Day Three, Part Two Cycling

Manchester's the home of British

cycling. It's where I was doing my

taster session when I was 14 or 15.

I hate to think how much sweat we

have dripped around those boards.

It

is always big and special and try to

be involved and the riders put on a

big show.

Manchester's one of my

favourite tracks. It has some

natural dimensions.

Home track with

a home crowd... The atmosphere's

going to be phenomenal.

There's a

great buzz and a great atmosphere.

I'm sure everyone will be backing

us.

The voices of the cyclist who

you will see in action and thanks to

Roger Federer we have an extra half

an hour of cycling action from the

national cycling centre in

Manchester. The velodrome is packed

with keen cycling fans and they're

looking ahead to more British

success. Sir Chris Hoy is with me.

This was your office.

Yes is this is

where I came day in day out. A

fantastic crowd and the they are

very knowledgeable and get behind

the teams.

Hopefully we will see

some fast times. It is very warm in

the velodrome, that helps the wheels

turn faster. But what have we got to

come for you this afternoon? We're

going to show you the final of

women's Keirin, Kristina Vogel is

looking very strong. We have the

team pursuits. And we will catch up

on last night's Madison. And the

men's Madison is coming up live with

Chris Latham and Mack Stewart. And

the excitement is that the Madison

is back in the Olympics. And British

cycling is so strong in endurance,

particularly for the women, that the

Madison is a huge bonus.

Massive

opportunity. It will be exciting to

see which riders they pick. We have

so many to pick.

We had four of the

best lining up in the team pursuit

in the gold medal race. This is what

happened.

in the gold medal race. This is what

happened. COMMENTATOR: Five seconds

before this World Cup final.

Goodness me, you could have heard a

pin drop in those five seconds

before this race got under way. Here

now the riders all just getting on

top of that gear before they settle

into their rhythm. Katy Archibald on

the front for Britain. Archibald on

front and behind here is Evans. Neah

Evans.

Paul Manning looking cool,

calm and collected. Nearly half a

second in the lead in the opening

lap, thanks to the starting effort

of Katy Archibald and driving out

further.

That was a strong start

made by Archibald and Great Britain

with almost three quarters of a

second advantage in the opening

three laps.

I wouldn't be surprised

if we see a catch in this event.

That is possible, the form of the

British four here. Absolutely

storming in qualification, weren't

they?

They're storm soing far in

this -- storming so far in this

final. Leading the way for Britain

Elinor Barker at the moment. Down

the back straight with Barker on the

front.

Now over a second ahead as

they get well into the middle

section of this race now. I'm

wondering whether the fatigue will

tell for Katy Archibald and posse

Barker as they get to the latter

stages. They have had a heavy

programme. Italy holding their own,

but they have lost a lot of ground

here.

The Italians having to work

hard to remain competitive at 1.2

seconds behind.

The British opening

kilometre a second faster than they

posted in the previous round. That

bodes well. They're being shown by

the coach Paul Manning that they

have been ahead of schedule and

they're now bang on it.

Katy

Archibald leads the way. Paul

Manning never looks flusters,

whether they're up or down.

They're

under a 4.20 time at the moment.

Paul Manning an Olympic champion

himself back in Beijing in the Team

pursuit. The lead going up all the

time. Well over 2 seconds now. Great

Britain just need to keep rolling

around the track. But this is

impressive riding and Neah Evans

moves up the track and settles on to

the back of the line.

Didn't quite

get the hide and came down with a

slight speed difference. Now she is

still trying to accelerate back on

to the wheel. That error is slightly

costly. But they have room for

mistakes, so long as she doesn't

slow the team down when she hits the

front.

Elinor Barker with a good

turn. As if she is riding on a rail

around the track.

Katy Archibald has

picked it up and they will be

starting to feel it. But they have

got the finish in sight as they're

into that final kilometre.

Things

looking good for Great Britain now.

Emily Nelson at the front with

Archibald in second and Nelson with

the black helmet. Still the four

riders for Great Britain. Italy down

to three. They have lost one and

they were almost in the same

straight there, the Italian rider

has dropped out.

It is all about

time, are they going to ease under

that 4.20 time. I think they might

do. There is some fatigue here. But

there is the bell. They're going to

take this one. It is all a question

of how fast they're going to be.

Great Britain go down the back

straight for the last time with Katy

Archibald leading. All four still

riding together. It has been a

superb ride and gold for Great

Britain! For Elinor Barker, Neah

Evans, Emily Archibald and Emily

Nelson. They dished out a thrashing

to the European champions in that

final.

A very impressive performance. Neah

Evans gave up being a vet just oh a

yearing ago. -- over a year ago.

Chris, this is fantastic stuff to

finish as a four?

To finish as a

four, it shows they're riding within

themselves. That is a world class

time. Elinor talked of how that was

the quickest time outside an Lips

year.

--

Olympic year.

Let's hear

from the team.

What a ride, Katy, it

has been a really hectic weekend and

a hectic couple of months, you were

nervous, because it was so

important. How are you feeling now?

A lot better. I didn't think we

would have that margin. It changes

the race and the sensation in your

legs.

Neah, a first World Cup gold,

but nine months ago you were a

full-time vet. What a change. What

is it like now?

I don't think you

can really describe it. I was a vet

and now I'm a cyclist. It has been a

fast transformation. It is nice to

get the gold.

Part of a world class

time, 4.16, really world class. What

does this say for the women's team

going forward?

It says a lot. This

is the fastest we have won outside

the Olympics so it is a big deal.

But yes very quick and we have had a

big month of racing before this. I

think it says is a lot that he with

can push that time faster.

That is

the exciting to hear. The four of

you won in the final, but this

wasn't just a four-girl effort,

there is strength and depth in the

team.

Yes, it is good to see, we

have had six riders ride and we have

come out on top and we should be

happy that we did such a fast time.

But there are other girls in the

squad. We are all fighting for

positions.

Really great race, well

done on the gold and especially for

Katy and Elinor, you had a tough

schedule. Well done.

Thank you.

It

was wonderful to see the four of

them receiving their medals. All

grinning. They're not afraid of hard

work and they're a good team?

They're a tight knit squad and the

key is to respect each other and

know when it is your chance to step

up you do it and when you don't get

the chance, you stand aside and

cheer your team mates on. It is a

fantastic atmosphere.

That all

happened within the last half an

hour. This is live and there is

Kallum Skinner part of the team that

won in Rio. He is going in the 1K

time trial.

won in Rio. He is going in the 1K

time trial.

COMMENTATOR: Four laps and the

faster wins. Kallum Skinner, Olympic

champion in the team sprint. Silver

medallist in the match sprint in Rio

as well. Four laps of the track for

Kallum Skinner.

Beautifully out the

gate. Great line on the track. Gone

for another big gear. Quickly into

that air that aerodynamic position.

We expected good pacing.

Skinner's

looking strong and composed and in

control. Over half a second down.

The next time check will be at the

half way mark. It comes now. Is he

gaining ground? He is still half a

second outside the fastest time.

The

coach at the side of the track

urging him on. He has started to

made inroads. We said he would

finish well. He is eating up the

ground and has taken three tenths of

a second back.

This is when it

hurts. This is when you really have

to dig deep. The line is almost in

sight. The roar is loud in

Manchester. What is the time?

1.01.161. Not quite good enough to

take the lead from Eric Engler. But

it was good.

I thought he was going

to do it. Slowed a bit from that

startling 0.1 time this morning. But

still a great ride. He is in top

company. He has acquitted himself

well. Good style. Good technique.

Just missing a bit of engine power

perhaps. Could do some more work on

position as well. I think if this

was an Olympic discipline the

British team would have put more

resource into looking at those

nuances. But this is just a great

opportunity to get out there and

race.

Sips it is no -- since it is

no longer an Olympic discipline, it

was an event that Britain was strong

in, you're right, the British

cycling team don't bother. If anyone

wants to ride it, great. They don't

pay atense to it. -- attention to

it.

It is important to go through

the whole process, but this team is

funded with Lottery funding and that

is is about golds and if there isn't

any available, so it is not going to

get the majority of our attention.

What about Matthew Glaetzer, he is a

team sprinter and today he has hit

the set the fastest team at

sea-level in this events.

Yes and he

is riding in Keirin. He is still

puffing from the previous ride. What

a performer.

The only Australian

male rider here this weekend. But he

is giving everyone value for money.

Away he goes and look at the effort

from Glaetzer.

It is an expensive

start, there is a lot of body

movement. But look at the heart

going into this. He is such a rangy

rider. But he folds himself double.

He has that power. He is in position

and this hardly anything of him.

Now

let's look at the time. He is

outside the fastest time at the

moment.

He was tenth fastest this

morning when he set that fast time.

He paces his ride well. Look at the

size of him.

Look how smoothly he is

riding. Is he going to keep it up a

and go faster and faster? And he is

just over a tenth of a second

outside the fastest time. Half way

through the final lap and suddenly

he is ahead and this is stunning. As

he comes up to line. It is the

fastest time and Glaetzer just got

better and better.

Quest

What a passionate start. Once

he folded himself into position he

was efficient as well. We saw the

coach of the Australians, they might

have only sent one rider, but he's

doing the job for them.

Who wouldn't

want that job when you have talented

riders... That was an unorthodox

start from Glazer there.

He's ridden

and he's done a world-championship

winning time. Two of them in a day.

What a piece of athlete sism we have

witnessed.

It is extraordinary what

we are seeing from Matthew Glaetzer

here. Most are focussing hard on the

Commonwealth Games next spring.

Glaetzer will be part of. That he

will gain all around with all these

races he's taking part in. In terms

of the bigger picture, not just this

weekend.

He was a late comer to this event.

He didn't know he was going to ride

as he got on a bike, round how fast

he could be and he's shown it to the

rest of the world now.

Matthew

Glaetzer - world class.

Matthew Glaetzer has 15 minutes no

now to recover and he will be out

for the final and he's favourite to

win gold in that as well. Chris Hoy,

I was fascinated by that start and

the gulping. He looked like a iffish

in Blue Planet II.

It a east not the

most efficient way to do it with his

head bobbing, but it is an

illustration of how much he's

putting into it. That will be as big

as the top gear you'd find on any

rode bike.

Once he's in his flow it

is beautiful. He's so streamline.

His position on the bike is one of

the best in the world. He gets

incredibly long and low. And it's so

hard to overstate how impressive

that. Two rides within the same day.

A fraction outside a minute. First

ride this morning inside a minute

for the first time ever at sea

level. I take my had off to him.

He's had two keirin rides in

addition to. That I would say he's

the favourite. How can he get all

that damage you do to yourself in

that short space of time. I cannot

see him getting back to recover for

this final. If he wins this keirin

final it will be I credible.

From

the effort of the time trail to the

tactics of the sprint.

It is a best of three situation.

We hardly got our Beth back before

the women's sprint finals are under

way and this the first of them. The

first of three.

Between the Netherlands and Russia.

She's in this Bronze Medal match up.

The Russian is a four-time world

champion, although not in this

particular event, in other sprinting

distances.

So evenly matched in the previous

round.

And didn't really do anything. She

didn't learn from the experiences

they were even on acceleration, even

on top-end speed. She allowed

herself to be dictated to. She has

an opportunity to now try and

rectify things and at least come

away with a medal here.

Opened one the tactics. Weaving up

and down the track. Making it

difficult to know what it is that

you're going to do. Winding up the

speed. Keeping an eye on where the

opposition is.

250 metres to go as

they settle into their sprint.

This is exactly what she tried to do

before but couldn't find a way

through then and she cannot find a

way through this time either.

I

think she just balanced the same

trap for the third time in a row

where she was dictated to. She got

to the front, saved something for a

kick at the end and there was

nothing she could do.

That was like

watching a rerun of the semifinal,

wasn't it?

I would say she could

have done it, had the tactics been

different.

It will be interesting to hear what

Chris Hoy has to say on that one

later on. It seemed she allowed

herself to be dictated to.

Braspennincx did it just right. Kept

it in place and even here she looked

well in control. Kicked again into

the final bend. Held it up on the

shoulder.

Maybe there is just some

room for her to continue progressing

in this particular event because her

world titles have come in the team

sprint and the 500 time trail.

Some

video analysis would be helpful, to

go, Anna lice and try different

tactics.

Here is a rider with

problems here.

The rider in Dutch.

How will she beat

Watching Vogel

over the weekend - fantastic form.

More experience that you could shake

a stick at. What do you do here?

This rider has it all. The only

thing you can do is try and do

something unexpected.

Just try and look for an opportunity

to surprise to go early. To cut

underneath

We have Olympic speed

skating bronze medallist up against

the world champion, Vogel. She won

the sprint last week as well. The

first of the World Cup meetings was

held in Poland. And a reminder as

well that Vogel has won two events

here this weekend as well. One of

them on her birthday on Friday. That

was in the team sprint.

There isn't

much she hasn't won. Now she's at a

phase in her career where she looks

to be enjoying her racing. She's got

nothing left to prove. She's current

world champion. Just enjoying her

racing. It is paying off as well.

She's relaxed and not just not

making many mistakes. She's

dictating the pace from the back by

accelerating and getting the height.

Now van Reissen will ride from the

front. She has to get her head down

and go for it here. Alongside her

comes Kristina Vogel.

Vogel edging ahead. Van Reissen

cannot hold her at bay and Kristina

Vogel was totally in control of.

That extremely impressive once

again. 1-0 lead in this best of

three race for gold in the women's

match sprint.

Van Reissen did well, actually. She

left something in the bag to

accelerate in the back straight.

There we can see it now. Just that

extra kick. Just ran out of

horsepower, to be honest.

Van Reissen will go away and see if

she can disrupt the rhythm of

Kristina Vogel. Kristina Vogel

leading by 1-0.

What is the art of being a great

sprinter in those one on one

situations where you have to make

tactical situations?

It is about

providing the race you want to and

not allowing your opponent. You have

to ride to your strength. You have

to expose their weaknesses. You

analyse their performance. Here

Vogel, she created the gap. She ran

on with speed. And I think van

Reissen rode well here. That was the

best possible ride she could come up

with. I think that was probably the

hardest Vogel has been pushed so far

this weekend. She's in a different

class. She is the Olympic champion

for a reason. And it will take

somebody special to beat her.

She's

not taken her foot off the gas since

Rio. Now Chris wanted to hear your

opinion of what might have been done

differently in the previous race.

She did the same thing as she did in

the previous ride. She made a move

to get up the inside. The door was

closed. That killed her momentum.

She's noting celebrating on the

wheel. She's stuck on the hip, going

the long way around. It's playing

into the hands of the Dutch rider.

He was a hero of mine I was growing

up. He's a coach now. A lot of your

old mates here.

They all end up with different

teams.

That gun going off for the

keirin B final. We will join the

main final in which we have Joe

Truman and it will feature Matthew

Glaetzer, who would have recovered

then. He took gold.

Calum, a bronze - many

congratulations. That looked to have

taken a lot out of you?

The first

kilo where they have changed the

format to two in one day. One was

enough, two is a big ask. It takes a

lot of effort to put in a decent

time.

Given it is now not an Olympic

event any more, what is the thinking

behind doing it this weekend?

It has

been a good event in the past. Chris

Hoy used the kilo as a way to work

on the strength in the best way

possible. It is a pathway. Plus we

have the Commonwealth Games coming

up where the kilo is an event. That

is something we are keen to give a

good shot at. There are a few more

for it. It the is different difrmt.

-- different.

Given how you feel

after that, Matthew Glaetzer took

the gold. Shortly he's back in the

keirin. What do you make of him?

I

trained with the guy for a month in

Australia. He's as fast in training

as in competition. To do a sub one

minute at sea level is unbelievable.

The times are getting so quick. The

strength and depth is getting so

deep. Matt's pushing the time. All

the best to him.

All the best for

this season.

Thanks very much.

Callum Skinner there.

Silver medallist in that final with

Jason Kenny. With Kenny having taken

the time out, are you expecting to

see Calum sort of getting up into

the number one position?

Well, you

would think so. It is tough. There

is Owens, a number of riders who are

looking to elbow their way into the

sprint slot too. Here's the logical

choice. Having won the silver in

Rio. But it is great he's mixing it

up a bit. He's staying fresh. That

is a tough effort riding the kilo. A

great performance to win a Bronze

Medal. As you said, the Commonwealth

Games are in the back of his mind to

hopefully represent Scotland in

2018.

You always found that a boost

n the middle of an Olympic cycle,

with two years to be there doing it

for Scotland?

Absolutely. The key

thing is you have to keep yourself

focussed on medium and short-term

goals between the big one - the

Olympics. For me the Commonwealth

Games was a great opportunity. Keep

it fresh. Keep focussed. You were

chatting about Kristina Vogel

earlier, it is very hard to stay at

the very top all the time. If she

has any weakness, I would say coming

into the Olympics, it is getting

steal.

Seeing the end of Callum

Skinner's ride here. He will feel he

might have done better.

They all

went slower.

He matched Glaetzer second and third

lap and lost nine-tenths in the

final lap. That is because the pain,

that commitment in the first lap,

invest so much energy into it, it

takes away from the last lap there.

That's the way you have to do it.

Now, I am fascinated because crow

have been through these situations

and -- because you have been through

these situations. Matthew Glaetzer

would on paper be hot favourite, but

he's had hardly any time to recover.

Does that give Joe Truman, who you

are about to see, there, does it

give him a chance of a medal?

Yes.

Absolutely.

I think Matthew Glaetzer, if he gets

on the podium, it is amazing.

There he is he can hardly sit up.

It

is the lactic acid. There is so many

things you're to get over. But he

will be sky high after that kilo

ride.

They have changed the rules.

It is always vaguely comical this

bit, but they have three laps to

race at full pelt.

bit, but they have three laps to

race at full pelt. COMMENTATOR: We

have an old school bike on the

track.

It will be there for the next

three laps. They can't pass the

front wheel of it or get more than

10 metres away. Glaetzer is just

saying, give me a minute!

Matthew

Glaetzer is just behind the

motorbike. Juan Peralta is there.

There is the Peralta. Third in line

Buchli, who will probably be the

favourite. Patched up actual his

crash last night. Joe Truman is

there. In the green the Japanese

rider.

They will trundle along.

Three laps instead of two and a

half. It changes the whole nature of

the event. There is no advantage to

being close to the front and

everyone waits and there is a stall

as the bike goes off and then

everyone waits for somebody to start

the race. Glaetzer not worried about

being at the front.

Glaetzer has

been overtaken by Peralta and Nita.

The Ukrainian goes to the front. On

the outside is Joe Truman. Truman on

the wheel of Buchli. The Ukrainian

leads. In fifth is Glaetzer. He will

try and force his way through. Nita

around the outside. It is close on

the line. Buchli lunging at the

right moment. Mateusz Buchli may

have got it there on the line from

Vynokurov. He wins from the rider

from Ukraine. Peralta takes third

and Glaetzer almost getting on the

podium after his extraordinary

effort of winning the kilo and

taking part in the Keirin final. He

will barely have got his breath

back. It was a better outcome for

Buchli than yesterday when he ended

up on the floor.

Glaetzer is not

superhuman after all. Buchli did a

great job. The Ukrainian mistimed

the lunge. But Buchli managed to

stay on the wheels, timed it

beautifully. There is the lunge and

experience as well showed. Vynokurov

almost there. You have to play the

hand you're dealt. Everyone is

around you with their own plans and

it is a very dynamic event.

The one

disappointment was that the world

champion, Awang is here. He is a

popular rider, but his form wasn't

good coming into this weekend and he

didn't feature and didn't make it

into the final. There is the result.

Buchli claiming the gold ahead of

Vynokurov. Peralta finishing third

and Joe Truman bringing up the rear.

CLARE BALDING: That was the result

predicted by Chris Hoy.

CLARE BALDING: That was the result

predicted by Chris Hoy. How will

this change now it is three laps and

not two and a half.

It will favour

the stronger rider. It takes a huge

amount of physical effort to control

the race from the front. Jason rode

that well. He can read a race well.

He has the length to go for two and

a half laps. He can be as calm as he

has been in the past, which I have

no doubt he will be in Tokyo, he

could perform well.

Does it make it

less unpredictable, if that is not a

double negative.

In the old format,

if you weren't near the front with a

lap to go, you almost had no chance.

Now there is still a chance with a

lap to go, as we saw in the World

Championships when Awang won with

his last lap surge. But there is a

bit more variety. You could say it

is more exciting. But I liked the

old format. Because there was a

higher peak speed and a real maximum

speed, it was the fastest event. Now

there is an element of riders

holding back.

And you saw the effect

on Matt Glaetzer, as Chris

predicted, he couldn't recover in

time. Terrific effort. What about

Joe Truman.

He got unlucky. Buchli

gave him a nudge. Buchli is got at

being patient. Buchli is laughing

here. It is the perfect place to be.

Check there is no one behind and

line it up. It was a great ride from

the Ukrainian. It was a shame for

Joe.

Buchli had a bad crash earlier

in the week and he couldn't line up

for the bronze medal race in the

men's sprint. He was meant to take

on Matt Glaetzer and couldn't even

get on to the track. We're going to

show you the ride off for gold

between the two.

COMMENTATOR: Netherlands against

Poland.

We are hearing that one rider has

been disqualified in the women's

Keirin.

Our focus was on the crash.

But that might have been the result

of being earlier. There was some

crowding, maybe we will see that

later. Now this is a sprint.

Let's

concentrate on this sprint.

He got the height.

Rudyk chasing him

down into the banking. And into the

finishing straight and the Dutchman

will hang on and win. 1-0 to the

Netherlands. The Polish rider has to

win this race, otherwise the gold

will go to Lavreysen.

Rudyk has

ridden with heart and he has not

given in. He believed he could take

it and he almost did. In the

previous round Lavreysen was just

physically better and there was

nothing that the Pole could do about

it. What tactic is he going the try

this time. To control it I think

would probably be his best option.

It turned into something of a drag

race the previous race. And that

played into Lavreysen's hands. It

was his strengths that dominated. So

he has got to be smart here. And

having got the inside position in

this round, that might help him.

Will it go to a third and decisive

ride or will bit a straight victory

for the Dutchman?

Well, they're not

hanging around. Already the speed is

building and you can see the way

they're using the track. You have

got height to give you better

acceleration, but you go the further

distance. If you go up to follow

them, somebody could dive on the

inside and it is very technical.

Rudyk will go from the front here.

And around the outside comes

Lavreysen, the Dutchman and

Lavreysen opens up a gap and

disappears off and there is no sign

of that gap being closed be I the

Pollish -- by the Polish rider. That

is a great race from Lavreysen. He

takes gold in the World Cup ahead of

Mateusz Rudyk and he wins in

straight rides.

Rudyk just knew that

he couldn't contest it. He faded

quickly in this competition. But

Lavreysen, although it looked like a

slow start, 10.2, they weren't

hanging around.

Lavreysen beat Hindes of Britain 2-0

and had a straight victory over

Buchli. For the third round in a

row, he wins in straight rides. And

it was just one sprint too far for

the pole pish rider. -- - Polish

rider.

CLARE BALDING: You heard the way he

beat Hindes.

CLARE BALDING: You heard the way he

beat Hindes. All three of British

sprinters went out at the

quarter-final stage. Where are we

with British men's sprinting now?

We

are in a limbo at the moment. Jason

Kenny has been away and he is on his

way back. We are not dominating. But

we have a good squad and a young

squad, a B team that came through

and have medals at World Cups and

won the European Championships. So

they have potential. It is how you

merge the old if you can call Hindes

and Skinner old, with the new team.

We have potential and a chance of

medaling in team sprint and in

individual events. But the focus is

on Tokyo and it is how the we manage

the squad. We are hoping that Jason

will be back to his full strength in

2020.

We have seen wit endurance

cyclists taking time out. With

sprintsers it is advisable, but you

never did it. Not by choice.

I had a

crash in 2009. But I felt if I took

the foot off the gas too much I

couldn't get back. It can be hard to

get back in.

Among the young

sprinters is Joe Truman.

Talk us

through that.

Disappointed. I have

been going well all day. I was on a

good wheel and somebody came up and

bossed me off the wheel. I should

have stayed stronger. But that is my

experience showing.

You have been

going well. You beat the world

champion in qualifying, Awang, it

must give you confidence that you're

able to mix with the top guys?

Yes,

it is an event where you can have

good and bad days. I came into it

with an open mind and less tactics.

I think it worked out quite well.

You're only 20 we should add and

you're focussed on the team sprint,

the sprint, the Keirin, Jason Kenny

could come back. Would you like to

focus Onna?

Yes, it matches my

fizzology and I enjoy it.

As we saw,

you're happy to lead from the front

with three laps to go.

Yes it is a

sort of endurance background with

the sprint. I was lucky in that, I

built into that without going

straightaway. But I was happy with

that ride.

Thank you.

What would

your advice be to Joe and in fact do

you come here and help them out with

their training?

I don't help them

with their training, but I see them

on a regular basis and catch up and

I just like to enjoy that still

linking myself with the team and

hearing what they're doing. I would

say for Joe the key thing is to try

and race as much as he can and get

as much experience. He got bullied

off the wheel. If he had held his

line he could have been on the

podium. He will learn tr that. You

have got to impose your presence on

a race. That is one thing he has not

done. Not all the time. He does do

it occasionally. But he can improve

on it. But physically he is

excellent.

Back to the sprinting and

the bronze and gold medal race.

Shanne Braspennincx won the first

race and it is best of three.

Shanne Braspennincx won the first

race and it is best of three.

COMMENTATOR: The last chance for

Voinova, she has to win this.

Otherwise it will go to Shanne

Braspennincx. A slow crawl around

the bottom of the track so far. The

Russian rider is at the front.

We

have said it before, it is all about

brinkmanship at this stage. To

unsettle the opponents.

The advantage is that small element

of surprise. It has been reduced

during the years. The riders have

trained themselves to ride while

looking backwards. The lines on the

track tend to let them know where

they are. It is a real skill, but it

means that you really reduce that

possibility of being surprised. Two

laps to go.

Braspennincx flicks through on the

inside. The door was left ajar there

by Vionova. Braspennincx has upped

the pace here and to wind it up for

a longer sprint. With a

lap-and-a-half to go, they are

coming around. They will take the

bell this time. Vionova finds

herself in the position she's been

in both semi-finals and the race

against Braspennincx here. This

time, can she do anything about it?

Has she got the speed to come past

the Dutch woman? They come in

towards the finish and Vionova

there. I think maybe took it right

on the line. It was a strong finish

from her and it was a lunge that

said, "I am not finished in this

competition yet. Oo I I wondered if"

it was a case of Braspennincx fading

slightly, than tactics by Vionova.

We said she needed to try something

different. You need to try any form

of tactics. This time around though,

she physically had the ability there

and she's faring better as this

competition goes on. Hopefully that

will give her some confidence to

challenge for this medal. She

certainly is still very much in the

race after that round.

So it will go

to a third and deciding ride to

determine who gets bronze and who

goes home early handed. Here is the

sprint again. Vionova able to

overhaul her opponent with the

finishing line approaching.

Braspennincx didn't come out of the

line with that intimidation to get

you to go higher and take a longer

route. But Vionova held her line.

I

think it will take a bit to

intimidate Vionova, don't you? From

what we have seen - a toughened

season competitor she S Here's the

champion now, Kristina Vogel against

Laurine van Riessen from the

Netherlands.

I would like to see van

Reissen go for a long one here. I

can't see what else she can do to

beat Vogel. She acquitted herself

well in the previous round. She

accelerated all the right times but

out-gunned in terms of pure raw

power. I think she'll need to do

more than to ride technically well.

She'll have to do extra special.

Kristina Vogel riding, looking

backwards more or less the whole

time.

Mirrored visors allow you to

change your vision. You are not sure

if they are looking at you or if you

have an opportunity to take the

surprise. All these small elements

make up the tactical nature of the

sprint. You can see the distance

she's giving her now. Vogel doesn't

like this. She'll try and stop and

draw her in to keep an eye on her.

They can do this for 30 seconds now.

They can only do it twice in the

race before the lead rider is

directed by that gentleman to carry

on. If they don't, then it is

awarded to the other rider. Oh,

Vogel now has decided to suddenly

accelerate.

So Vogel still consistently

lookingback wards, keeping an eye on

Braspennincx to make sure she knows

exactly where she is. And van

Reissen now tries to wind it up and

make the challenge. Does she have

the speed to get close enough to

Kristina Vogel to put her under

pressure now and take it to a third

and final ride. If Vogel wins this

sprint, as I think she will now, she

will claim gold medal, with plenty

of room to spare.

Vogel was the class of the field.

Head and shoulders above everybody

else. The world champion wins her

third gold medal of this weekend and

her sixth in the past fortnight in

these World Cup races.

She enjoyed

that one. Again somebody who has had

so many wins. Great to see she's

enjoying the racing. Laurine van

Riessen, it looked like she was

trying to do something. She was

laying off, looking for an

opportunity, trying to sort of

encourage the German to go for a

long one, so she could accelerate

into the slipstream. Vogel such

experience, said, no, I'm not having

that. If you lay off, I'll have the

advantage. I will be the one doing

the accelerating, only by the amount

so I give you no chance to

accelerate into the slipstream.

Like

so many of the best sportsmen and

women, she's so good, she makes it

look easy, even though clearly it's

not.

There is a lot going on there

that is not visible in terms of

energy usage. If you can get the

other rider to accelerate into the

slipstream, you can sling shot

around. Vogel could see that and she

just accelerated when she needed to.

Another great result from one of the

big stars of world track cycling

here in the UK. Kristina Vogel.

STUDIO: She turned 27. She's so

clever, isn't she?

She's very smart

there. I thought Laurine van Riessen

went really well here. She rode as

if she had the confidence and she

could do it. To create that gap was

perfect. She turned on, down the

back straight. So dominant. You

know, the only other thing that van

Reissen could only potentially have

done was attack early, try and

surprise her at the start. She is a

1,000 metre specialist in speed

skating. She has the endurance. That

could have been a tactic for her.

She as deservedly won the gold

medal. There'll be a ride off for

the bronze. Now we saw Matthew

Glaetzer win the time trial. It

meant he couldn't compete for a

medal in the keirin because she was

so exhausted. After all that he

spoke to David down there.

Riez

You have to suck in air and just not

think about the pain you are going

through and think one more race, one

more race. If it is more of a battle

of your mental strength than

physical strength at that point. It

is not easy. You have ten minutes to

recover from the kilo. That's

nothing, in that time. It's brutal.

What we do isn't easy. We are hear

to challenge ourselves and that will

be a challenge.

Our commentators

were saying that the keirin proved

you are not superhuman, but in the

time trail it was a superhuman

effort. A sea level record. You have

not done many in your life?

It is an

event I always thought I would do

very well in. I like to think I've

got a bit of length in me. This is

my first international senior

keirin. I have done a few back home.

It was a big test for me. I didn't

know what I could do. To go sub

minute in the qualifying was

something pretty special and shocked

me, but it was a goal that I had for

about a year's time. But to do it

today was phenomenal.

I was speaking

to Callum Skinner who took the

bronze and he said she was doing it

for the Commonwealth Games. You

sound like you'll have competition.

We know who our competition will be.

It will be a good battle. Callum

will lay it down, for sure. A step

in the right direction. Hopefully we

can keep this going.

A Bronze Medal,

a gold, a sea level bronze, but not

many Aussies here to celebrate with.

How will you celebrate?

It is a nice

little satellite team we have going

at these World Cups. It is something

different. We normally have a

massive pit, but just a smaller area

for us. We have a good athlete

ratio. It is good fun. Mixes it up.

It is something different. We are

really enjoying our time here. A

close little group.

Many

congratulations. Thank you for your

time.

Thank you.

Matthew Glaetzer looking forward to

his home Commonwealth Games next

spring. Right, Kristina Vogel - what

a stunning World Cup she's had.

Having just won gold in the women's

sprint, she is now with David.

Three golds, three events - is this

the best birthday weekend for you?

It is the third event. Event in an

month. To win her a gold medal, I

can't describe it. I'm just so

happy.

Our commentators were saying

that you are unbeatable at the

moment. What is your secret?

Maybe,

when I say it now, maybe the others

may say the same - I feel good, my

body at the moment. It is to see how

fast I can be. At the moment I just

enjoy it. See what can be done.

Now

the challenge is to keep your

consistency going to the World

Championships? Your challenge to

keep going at the same level for the

championships?

It is quite hard

because all the girls, when I came

to a tournament, came to the

competition, and especially myself,

it is hard to be not countable on

sprint and to try and, all the time,

try some new things and yes, I think

that's a hard thing to keep at.

I

know for you the work is over, you

can finally have a birthday party.

Finally. You told me that you bring

me a list.

I will bring it to you

after this interview.

What did she say? A list of pops?

A

list of pubs. She wants to go to the

bar.

Have a good old weekend. She's

quite fun, Kristina Vogel. She kept

her language. Which doesn't always

happen.

Ed Clancy - I am not alone in

thinking he's the most underrated

triple medal yist in sporting

history. He's the only man in the

world to have won three gold medals

in the world in the team pursuit.

He's had a break. He's back here in

Manchester. He's part of the team

pursuit and been saying what he

loves about it all.

You have been in this team for years

- what keeps calling you back?

I

guess just my love of team pursuit.

I love the team work. When you get

to the big day and put it together

at a World Championship or world

games and you are on the podium with

three of your best mates, it is hard

to top that.

You had a while off

after Rio - what have you been up

to?

Stuck into the road. It's really

been all about, not taking a

physical rest, a meantal rest from

the track.

How important was the

time off after Rio? You had your

first holiday in eight years.

That

is the first time I have travelled

abroad for eight years for a proper

holiday. To be honest, I am not all

that keen on holidays. After 2008

and 2012 I had advice to go and do

something else, go and enjoy your

road riding. That was great advice.

It was from experienced people,

which I choose to ignore, really. I

regretted that. I don't like going

away from the track. I always have

this, not fear, but I don't want to

go too far from it, even if it is

like a development team and we work

on the juniors and 23s, I want to be

around that and be part of the next

Olympic cycle. I think it has done

me good.

Difficult to compare a team

that's lost sir Bradley Wiggins and

all his achievements. This team -

how good can this one be?

It is good

enough to win the Olympics,

ultimately. It is difficult

replacing guys, not just Brad, but

others who we've had over the years.

I am also aware that we have won

without all of those guys as well.

So, it can be done, but for sure

there'll be work to do.

You are the

glue between all of these teams as

well.

I wasn't going to say it,

but...

You have not lost your

passion for it. I can tell that.

I

am more keen than ever. In terms of

how much I enjoy it, I am happy now

doing what I am doing. I feel more

comfortable with what I'm doing with

my cycling career now than I ever

had. It will be coming to an end,

the sad thing is, in three years.

This is where Tokyo starts now.

Whatever happens this weekend we

will assess the situation and go

from there.

I love the fact he is going to get

to show his personality as he moves

into the senior position in the

team.

I don't think he wants to be

the focus. H's team player. And he

is one of the people you will never

hear a bad word about. His heart and

soul is in the team. He would do

anything for the boys. It is great

he has what break. He has not been

away with his feet up.

He said I'm

not keen on holidays.

He has been

racing on the road and been on five

and six hour rides each day. It is a

mental break to be away from the

track. But he is back and I think

that is the most relaxed I have seen

him in any interview.

We are going

to see the men's team pursuit. But

they only made it through the first

round against France. They left it

late.

Yes it was tight. As we see,

coming into the final kilo, they had

come from behind. Nothing in it at

all. And GB take the lead finally.

But it was touch and go. But

anything that goes under, any ride

that goes under four minutes,

they're pushing hard. 3.55 here.

Relief, but every race, they would

be pushed all the way. Zbh they are

missing Andy Tennent. Yes, they were

in the middle of a ride and he fell.

He will be back soon. But like the

women's squad, they have huge

strength in-depth. But Andy will be

looking to get back.

The men's

Madison. That is the massive breeze

that took Chris's papers, we will be

joining that. But in the men's team

pursuit, there was a fantastic story

of British cyclists who are not

under the British cycling umbrella,

they were racing as amateurs and got

into the bronze made race.

Yes it

was once usual to have a small team

doing it on your own terms, but now

it is unheard of. And to have won

the national Championships and

progressed to World Cup and make it

through, we saw Jonathan Wale in the

kilo final. It is a real fairy tale.

They have not just been plucky

underdogs, they have thought about

the event and played to their

strengths. You will see some of the

other countries looking at how they

approached the team pursuit and it

they change they work it. If you

have a strong kilo rider, use him in

the early part and the endurance

guys at the back.

That is the

background to Team KGF. One is a

student. You will see them race

before we see Great Britain. Here is

Simon Brotherton and Chris Boardman.

before we see Great Britain. Here is

Simon Brotherton and Chris Boardman.

The European champions France, in

the white, in the finishing straight

and down the back straight the

British national champions, KGF.

A

solid start. Just nosing in front of

France. Again the third place

changed strategy, beautifully done.

The French have made a late change.

Denis has come in at the last

moment. Still Team KGF in front.

Still inside the opening kilometre

here. It is very tight.

KGF are

employing the same strategy. They're

nearly half a second in front of the

French at the moment.

It is a big

turn by Jonathan Wale.

The same

strategy they employed yesterday to

qualify. And it seems to be work

well. 0.6 of a second ahead and

three rider. They will have to do

ten laps on their own. But they

haven't had to do a tap until this

point.

Look at Wale, almost riding

as if he is on a rail. He has

charlatan field behind him - Charlie

Tanfield behind him.

He is still in

front. He has bailed in the straight

and they're down to three with a

half a second advantage.

Tanfield

takes up the running. Tipper is on

his wheel, Jacob tipper. For France

Tomas the double world champion

leading the way for the European

team pursuit champions. But they

have got work to do.

Yes, he may

have hung on too long, because they

were chomping at the bit to get

going. There is only three of them.

This is where France have the

advantage. They have a full team and

they're tightly knitted and riding

well together. Half a second in it.

Half a second in it. It will be

fascinating. As this race builds.

Can the three men of Team KGF, the

British champion, hold off France.

They have extended their lead a bit.

Yes, the danger in the team here is

when you have a strength and

weakness together and you have got

to make sure the strong man looks

after the others. They can't afford

to make a mistake. France too down

to three. But France are a second in

arrears.

Tomas takes up the running.

Let's look at the gap. It is up

again. It is almost a second. And

the crowd are getting into this here

in Manchester as well.

Both teams

looking tired, but the French are

starting to fracture. Some small

gaps appearing. That says the rider

in third place, when he goes through

again he will slow them down. It is

close.

Bigham, Wale and Tanfield.

The French get their nose in front.

They're back in front. 0.2 of a

second.

Two big laps in the closing

stages. What have these riders got

left? There is a split appearing in

Team KGF and the French are moving

ahead. It is unravelling for Team

KGF in the final two laps. Here they

come. Up to the line and the

European champions, France, take it

3.57.298. Team KGF just pipped.

Away we go, World Cup gold on the

line in Manchester. Steven Burke for

Great Britain leads out of starting

gate and tries to get on top of that

gear as they settle down to the back

of the far straight. Into the

finishing straight on this opening

lap of 16. And Great Britain leading

by almost four tenths of a second.

Even Dyer, the national coach.

Not

the tidiest of starts, but they got

themselves nicely organised within

half a lap. Plenty of home support

here. They're being told they're

well up on schedule at the moment.

Shallow changes by the Danes. You

will pay for that later if you don't

use all the track for your

advantage.

Pedersen leading the way.

The lead is two tenths of a second.

Ed Clancy, great to see him back up

and rung. This is the first time he

has been on the track since the Rio

games. That is wise to take a break.

He was a gold medallist in 08 in

Beijing, as well as London and Rio.

A big turn on the the front. A nice

change. Plenty of height to drive

down. You can tell when they're

getting tired and they don't want go

too high. But you lose your speed

and have to reaccelerate.

Oliver

Wood was on front, now it is Steven

Burke. The Danes down to three

already. Denmark losing a rider. It

was a rider who came in at the last

moment. They did make a very late

change. But he didn't stay up in the

line up.

That could be it for them

with nine laps remaining. That is a

long way to go. The British team are

up against it. Britain setting a

blistering pace. Still close. Just

one second in it. With three men I

think they will struggle.

Denmark

being led by Pedersen. Britain

leading the way by over a second

here now. Still looking strong.

Still together, led by Ed Clancy. He

settles in on the back of the line

again and the gap is going up. It is

1.5 seconds now.

That advantage is

numbers is a big thing. They're

being shown they're bag on schedule.

They can afford to be conservative

and to be careful, don't take any

risks. Let them have to do the

fighting to get back on terms.

There

is a lot to do. It is over two

seconds. It is not going to happen

for Denmark. It is over 3 seconds

and Britain were in the same

straight for a moment. Emadi powers

forward. They come down back the

commentary position and Emadi leads

the way, handing over to Ed Clancy.

Oliver Wood is still there. Steven

Burke has dropped out.

Clancy

sometimes struggles towards the end

of the race, but he is looking on

good form. They're down to three.

Changes nicely adapted. But he has

got to get on the wheel.

Olly wood

on the front. Clancy is hanging on.

They're chasing down the Danes. They

won't catch them, but they're going

to win by a country mile. They come

to the line and great stuff from

Great Britain. They take gold in

Manchester in this World Cup

meeting. Gold for Britain and silver

for Denmark.

A very quick time as

well. They will be pleased with

that. Not just if win, but the way

they rode that and managed their

resources. The coach, Ian Dyer,

happy with that one. What a

marvellous place to do it, in fronts

of a home crowd.

And an excellent

time. Britain were in control of

that gold medal ride from the moment

they left the gate.

The expression

on their Faiths -- faces as nay they

get out of the gate. They drop into

the bends and it helps the ride

flow. Nicely done. To see your

opponent as well in the final

stages, just means you can actually

enjoy the race.

Well done, gold and

a home World Cup. Steven it has been

a frustrating time after Rio for the

team, a crash at the Euros. How good

is it to get back?

It is not ideal,

but we have bounced back in our home

World Cup. We did well to go quicker

than last night. It was well

executed and as a team we were

brilliant. The first step towards

the worlds.

It was well executed.

You almost caught the Danish team.

If there was another couple of laps

you would have stopped early. What

were the tactics, you seemed to go

out hard?

To be fair, like you don't

pay that much attention to the other

team on the track, apart from the

last couple of K. Went out hard, but

that was the plan. In the semi we

almost got snuck up on by the

French, so you can't base your ride

on what you were expecting. We did

one thing and it worked out.

Ed, a

happy return for you. What can we

read into this gold medal?

Good

things, but I like to think this is

just the start and to put it in

context, last month I did 80 hours

on a row bike. As did the boys. The

days of winning World Championships

in a 55 are well gone. The crowd was

awesome. But this is the starting

point. If we are can do this time

with that amount of work, we won't

see an invest on that until later in

the season.

If it is the start,

where is the end point?

First things

first, we have the World

Championships. A lot of us aren't

doing a serious race until then,

so... I like to think this is the

starting point for Tokyo and

hopefully a nice stepping stone.

Ollie is the younger of the quartet,

how much dud you want to get a cold.

We train here and had a sniff of it

last year in Glasgow. That was nice.

Being closer to home is strange, it

is strange being close to home and

in front of home crowd is brilliant.

It couldn't get any better. A World

Cup win in front of a home crowd.

Well done.

Cup win in front of a home crowd.

Well done.

CLARE BALDING: How good a

performance was that?

It was

excellent. It is where they have to

be. It gave them a confidence boovs.

They're very happy about that and

Ed, his face, shows you everything

you need to know. They're confident

and they will be a team to watch out

for.

Would he come back before Tokyo, do

you think? Unlikely. Geraint Thomas

came back for London. Up to their

team will they will be willing to

let them go. It is a big commitment.

It is months and months of technical

preparation, particularly for a team

event. Whilst we have great riders

like, I wouldn't say we don't need

them but we have the talent and

there are young riders waiting to

come N they are building a team

without these people. If they choose

to come back in, then it would be

great. That is important. If you are

a strong cycling nation, it is not

about just relying on three or four

names.

Exactly. That can be the risk

in certain countries that does

happen. And yes, it's, particularly

when it was just one rider per

nation, per event, that was the

problem, youed what one big star and

you could sit back and if we had a

Pendleton. You have to have more

than one person because of injury.

Full credit to the riders for

keeping focus and being able to

perform at the top of this level,

given thor moil behind the scenes.

With that in mind it was interesting

that a familiar face, Shane Sutton,

allegations of bullying and actual

remarks, was it eight out of the

nine charges against him for

discriminatory language, he was

cleared of that. He was here in

charge of the Chinese team and spoke

with David.

Everybody knows the circumstance in

which you left British cycling. A

year-and-a-half on what are your

reflections?

I don't sit down and

reflect on it. What has come out of

all that and you know, there are

just people probably trying to build

their own empire, I guess. They make

decisions. Until you are in the pit

and you know, you are in there and

know what is going on, then I don't

think you really make decisions that

they have made in the review process

and everything else. It is not what

was perceived here. The reception

shows that. The same for Dave - one

of the great leaders in world sport,

yet comes under criticism. I think

it is totally unjustified. We cannot

think about that. I'm having fun.

And I, you know, I just want to

continue to enjoy the journey now in

China. In

In terms of the way you

left, are there any regrets? You

left at a time when Britain were

gearing up for the Olympics - you

had been a big part of that. There

were nine allegations levelled at

you. One was found by British

cycling by the independent report to

have been proven, but you left

before they came out - any regrets

about any of that?

No. People don't

know the circumstances where I used

that comment. It was used in just a

general comment, you know, a couple

of people playing up on the day

being, what I have said publically

on the day. That is not going up to

an athlete and saying you are a

whatever. That wasn't the case. I

think people need to know that.

But you know, at the end of the day,

I can sleep of a night. I have no

problem with it all.

People criticised, you know, me from

a distance and everything else but

when you get into the nitty-gritty

of the day-to-day, I was pretty much

loved by the staff. I treated them

well and that has shown hooer in the

reception I've had. It's nice to

hear them say you have been missed.

Saying how touched he's been from

the reception interest the coaching

staff and the British team as a

whole.

I think he was probably nervous

coming back here. It must be odd for

him arriving a different team.

But I think, having seen him, he's

relaxed now. And really enjoyed the

weekend. It is a new challenge for

him looking a after the Chinese

team. It has been a difficult time

for the team for him and everyone

involved. You move on. Life moves

on.

Quite often we see coaches

switching from one country to

another.

If you look at the

accepter, the place is littered with

ex-riders from different nations,

now coaching different nations. So

you have, like I said earlier on

Bill, ex-german sprinter working

with the Dutch. You have my old

team-mate working the Aussies. There

is all those ideas and knowledges

and that is what raises the standard

across the board or the world.

We've

had more disruption - the chairman

of British Cycling has left. The

endurance coach has left. Can you

see a point at which it will settle

down?

I think so. What is happening

is British Cycling are doing all

they can, within their powers to

find, steady the boat, plan for

their future, add all the issues

raised. I think they have done a

good job in that respect, to be

honest. It is hard to see what else

they can do and now it is about

looking forward, not looking

backwards, not rehashing old

problems. But Jilly Harrington is

doing a great job.

Every rider we

heard interviewed they sound

enthusiastic, they want to do their

best.

Absolutely. The morale is

good. When you hear things said

about the federation, it is hard

when you've had a positive

experience and you have seen people

work so hard as a team together. And

the media image is different to the

reality to a lot of people. I think

it will be good for people to see

what goes on behind closed doors, to

see how the team work together. In

time we will see how it all pans

out.

Also, I suppose it will be a

relief when the camera shifts back

on to the riders. And the likes of

Katie Archibald - the youngsters

coming through, they have a chance

to be written and spoken about them.

Absolutely. That is what we are

seeing this weekend. So many great

performances. Of course it has been

a rocky week. I wouldn't say an

excellent weekend - a solid weekend

for the British team so far. It is

where they need to be.

Well the

man's Madison is in progress behind

us. It is 120 laps in total, with

sprints. Every ten laps they pick up

points. They there are points on

offer if they can lap the whole

team. It is the push me-pull me

event, where they sling shot each

other into action. Representing

Great Britain is Mark Stewart and

Chris Latham. Let's see how they are

getting on. Here's Simon.

THE COMMENTATOR: Poland are at the

front of the race at the moment. The

British duo are faring well. There

are the results. Poland, who have

been out

are the results. Poland, who have

been out for half a lap Rain for

longer, they have splintered the

whole of this field here. Here is

the situation. Great Britain in the

Bronze Medal position at the moment,

just ahead of the Poles. Poland have

scoped up the points.

I was going to

say they are trapped now they have

caught back markers and the pace is

with the front group. It doesn't

matter now. They are considered to

be at the front. They are catching

up. I have seen an easy from the

front group of favourites. The Poles

will make the junction, I think, and

take that 20 points which will

catapult them into gold medal

position.

The Poles are a quarter of

a lap behind the nearest

challengers. There is a group of the

big favourites, where you have got

the world champions there. You have

got Spain, the Net inner lands - New

Zealand, France, Denmark, Belgium,

Great Britain, Switzerland. They are

all together. Just about to join

them on the back of that group, that

is why the crowd have started to

applaud because they can sense those

who are following this immensely

complicated race that actually

Poland are almost drawing level and

they will gain that lap on the rest

of the field.

The big losers at the

point are the British pair on

bronze. There we go, we get an

update on points, they have been

pushed down to fourth.

It is Belgium

at the front of the race - the world

champions are behind them from

France.

Denmark and then I think Spain were

there as well. Great Britain just

out of the points that time.

That

will get really, really important.

Just 30 laps remaining in this race

now. And of course we have to

remember that the final sprint is

double points. Ten points. So

absolutely critical and it is so, so

close at the top. Poland, 32. They

have a reasonable front, 23. Denmark

back in 17. So it is still all to

play for here.

A minor lull in the

racing, relatively speaking at this

moment in time. Just for a lap or

two. You can see they start to bunch

up a little bit on the track. They

are not going full ball. This has

been an intense race.

Three sprints

remaining, so that's 20 points.

We

have Great Britain at the front of

the race at the moment. Britain with

Mark Stewart and Chris Latham, the

world scratch race, bronze

medallist. That was in Hong Kong

earlier this year. They have battled

away. They have never been far from

the front. They helped to animate

this race. The attack from Poland

has changed the reflection of

everything.

Denmark have gone on the

attack. The Brits went after it.

They realise that is the team

currently in third position in

Bronze Medal position. And the

British team, if they want to get on

the podium cannot let that go. It is

a strong move, too. They have

quarter of a lap.

At the moment

they'll have to hope other people

bring it back. It is not the British

duo doing that.

Larsson hands over to his team-mate.

The Danish pairing were fourth in

the World Championship this year. .

The responsibility should fall to

Poland, France and Denmark, sorry

Poland and France. They will be the

big losers. It is a concerted attack

here. If they can cop sisantly chase

behind they will gain a lap too.

They have enough time with 22 laps

remaining. That will put them into

the lead. Denmark are looking quite

good here. The chase of the Danes is

led by the bronze medallist this

year.

The rain bow jersey of the world

champion. Tomas going ahead of the

Dutchman, nestles behind.

They know

it is not just about that this

spript. When we have gone for this

sprint... They will get back on

terms but they are using energy,

catching up all a the time. It has

to neutralise possibly the Danish

attack.

The Dane is over the finish

line. The three riders be behind

there. There is a little gap, the

same sort of distance going back to

Great Britain, but the British

pairing are lucky because the

Spanish riders are helping to close

the gap themselves.

I think they are really working

hard, looking at the body language

now.

The British team, they are doing

everything they can. They have got

back on terms. The Danes have got a

lead of about 30 metres. Do you

know, I think that will be enough. I

think if the heart goes out of the

chase when you look around and you

see you are towing ten riders with

you. 16 laps to go. They have that

massive sprint at the end. That will

be all important.

So Denmark on the

front of the race at the moment.

Poland leading overall, mainly

thanks to that lap they gained

earlier. It will change if Denmark

were able to gain a lap.

If they

don't, I think, if I have it right,

they cannot overtake Poland. They

will get into silver medal position.

If they keep scoring the points,

they run out of points.

And Denmark

make the changeover now.

Has a look behind, he is chased by

an Austrian rider.

It is Spain that's going to close

that gap. A real concerted attack.

The French have gone after them. The

race is blown to pieces. It is those

three teams that will contest the

last two sprints here.

They love a

big attack the Spanish duo. They

have not scored any points so far

today. A sustained effort here over

the last dozen laps or so.

Behind the Danes certainly looking

for silver medal, unless they can

make the junction and then they will

be in gold position. Behind them,

the French pair are the real winners

here.

Denmark, Spain and France the

first three over the line and

Belgium get one point. They were the

teams to score points there. And

they're still attacking. Spain open

a gap and h rider tried to get that

extra spurt of pace. But it is very

late in the day. Its Torres at the

moment.

The Danes are 11 points off

the lead. If they want to take the

title, they have to take the

junction and I think they're going

to do it. They're only 30 metres

behind the peloton and with seven

laps to go, I think they're going to

win this World Cup right at the

death.

What a ride, what a sustained

concerted effort from Denmark to try

and turn this around.

France have

managed to stay with them and it

will come down to that final sprint.

France, the world champions,

sticking on the wheel of the Danish

team and doing it by their finger

nails at the moment. France and

Denmark have been judged to have

gained a lap and Spain as well

suddenly have been given a lap.

France lead from Denmark from

Poland.

Equal points with 750 metres

to go.

Now it is opening up again

and Spain are keeping on going.

Gritting their teeth and riding from

everyone else. Torres hands over to

Mora. Spain opening up a gap. Poland

lead the chance with Ireland and

Italy.

On equal points, it doesn't

matter where they finish, who ever

finished highest at this final

sprint.

We have hardly mentioned

Italy. As we come into the last lap

of the race. We are almost done with

this Madison race and Spain leading.

Mora has quite an advantage, being

chased by Italy and Ireland. Germany

are up there. Denmark and then New

Zealand. We are up to the line and

the first rider over the line from

Spain. Now crossing the line are the

Danes. The Danes have got over the

line and I think that would mean

that Denmark are going to win this

men's Madison race.

Yes they were

out of the points, but they finished

further forward than France, so it

should come down to that final

sprint. So sprint 12 of 12.

As the

final sprint and after 12 of 12,

France and Denmark both on 46

points. Equal first place. With

Poland in third. Spain fourth and

Belgium down in fifth. Wh a close

finish in this men's Madison. CLARE