn't get

on terms. So they gave the German

pair a 10 metre head start. You

can't do that.

The world champions

weren't beaten, they were thrashed!

Absolutely and I don't know whether

it was technical or physical, I

suspect the latter. But never got on

terms. They never got it together.

It is a dangerous thing to do laying

off. But they have such experience.

So they run into the slip stream and

when they take their turn they're

already travelling a K an hour

faster. Vogel still enjoying

competition.

You mention it there,

you could see the joy on her face at

getting that victory.

Happy

birthday!

Many happy returns to one

of the great stars of world track

cycling, Kristina Vogel, who is a

very popular racer. She is one of

the current greats.

We produced a PB

twice and between Miriam and Vogel

they're world beaters.

Chris

Boardman said looking at you both,

your technique is looking good.

We

have been working hard on team

sprint is our way into the Olympics

this time and we have been putting

emphasis on improving our standing

lap and me working on my starts and

being able to back up and to see it

coming together is exciting for the

future.

You led the both of you out

well. What was it like, you're only

19 and only your third experience

apt this level. What was it like in

front of home crowd?

It was amazing

and it gave me that extra push. I

PB-ed in my lap and it has been

amazing.

The Russians are here and

our biggest rival in the team

sprint, so it was a bit kind of a

dream and it is nice that we can

celebrate the gold medal and on my

birthday as well.

You didn't just

beat the Russians, you beat them by

a lot. They're the world and

European champions.

Yeah, we see it

a long way to the World

Championship, it was a good race

from us today and the time was very

good. We haven't been, I don't

know... More than a year not so fast

like today and I thought the

conditions are not so good here. So

yeah, looking forward for the worlds

and we are a very good team and

hopefully we can beat the Russians.

Cristie ya Vogel celebrating her

birthday in style. Yes they're not

slowing down. Often you have a step

back after success, but they have

the motivation to keep going.

What

about the British team?

I think it

was a solid performance, with it

being a personal best for Sophie,

that was a positive. The team had a

personal best as well. It is a young

squad. Although Kate is the most

experienced she is young. We have

young riders coming through. There

is work to be done. But they will

take encouragement from that.

Becky

James, having retired w what a great

career she had, but on the big stage

she was great.

It was an amazing

year in 2016 to make the World

Championships, she made it by the

skin of her teeth and had such a

long break and won a gold in the

Keirin and won two medals in the

Olympics. She was overjoyed and the

whole team was sad to see her go,

but she will be enjoying life I'm

sure.

The women's endurance is so

strong, women's sprinting needs bowl

sterg, would that be fair?

We are

blessed with the strength in the

endurance squad and in comparison

the sprint isn't as strong. But

there is time. We have two and a

half years to two. Things can change

quickly, young riders can improve

quickly. That competition within

will push them on and we could be

talking about a new star in two or

teleyears.

-- two or three years. It

is interesting when young faces come

through and that has been true with

the men's team with the Olympic

golwinning trio, it was a chance for

new faces to make themselves known.

The men's team sprint final is under

way. Jack Carlin looks to give

Britain a fast start. A stung first

lap for Britain. And coming round

with one lap to go and Britain are

winning is in one well and Joe

Truman looks to bring it home. Has

he got the legs to make sure it is

gold? He has. Fantastic riding!

After a strong ride in qualify,

Britain brought in Ryan Owens and

joined Carlin and Truman. They faced

a strong Polish trio, but beat them

to make it into the bronze medal

ride-off. Here are Simon and Chris.

COMMENTATOR: Bronze on the line for

this young British trio against the

Dutch.

Carlin for Britain.

A solid

start. Beautiful timing out of

gates. Almost caught the rest of the

team out.

Britain leading. Ryan

Owens gritting his teeth. I think it

is Hoogland for the Netherlands as

they take the bell. The Dutch are in

front.

Truman coming up to the line for

Great Britain. The Dutch may have

got it, they have. They take it

point -- by 0.1 49.

got it, they have. They take it

point -- by 0.1 49. That really was

blink of an eye stuff.

Great race,

didn't go the way that many in the

stadium would have liked.

Roy van

den Berg, Theo Boss and Utley, bags

of experience there, as there is on

this side of the track. Robert

Forstmann, Max Levy.

The Germans are

the world record holders in this

event.

Three laps of the track and

you can see there was an issue there

trying to get out of the gate.

I

think it was a wheel slip. I don't

think it was mechanical.

It was van

den Berg, came out of the gate I

think.

Massive wheel slip and his

wake went forward which compounded

the problem. It is a false start and

I think they will get to go again.

He is away this time, three laps of

the track for the gold medal. It is

van den Berg and forced and hurtling

away.

That is what you would expect

to see, the second pair holding them

together. The third rider getting

plenty of shelter and the second

rider giving themselves room to

work.

Van den Berg did well, gave

them a platform here but very close

as they take the bell.

0.2 of a

second is an enormous gap in this

event and it is going further out

again. The Germans looked to have

got this comfortably.

Indeed they

have. I almost half a second,

Germany beating them. It must be his

lucky green socks, he would tend to

wear them. A very strong ride on lap

three. There is Robert Forster

month. Look at the strength of power

there. Levy taking over. Strong and

controlled effort. Confirmation that

Germany take the gold.

May

controlled effort. Confirmation that

Germany take the gold.

May be the

last ride didn't come together as

much as we would have hoped but the

performance in the first round and

the qualifying as well was good. It

sets us up well again to focus on

next year 's race and the worlds and

Commonwealth Games. We are trying to

gain as many race experiences as we

can.

You have done well so far, what

was the difference today between

getting on the podium and missing

out?

In the final we didn't quite

get the full execution right, I got

a big slip off the line in the final

and we have had problems in training

this week with that. As Jack said,

we are still coming here for

experience and training hard with

the future in mind. We are still

happy with that performance today,

we would have liked to have reached

the podium but not everything can go

our way and it is the first team

sprint where something major has

something has gone wrong. To still

come away with fourth place we have

done all right.

You have to get used

to not getting on the podium all the

time, not having it all your own way

and you are 20, Ryan is 22, you have

achieved much in a short time it

bodes well for the future.

Yes, you

learn from it. We have not had that

happen to us before so now we will

learn from this and feel better.

As

always with sprinting, tiny mistakes

have a big effect but a tough bronze

medal race against the Dutch.

The

Dutch qualified the quickest but had

a poor second ride which meant they

missed out on the gold medal race so

it was a tough team to compete

against. GB did get a personal best

in the World Cup in Poland last

week. It was a slight mistake and

some technical imperfections and you

will be in third or fourth place. It

is a very young team and they have

come through as the beating that

they are really our best team at the

moment with Jason Kenny still making

his way back. Phil Hines as changed

to become the second man and did a

good time in qualifying but was

taken out for the second and third

ride. Ryan Owen is performing at the

highest level, it is pushing an

Jason and Calum Skinner and it will

be interesting in Tokyo as to who

they will pick for the team.

What is

Jason Kenny's schedule?

He is back

training and he is motivated and

enjoying it. I haven't seen him this

enthusiastically for a long time. I

don't know if it is life in general

he is enjoying it and working hard.

We will see him race in January here

and hopefully at the World

Championships.

Will he have a fight

on his hands?

Absolutely. There is

no seat waiting, he will have do

work hard to get back into the team,

the standard is getting higher all

the time but he is a special

athlete. I have raced some amazing

that over the years and he is among

the best. It gets harder the older

you get but he is still relatively

young. He is not that old and he

still has fire left in his legs.

Six

into three does not go right now but

they will try and narrow that down

to four?

Yes, great to have lots of

riders and competitions but the

closer you get to the Olympic Games

it can be tough if you are not sure

of your place in the team, you have

two training in the background

because of problems and have a team

four and you there'd worry about the

selection because other nations

tried that approach and it doesn't

seem to work.

They can lose

confidence because they don't know

if they are in out. More action to

come but that is focus on the men's

endurance starting with the scratch

race.

endurance starting with the scratch

race. Chris Latham and a bronze

medal at the last World

Championships but how will he get on

here? We join it in the closing

stages. COMMENTATOR:

They are trying to get on, and

assign cocos off in front, Oliveira

tries to get on his wheel,

Stroetinga doesn't have the speed to

stay with them all close the gap and

he moves out of the way. Matthew

Walls is also there in the red and

white. The element row that will

make it difficult for Latham, a bold

move by these two and they will lap

the remainder of the field any

second now so they will get

refreshed by the as they go past.

And 12 laps to go, three colour

matters remaining in this race, if

they can make their way through the

traffic then they are in a very

strong position. We are watching the

head of the race, they are caught in

a trio of riders, the walls leading

the chase as best as they can. They

are getting caught up with everyone

else at the moment.

They chose not

to go through the pack so all the

attacking came to naught in the end

because they are all in the wheels

now. All of those riders are at one

lap.

He is attacking again and they

are the riders who lead the way at

the moment. They have broken away

with once more, showing they are the

class of the field in the scratch

race, inside the last ten laps.

Stroetinga puts it up once more,

leading the chase is Ukraine.

Matthew Walls, the other British

rider, he is third on the track at

the moment. Here are the front two,

John mould from Wales and Stroetinga

riding for Kazakhstan.

They paused

as long as they could in the main

peloton, had a breather and then

counter-attacked before they got

back on terms, clever writing. They

haven't got this wrapped up by any

means but with less than two minutes

to go now in this race.

Re-raise --

Ruiz, a young rider from Argentina,

that is a bit further back, the

leading group coming through the

finishing line any second now. There

they go, Ruiz from Argentina joining

the leading two. Those three are the

front of the race.

They are starting

to skip terms and starting to think

about the finishing sprint and they

are not going to contest it if they

are not careful. Five laps to go,

the others can still get back on

terms no problem at all. They need

to commit to this move.

Now, these

are the riders are judged to be one

lap up on everybody else in the

field. A finish is very much inside

now, there are the leading trio with

Jonathan mould the back.

They have

decided to start waiting for this

print for fourth position, -- the

sprint. They are riding a decent

pace, they are waiting for that

sprint now.

Mickey to Stroetinga of

cover stun, we knew he had formed

because -- Nick eater Oanasenko.

John mould is in third place now,

down the back straight they go with

Oanasenko with a little bit of a gap

into the straight. He takes the

victory ahead of Ruiz. A photo for

second place, it looked like

Jonathan mould had the momentum and

he does take second place.

Jonathan mould acquitted himself

superbly there. The way he wrote

that race. Tactically excellent. But

Panasenko had it and took it from

the front and they could barely stay

with him.

Ruiz deserves credit for

getting in the mix at the end of the

race, a young rider from Argentina,

he won the bronze medal in the world

Junior Championships in the scratch

race this year. That is one of the

good things again about this stage

of the Olympic cycle because these

great talents come through and you

get a glimpse of those who perhaps

in three years may be competing for

medals at the Olympic Games in

Tokyo.

I

medals at the Olympic Games in

Tokyo.

I always hoped to get a medal

before a World Cup but it is about

getting in the right place at the

right time, it can sometimes be a

big bunch sprint which is not ideal

to me, I wanted quite tough. Riding

at the front, everyone else was

quite keen to do that and it made it

hard day.

A great result for him,

now to the women's scratch race,

Emily Kay wearing British team

colours and element Dickenson in red

and white. The world champion from

Italy Barbieri was the one to watch

in this race. We join it with 11

laps to go.

in this race. We join it with 11

laps to go. COMMENTATOR: The rider

from Hong Kong still leads the way,

there is the right who has been

thrown out,.

We are not quite sure,

we might be able to pick it up

later.

Yang still leads the way.

Much focused on the front of the

race.

Yang is looking really tired

and the gap is closing a little bit.

Might be regretting it now, ten laps

to go, suddenly that is an awful

long way. It might be about two and

a half minutes of racing but it

would seem like a lifetime, she has

given up the ghost now.

The German

22 year the points race champion in

the under 23 has closed the gap

inside the last ten laps of this

scratch race. A long way to go to

the line and again Emily cake

accelerates. And the world champion,

Barbieri is there as well. Sykes is

there, France have a rider up

towards the front.

A quarter of allow is the gap from

the front of the race. There is

element Dickenson in the middle with

the union flag on her hat.

They're starting to think about the

sprint. These two may have been out

a long time, but they're working

together and plugging away and still

got a third of a lap's lead. You

can't play this game for long.

Needs

an acceleration quickly to come off

the front. Emily Kay was there.

Suzuki from Japan is there and

Hayley Jones going to the front.

Dickinson peels off. There is Hayley

Jones with Emily Kay on her wheel.

Dickinson still staying close to the

front. She knows they have only just

over a kilometre to go. They can mop

these two up in the sprint, but it

will be a close call unless they

start the charge soon.

The four laps

look like a long way to go.

Not when

the peloton swing up like that. The

lead can extend quickly. This is

really going to be interesting.

Three laps to go for the leading

riders. Emily Kay has a look around.

Kay makes sure she is in a good

spot. Two and a half laps to go for

the leading riders. Kay up alongside

the leader. Dickinson riding for

Team Breeze here.

It is a good

opportunity to go for a long one.

She is not sprinting for the line.

You're sprinting into the slip

stream of the two lead riders. And

you can go for a long sprint.

Now,

they're starting to wind it up as

the leaders take the bell. Emily Kay

leads the chase. D?Hoore is there.

Now they're closing the gap and

Barieri, the Italian, the world

champion is right on her wheel and

they haven't timed it right, or have

they? It was so close on the line.

Barieri with her arm in the air.

D?Hoore in the sprint for line as

well. What a sprint and what timing.

Rachele Barieri raises her arms in

celebration of a perfectly timed

victory.

Wait and see the photo

finish. But what a thrilling fine.

They can be dumb at first, the

scratch -- dull at first the scratch

races, but tonight it went right

down to the line. I wasn't sure if

they would make it. The last metres

were so close.

She did the rainbow

jersey proud. But how close was it?

I think it was exceedingly close.

The rider from Hong Kong was leading

right up until the final few

centimetres.

right up until the final few

centimetres. All the racing we have

seen has been fascinating and it has

had involved not just physical

strength, but strategy. And we saw

that in the scratch race. We saw

Yang escape with 18 laps to go.

Normally that is a suicidal move,

but the riders will know she is the

Asian road champion and a great

endurance rider. So if you gave her

a decent gap, there is a chance he

should keep it. With ten laps to go,

it looked like she hadn't got enough

of a lead. But Pale from German

spotted the danger and suddenly

there was a pair of them up the

road. Once inside ten laps to go, it

gets interesting, brink manship

comes into play. There is only two

after and half minutes left. So the

field the ends to pause and that

gives a breakaway an opportunity.

The fact we had two riders in t lead

meant this was a real threat and the

world champion, Barieri, managed to

catch them on the line more through

luck than judgment.

What a finish a

great am analysis -- analysis. Now

to the men's team. And Ed Clancy

talks us through the team.

So we

have Steven Burke who will line up

man one. He has been doing it for a

long time like myself. He has won

two Olympics, very experienced. Kian

in man 2. He has a better start,

better peak power than we have had.

A v And man three is the old man, I

have come off a road season. But

whether we can tolerate the Kay

dense well. Ollie Wood has

potential. Got a loot of top end. He

has fourth in the under-23 road

race. Another one for the future.

After qualifying fastest, Great

Britain faced France in the first

round. Team radioed from the start.

We -- trailed from the start.

round. Team radioed from the start.

We -- trailed from the start.

COMMENTATOR: Great Britain with a

lot to do.

Both teams are travelling

faster than they were in

qualification this morning.

France wearing mainly white. Now

France are down to a core of three.

They're coming back quickly. It is

two tenths of a second a lap. That

is the momentum that they have got.

They're holding out 0.4. Ian Dyer,

the head coach of Britain, looking

nervous. Some gaps forming in the

British ranks too. Still half a

second.

Great Britain closing it

now. Steven Burke peels off to the

back of the line.

Both teams down to

three.

Steven Burke has gone. It is

half a second and Great Britain

haven't a lot of time to do

something about this.

The French

have taken it to them. They had a

very fast start. The British team

are looking better. There is big

differences in form in that team.

Ed

c Clancy makes room.

Three of a

second nowt.

Have they got a big

final lap? It is almost level. Less

than a 10th of a second. This is a

dramatic race. Have Great Britain

the legs to get into the medals? It

is touch and go. We're about to find

out as they cross the line and they

have done it by 0.277 of a second.

They left it late and they kept

everyone on their the edge of their

seats and right at the end of the

race they pulled out a couple of

very big laps to beat the French.

race they pulled out a couple of

very big laps to beat the French.

Great to see Ed Clancy back.

Yes,

just to see him enjoying himself and

the team are delighted to have him

back.

They could have a gold medal?

Yes, it will be tight. As we saw

against France, it is so competitive

at the top now. They have got a very

good chance. They have the

experience. Steven Burke and Ed

Clancy, I would put my money on

them.

Now Team KTF, a genuine

amateur team.

Yes, you don't see

this so much these days. You would

see it 20 or 30 years ago. Now every

team has full support and everything

is faken care of them. Four guys

have set the team up themselves and

done it on their way. They have

taken it from club level to World

Cup level. To make it through to the

last four in a World Cup against a

truly world class field is a

fantastic story.

It must make you

feel nostalgic, it is the way

cycling used to be.

Yes and even the

neutrals get behind them. The way

they have approached the events.

They haven't followed the same as

everyone else, they have thought

about it and played to their

strengths. They have a kilometre

specialist and they think, use him

for the first few laps.

That was

amazing, five laps.

Yes, we don't

see that. And you will see others

watching them.

You want to see the

medal races live, you can on red

button. We will bring you best of

the action tomorrow afternoon from

4. 30. This maybe a post-Olympic

lull, but try telling that to Katie

Archibald. She won the omnium world

title and has retained her London

six day title and here she is not

taking it easy. You ask Katy, she

wouldn't have it any other way.

I

love to race, I hate to train. It is

a bit of a cheat, but it seems

absurd that I know this what is I

want to do, but my heart still makes

me want to run away a lot of the

time. I still chuck myself into it.

I will pass the point of a couple of

month racing block and this is maybe

the most important in that block if

I was to judge it off the nerve

level, it seems like a big deal. We

have had the European Championships,

that was a big deal, because it is

about defending a title. But a race

like this depends on who turns up.

But it could be, well, it is an

international field, we are not just

dealing with one continent but five.

Yes, it is as competitive as it can

be.

There no doubting Katy's passion

for racing and with the omnium, she

gets four races in one day. The

format is the same, but a lot of

people are not sure about it.

Yes it

has changed a lot in the last 10

years. I haven't met many riders who

like it. I'm not a big fan of the

tempo race. It is weighted towards

the points race, why not have a

points race. Or have a full bredth

of events. So it is maybe it takes

time to become used to it. At the

moment, I think it is still, it is

up in the air.

The riders can only

deal with what they have in front of

them. Here is now the omnium works.

In a bid to make more spectator

friendly racing, they introduced a

raft of changes and no event was

affected more than the omnium.

One

final sprint to see whoo will win.

Since the introduction, the event

has undergone almost annual

tinkering. In Rio it spanned two

days and had six events. Now it will

be four in a single day. The most

radical day is the removal of all

time disciplines. Gone are the

pursuit, flying lap and in comes the

tempo race. Before the final points

race show down. What is a tempo

race? Well, in my day, when I was

young, it was a race of prizes, a

filler event where the kids would

sprint for a pound a lap. Now it is

the same ingredients as a point

race, but mixed in a different way.

From sixth lap the riders sprint for

points every time they pass over the

line. Well, I say points, one point,

the first rider scores, everybody

else gets nothing. And sprints every

18 seconds, making it a test of

endurance. But it is short. 10

kilometres for men and 7 and a half

for women. Why they can't do the

same distance is beyond me. The last

discipline is the points race. The

final sprint is now worth double

points. The aim being to keep the

race competitive. As before the

winner is the ride we are the most

points after all four events. Big

changes. Will they work? Well it is

about making more spectator-friendly

racing, so you can be the judge.

The

first event was the 7.5K scratch

race. Have a Len Valente took an

early lead. Archibald finished

fourth. The second event was the

tempo race. Where a point is awarded

to the winner of the sprint on every

lap. Chinese's Wang won the final

point and Valente took the race with

Archibald second. Valente stayed on

top, six points clear of Didriksen.

Katy Archibald is in third. We join

the elimination race with seven

riders left, including the world

riders left, including the world

champion. COMMENTATOR: Valente leads

and the Lithuanian is second.

Didriksen on the wheel of Archibald

and Archibald may have to have a

sprint in her legs.

Didriksen's

playing a dangerous game.

Didriksen

looked as if she was in a spot of

bother.

Archibald is on a good wheel

and getting a bit of shelter. But

knows that they will try and hold

her on the shoulder.

Kessler looks a little bit designed

to coming over last in this

particular group, she hasn't got a

lot left in the tank at this moment

in time. The world champion comes

across first but it is more

importantly about who is last at

this particular moment. And it was

Kessler from the Netherlands.

Katie

Archibald looks as if she is working

hard but comfortable with the front

position, she has control of this

now. Paying a physical price for it,

Amalie Dideriksen has been dodging

it all the way through and is

getting used to it now.

The

Lithuanian rider is just 19 years of

age and has done really well to be

with these riders on the track now

and just goes out.

Nobody wants to

be on the front now, it has been a

tough race to this point, just four

riders left and they are all the

quality riders in the field.

It has

gone to form, Valente, Archibald,

Amalie Dideriksen and Elisa Balsamo,

that was only last year, Valente

leads it out, Amalie Dideriksen on

the inside, it may be Elisa Balsamo

who will struggle to stay in, and

indeed it is.

Amalie Dideriksen had

the skill rather than the pace there

and Elisa Balsamo couldn't raise her

pace that time, riding valiantly, a

3-way sprint, who will take it on?

Katie Archibald.

She shows her face

at the front. They take the Bell,

Amalie Dideriksen right on her wheel

which has happened a lot in this

race, she has followed Archibald a

lot, Valente has work to do.

Family

ties how she sprinted, Amalie

Dideriksen is the one in trouble.

And she is the one who is out and it

is Katie Archibald against Jennifer

Valente. She needs to dent Valente's

lead a little bit because she is the

overall leader going into this.

Katie Archibald going for a long run

and Valente is going to let her have

it as well, a superb ride to get the

home crowd going from the world

champion and Katie Archibald knows

she will win this elimination race.

To rapturous applause, an excellent

ride from Katie Archibald, maximum

points for her, Jennifer Valente

rolling over the line safe in second

place, just saving her legs for the

final event, the points race.

place, just saving her legs for the

final event, the points race.

Valente's lead remains six points

going into the points race. Amalie

Dideriksen in third, she will have

her sights set on making up the gap

with just the final points race to

come. The final event of the women's

omnium saw all three medals still up

for grabs

omnium saw all three medals still up

for grabs and we join Simon and

Chris for the closing stages.

COMMENTATOR: The leaders under

pressure, Katie Archibald knows they

are under pressure and she puts the

hammer down.

She will close the gap

and Archibald needs to be careful,

two laps to go until the sprint.

Valente on the other end of the

group, that is what she needs, if

she can get some daylight between

the two of them then she has a

chance of taking gold. One on one

she will struggle.

And anxious

moment for Valente, the American

rider but now she closes the gap.

Valente has some chasing to do here.

Katie Archibald moving around the

outside, has she got the legs to

take this spread, she may well have,

she will be pressed all the way,

Archibald in the sprint for the

line, she needs these five points

and she is denied.

What a shame,

Boyland is not involved in this com

petition at all, I am fairly certain

Archibald remains one point in

arrears with one sprint to go.

This

could hardly be closer but Lydia

Boyland who took the five points not

involved in the top of the

leaderboard, she is 14 but she

refused to desist.

We have seen both

of these riders, Valente and

Archibald winning sprints from each

other, then par knows if she leads

out she has a chance. It is going to

come down to this final sprint,

whoever wins will take this World

Cup victory.

You couldn't hope for

more from a winner takes all final

sprint for the line. This is the

culmination of four events

throughout the day and it will come

down to this, seven laps away from a

royal sprint for World Cup gold.

It

doesn't matter what position they

finish, if they both score points,

whoever takes it will take the gold

medal. And Valente is on the wheel

at the moment, that has not worked

for her up until now.

Boyland going

to the front. They lead the chase.

This is good for Archibald, if she

can score the final point, it is

going to be close. The attacks will

come thick and fast because it is

the final sprint. She doesn't need a

full point, she just needs to finish

in front of Valente and score.

Archibald is third in line but again

she is dragging everyone round for

the moment, she just eases off a

little, Lottie Kabashi Keith on the

inside, -- Lato ca pesky. A little

gap that needs closing by Archibald,

only three and a half laps away from

the sprint for the line, she can't

afford to let these riders get away.

Katie Archibald needs to score here.

She is closing the cushy desperately

wants the points, Valente is on the

wheel getting sucked around for the

final, tactically it is not ideal

but Archibald has the heart.

The

German has gone catapulting off the

front of the peloton, going round

the bottom of the track in first

place. Boyland will not close the

gap. They are not responding at the

moment now but Katie Archibald

starts to move forward on the

outside, Valente is glued to her

wheel.

That could be the mistake

here.

All eyes are further back,

Valente goes past Katie Archibald

and I don't think Archibald has

anything left, she hasn't, Scott

takes it, Valente in third and right

at the end, Katie Archibald just

didn't have that final sprint in her

legs. But she kept the crowd on the

edge of their seats throughout that

final race and Jennifer Valente will

be smiling with joy but smiling with

relief as well because she was

pushed to the limit by the world

champion and it went to the wire.

There is confirmation of the final

standings in the women's omnium,

just four events these days.

Katie Archibald needed -- Valente

needed a big the end to do it.

Katie Archibald needed -- Valente

needed a big the end to do it.

You

look about your mistakes, appoint

hair and point there, we have a

similar riding style, we matched and

I was on the back foot, I just

wasn't hitting those five points,

you needed the five to get the gap

from five to three. Now it is back

to the drawing board a bit but I

feel oddly content because it was a

good race.

You have won plenty this

year but looking at the new format,

four races in one day, it looked

torturous, how is the body?

It is

pretty sore. It is double points on

the last sprint, it is amazing how

terrible they going round, I can

properly into the tank more than an

well thinking I would get the last

sprint and normally I am right in

thinking that but today, it wasn't,

it is not that I am not going well

but the level was really high today.

Katie Archibald winning the points

race but not able to overhaul in

terms of total points. Chris

Boardman joining us, how do you read

that performance and what does she

still have to improve on?

She is so

close but she sets her standard so

high, as world champion will stop

she rides with heart and gets stuck

in and the pace, there is

technically -- tactically room for

improvement, Jennifer Valente always

good tactically, for Katie it is not

so natural. Valente decided not to

go for the penultimate sprint, the

final one was double points, and

that is the kind of decision-making

under pressure she needs to learn.

We said how much she loves racing,

we will see her tonight on the red

button in the women's Madison with

Eleanor Barker and that is a great

event.

Another good chance for a

medal and they are no longer the

up-and-coming champions, they are

the champions now, it Katie is the

one to beat and that is why it is

tough for her in the omnium,

everybody looking to her to initiate

the moves and chasing her down, she

clearly has the legs and Eleanor as

well, is a fantastic rider and they

have a really good chance.

Is that

your highlight of the evening

action?

Katie Archibald is riding

everything.

The Madison, you can

guarantee that it will be

enthralling, hard to commentate on

and keep track of what is going on.

Chris you will be given an eye on

this prince.

Yes, it is incredibly

close, I watched the World Cup last

week in Poland and it was very

exciting, Phil Hines will be riding

for Great Britain. It is anybody's

guess what will happen, the new

rules in the longer race, the three

lap sprint, it is so exciting. It

will be tough for Great Britain to

get a medal but for everyone

watching at home it will be very

exciting.

Do you think Jason and

Laura Kinney at home watching all of

this.

It can be good for you, I have

been in similar situations when you

move towards retirement, when it is

taken away from you and your

circumstances change, it is nice for

a couple of weeks and then you think

you missed that and that is what you

need to get back into it. Watching

other people doing it and realising

you are not part of it and sometimes

you are OK with that and it is time

to move on.

We talked about the

post-Olympic dip, but the chance for

new Riders to come through, I think

Katie Archibald in the last year has

taken that on saying it is her time

and the knowledge that Jason and

Laura both coming back and they will

have to fight for it, British

cycling may be in the headlines for

the wrong reasons but in terms of

talent it is in the good place.

We

have the makings of a fantastic

squad, it is about how we use the

competition within the team in a

positive way, if we can do that,

other nations will be quaking in

their boots Tokyo in 2020.

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