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$:/STARTFEED. Good afternoon from Glasgow. Just across the road from

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Celtic Park, in fact and welcome to day one highlights from the Track

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Cycling World Cup. This could be just the hottest ticket in town,

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after what we witnessed this summer in London.

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# If we blend for a minute, let it # Was it ever really something we

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could question all the logic in the world

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# But was it ever really something? What a night we've got look forward

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to. It's going to be an absolute thriller. # And I tried to hard to

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fall in love, but it's easier to take my chances on my own. #.

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are absolutely flying. Great Britain are the World Champions and

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they are now going to become the Olympic champions. They are on

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fire! I don't believe it! Look at I can't believe this has happened

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to me. Here come Chris Hoy, a new world

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record! I can't believe how quick we've got here today, it's

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unbelievable. Oh, look at that, it's a new world

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record! We've just spent so many years thinking about this moment

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and when it happens, it's just a mad explosion of emotion.

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Victoria Pendleton, she is the Olympic Champion and her career

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ends on a silver medal. I would have loved to have won my final

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race, but I'm kind of so glad it's all done and I can move on. You've

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been incredible. # There's nothing new tonight #

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Yes, barely just 100 days since the Olympic Games finished, but the

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remarkable seven out of the ten gold medals going to the British

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team. This is what we've got for you over

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the next hour. The men's team pursuit, an event in

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which Britain has quite a tradition. , with numerous world titles. Jess

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Varnish was disqualified in the team sprint, she returns to action

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with a new partner, Becky James. I And in the pursuit, Laura Trott is

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going again. In the men's team sprint, Ed Clancy

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attempts to build on Chris Hoy's lead.

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First up, we're going to look at the men's team pursuit. Alongside

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me is Chris board man to cast his expert eye on that and all the

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proceedings from yesterday. We had high hopes from a young and

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inexperienced team, but it didn't go according to plan, d it? No, but

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that's exactly what we come here to learn from. When you're millimetres

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apart, mistakes happen and that's what happened in this event. Would

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you apportion blame anywhere? don't think it is about blame. But

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Kenny was touching the wheel and he was overlapping. But it is

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something that you learn when you're learning your craft. There's

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not a man in that team who hasn't done it and that's the nature of

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this event. It's unfortunate, but it is the way you learn the lesson

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best. You mentioned Andy Tennent. This was his reaction. First and

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foremost not the way we like to see you leaving the track, how are you?

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Yes, I have a few stiches in me, and I feel especially bad for Joe,

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he's distraught, but these things happen in racing. What exactly

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happened. We thought there was a touch of wheels? Yes, that's what I

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presume. I was just changing and coming back on to fourth wheel, but

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I imagine Joe touched the first wheel. When you're riding

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millimetres close it's something that could happen and luckily there

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are not too many crashes. And it's sad for the young lads. I feel

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really bad for them. I wouldn't like to guess how many team pursuit

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efforts I've seen over the years and I can't remember seeing a Great

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Britain team go down on the boards like that, you put in a lot of

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hours to get it right. Yes, I've crashed before in the junior

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championships in 2004. That was the last time I was in a crash, and we

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don't often crash, but on a race day people get nervous and it's

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different to training. But never mind. And it was a new line-up and

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new team members, how did it feel? We're going well. And we're going

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out there on 402 schedule. We're up on or on the schedule all the time.

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It was what we planned and to go faster in the final again. So the

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new line-up is looking good. All the young lads I've been riding my

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bike for about four weeks, I had some time off after the Games, but

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it's looking good and looking out to Rio and hopefully another gold

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medal. Let's do the triple. Thank you very much. So the British

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crashed out. The top qualifiers were Denmark and Germany so they

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race now. This is the contest for the gold

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Snow Everybody has put in some new blood after the Olympic Games. This

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blood after the Olympic Games. This is the proving ground. Already

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they've posted quick times this morning.

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Germany have been many, many times the World Champions and they were

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the first country to go inside the four-minute barrier and they set

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that in the Sydney Olympics in 2000 that in the Sydney Olympics in 2000

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when he clocked 3.59 seconds. Denmark have been the world

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champions back in 2008 and they've had a silver as well in 2002. And

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it was Denmark that raced Great Britain for the gold and silver in

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Beijing. Denmark have given away a little bit of ground, just 0.3 of a

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second they're in arrears, but they look well in control. They're very

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experienced in this event. The German team, the change is a little

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bit slow they're spending a lot of time up on the track and not in

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shelter. Both teams have gone quicker in the opening kilometre

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than in the time trials this morning. It's all about beating

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your opponents in the time class. Germany were four seconds slower

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this morning, but with the change of the one man they're trying it

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take the day. But literally when I was talking there, the whole thing

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changed around and the Dane the took back half a second. They're

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now roaring into the game. So beautifully paced and no panicking

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at the start. Denmark have gone ahead of Germany at the last split.

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Oh, it's over a second now. So Denmark really getting their second

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wind and settling down to the kets. There's a lot of track in these

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kind of speeds and they're keeping the pressure on. Whittling away.

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Over a second now. In fact, 1.5 has gone out. I think there is a weak

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man in the German team. They're holding quite nicely. One of the

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strong men in the Danish team here is Hansen. He won the gold medal

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for the Omnium in London and was third in the world. How costly is

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that with the germants down to three? Well, it's all over. They

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have them in the same strait now. You can see the close formation and

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they can see the team in front of them, so they know they're doing

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what they need to. And the Germans could not afford to make a mistake

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like that. The Danes are well in control of

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this. Three seconds behind Germany now and they will be sighting their

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opponents. Denmark coming into the same strait as Germany. And now

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Germany, they're in complete trouble. They've split again! Time

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is always taken on the third rider and Germany have had it. There are

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two going away and their third man has completely lost contact. Here

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they come, the Danes. The crowd are loving this, Germany well and truly

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on the rack. It is all over now. The danger is passing riders. This

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is when communication is critical, you must shout if you start to lose

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a wheel. There is the catch. Denmark have caught Germany and

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they win the gold medal here. It looks like they want to carry on

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for a time. Yes, the coach is encouraging them.

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Well, 4.1 at the finish, that is a really quick time. To go faster in

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the second round, they put a marker down that this season they were

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going to be a team to reckon with. Not quite the normal German

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efficiency we're used to there, but a great performance from the Danish

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quartet. Victoria Pendleton has retired now,

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so it was Rebecca James who brought home the qualification, and look

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the fastest. The gold medal race will be between

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Great Britain and Spain. But first, let's look at the bronze final as

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France take on Russia. The team is out on the track ready for the

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contest in the women's team sprint. This is a clash between France and

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Russia. Nearest so us will be France,

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starting in the home strait. The second wheel will be Anastasia

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Voynova. Month yaubian whittling on to the

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wheel. Russia are in charge at the moment. It's very, very close this

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one. We xfpt examined it to be close. Not a lot to choose between

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them on paper. The French take it. There it is, 34

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is the finish time for France and they are the winners of the bronze

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medal and they give the victory salute.

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They were faster than this morning, so they will be pleased with that.

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They did look good out of the block. It is interesting to see how the

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teams have adapted to this new rule because you can still slip off the

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block, but the two teams were playing it absolutely safe and

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didn't want to run the risk of being relegated.

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15m is the length of the window they have to move out. That's a

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perfect example. They have to get out of the sprinter's channel.

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Just confirming the relate. Preparing in the home strait is the

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team from Great Britain and it will be Jes Varnish, leading off Rebecca

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James. A massive opportunity for these two

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now. Victoria Pendleton has left a big gap in the programme. The door

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is wide open now and these two need to grasp the opportunity with both

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hands. And I think we'll be seeing personal bests from both of them.

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They are great friends, get on well and work well together. Great

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Britain have won a couple of world titles at this particular

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discipline before. And when they raced in Colombia before, it was

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Rebecca James who led off. But now Jess Varnish will lead off.

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They are a lot quicker than Spain and I'm excepting them to do a

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quicker time. Oh, look at the time. It's close. Spain are putting up a

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fight. But now it's Becky James, the former junior World Champion

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trying to hold off the challenger from Spain. Here she comes into the

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finishing strait. There it is, Great Britain take the gold medal.

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33.428, a cracking time by the British duo! The first gold medal

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of the World Cup here in Glasgow and it is the British pair of

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Rebecca James and Jess Varnish. A gentle wave to the crowd. A great

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ride by Jess Varnish. She will be absolutely over the moon with that.

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Here's a chance to look at the technique out of the gate. Jess

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Varnish launching herself. Look at the face! Gritting her teeth as she

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powers away and just waiting to drop into the wheel is Becky James.

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And then the technique, as you can see, by the two riders, absolutely

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superb. Is there a chance to see where she moves over? There,

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completing the lap and the second lap being polished off by Becky

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James from Wales. A former junior World Champion and in that time of

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33.428 is good enough to give them the gold medal.

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How happy with that are you tonight? It's really good to be

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back on the podium and it's really exciting to be doing the team

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sprint with Becky and it's a bonus that it is in front of the home

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crowd tonight. You have had a wonderful reception here in glass

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tpwo? Yes, it's fantastic in the Velo drom. It's an amazing facility

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and to have the home crowd behind us tonight is great. I think many

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people are wondering how Great Britain as a team are performing

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without some of the former athletes, obviously Victoria Pendleton, but

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you have very much announced your intent here? Yes, it is hard

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without some of the older, more mature riders, but we're doing

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pretty well and have to keep building on this and see how we go.

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Two from two is a tremendous performance. How much have you

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enjoyed tonight? It's amazing. The crowd tonight is great. It's

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exciting for two years' time when the Commonwealth Games are here,

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we're getting the feel for what it will be like. And it must have been

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frustrating for you to sit out and watch the Olympics, but now you've

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taken the podium? Yes, it's such a great feeling. Top podium spots in

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the World Cup and two PBs tonight I'm really chuffed. And Jess, we'll

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see you back in action? Yes, I have the individual 500 tonight. I just

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want to get as much track time and racing as a can. So in 45 minute,

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I've got the 500. Well done. Chris, we started the programme with

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glorious shots of London 2012, but for Jess it wasn't glorious. It's

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really important for her to get back and win as she did? For her,

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she has a burning desire to put those things right. It was terrible

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for her, all that work and it was taken away in a second and there

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was nothing she could do about it. That's part of sport. That not

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knowing what is going to happen is why we watch. But she has come here

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and she is in good shape and she rode really consistently and the

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pair have shown they can be contenders at the next Olympic

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Games. Victoria Pendleton has gone and they just picked up the baton

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and did a really good job of it. And that's not easy to do. Credit

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must go to Becky James as well? Becky James has fined down a lot.

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She has been working hard. She has not been sitting back and both have

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seen this as an opportunity to get on well. They're a different

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partnership to Jess and Vicky, they're quite close away from the

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bike and work hard together. I think we're going it see them go to

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Rio and perhaps get gold there too. It's been a phenomenal year for

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GB's women's team, in the pursuit, but they did qualify despite losing

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the wheel of Laura Trott. And Emma Barker deputising for Jo Razzall.

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Let's see the bronze medal final, Belarus a gens -- against Lithuania.

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Belarus have Lithuania on the rack and I don't see how they can come

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back from this. Well, the laps are ticking away now. Two remaining and

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I think the die is cast here. Yeah, you're right there. The

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bronze medal is zestined I feel, for Lithuania. -- destined.

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They will hear the bell leaving them one more circuit of the track

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but they haven't given up, Lithuania, they're still having a

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They have pulled back some time, so they are still fighting, but it is

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too big a gap to run down now. squad of Belarus will take the

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bronze medal, they do. They did give away a considerable

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amount out of the gates. The team looking really sharp technically,

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it has to be said, but one of the changes was shallow and slow so

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they spent a lot of time that they didn't need to when their nose in

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the wind. But they tiedied up. It was a better ride than this morning,

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technically. Lithuania came on a This is the contest for the gold

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and silver and it brings out the old enemies, Australia versus Great

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Britain. And Australia will start Great Britain are the Olympic

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champions, the World Champions and the world record holders. And one

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change in the Great Britain team. Gentleman Razzell is suffering with

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a virus, so she is not here. So Barker is on third wheel at the

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moment. Barker safely on the back there. They will be change ing -- a

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big start by Trott. So straightaway they're going to make sure they

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look after Dani king king and get the most out of her. Dani King is

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going to go straight into doing a lap. Two is always the hardest

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position, because you don't get the benefit of the slip stream for part

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of the lap and then you have to set your own pace.

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The fire power, that is in no doubt. It's 0.196 of a second separating

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them at the moment. In qualification, Great Britain were

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quicker in the first four laps and then they disintegrated when Dani

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King lost a wheel. We knew it would be a good scrap

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and it is developing into one. They're holding it at the average.

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The British coach seems happy. He's shown that they are up on

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absolutely. They've nibbled back 0.1 of a second. And we'll start to

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see them get back on terms soon. It is close here and it could come

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down to a team that make as mistake. Just as we excepted, the crowd

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absolutely loving this. And Great Britain with a little bit of work

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to do now! They're trailing by 0.2 of a second. So the crowd have to

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get behind them. There is the coach of the Australians. He's onlyly

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worked out a schedule that he feels will be good enough to up tole the

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Great Britain riders. Here they come back to their stations,

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Australia going strongly. It's stayed at 0.2 or 0.3 of a second.

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Hovering there all the time. The British three trying to manage the

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disparity between the different form there. They have their work

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cut out here. It will be very close. Oh, look how close it is! The

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tables have turned. Great Britain are now in control and we're into

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the closing four laps. Well, they haven't panicked. They've stayed

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with the schedule Paul is showing them. They're constantly up on

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schedule and doing everything they possibly can. They're now 0.7 ahead.

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So this is the time when all that careful planning and positioning

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pays off. And young Elinor Barker revelling in this. She is making

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her World Cup debut. She is turning on the style. She swings high and

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the rest tuck in behind as the Great Britain team power away.

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it is not over. It is back to 0.1 of a second. It will be all down to

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which one of the individuals actually crosses the line. Oh, it's

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going to go all the way to the line. Great Britain are in front again.

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It's Dani King at the front and trying to turn the screw. Australia

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are trying to respond. There it is! It's a victory for Great Britain!

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3.21.043, Australia 3 .22.026. And they are celebrating. What a crowd

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pleaser that was. It was so close there. Elinor Barker is delighted.

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What a way to enter the first flight of this competition. She has

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never ridden at this level before and she has acquitted herself

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incredibly well. And speculating on the possibility that it will become

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4,000 metres are four riders, it means when Razzall is well again,

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she could be the fourth rider. What a final that was. This is the

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starting technique of Great Britain. Laura Trott taking them out of the

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gate. Dan yes King in the middle and

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young Elinor Parker tucking in behind. And we see the change of

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pace when Laura Trott hit the front. Despite her happy "I'll take it as

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it comes" attitude, she is the one driving it forward at the moment.

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And the championships are a month closer to us now. They haven't got

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long to make up the time. They need to start to pull it together now.

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very good ride by Great Britain. Australia, we knew they would push

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them. But Great Britain have their say. There is the face of the 18-

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year-old Elinor Barker. She's stepped up to the plate here and

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delivered. Big smiles all round once again.

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Dani was that hard work tonight? Cor, yes it was. After the

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qualifier I did a terrible ride, but I had to pull something out of

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the bag this evening. But we won again. It's an amazing feeling and

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Elinor, her first World Cup, senior, she did a fantastic job tonight.

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What happened after qualifying? You just looked as they you weren't

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right and your legs were not as fresh as you'd hoped? Yes, exactly

:28:18.:28:23.

that. The first race back after the Olympics. I'd had time off and

:28:23.:28:27.

enjoyed myself and I'm back to training. But I got through to the

:28:27.:28:33.

final, and I'm happy now. And Laura, a France taskic performance and to

:28:33.:28:39.

see Elinor slot into this line-up? Yes, she's amazing. She stepped up

:28:39.:28:43.

straightaway. It's looking good for the future. It's nice to know

:28:43.:28:48.

people are still coming through and it hasn't stopped. And to step into

:28:48.:28:53.

our line-up, world champions and Olympic champions, it was as if she

:28:53.:29:00.

was part of our team for months. And it looks good for men's

:29:00.:29:04.

endurance, especially if it goes to a four-woman team? Definitely.

:29:04.:29:10.

We're going to have to get used to that straightaway. When we have Jo,

:29:10.:29:16.

we start with a four straightaway. And what kind of form have you all

:29:16.:29:21.

come into the World Cup, given it is a short time since the Olympics.

:29:21.:29:27.

And you have an Omnium coming up, how are you feeling? Not great, to

:29:27.:29:32.

be honest. That was really hard, considering we went ten seconds

:29:32.:29:36.

slower than the Olympics. That wasn't great. But it's just being

:29:36.:29:41.

here and loving the home crowd. We have to enjoy it and have fun. And

:29:41.:29:44.

when it really means something we'll commit to it and actually,

:29:44.:29:50.

like, race. But for now, we just want to enjoy it. And the winning

:29:50.:29:55.

habit seems difficult to kick? definitely. To qualify second, it

:29:55.:30:01.

was like no! And Elinor, your first senior World Cup and we saw what it

:30:01.:30:08.

meant to you when you crossed the line? Yeah, I was really happy with

:30:08.:30:12.

that. I've learnt so much just training with these girls in the

:30:12.:30:17.

last couple of weeks. I've made so many improvements in such a short

:30:17.:30:22.

space of time. So it's hopefully the start of better things to come.

:30:22.:30:28.

When he last spoke to you, you'd just won the junior title in the

:30:28.:30:34.

time trial and now you're joining a very, very impressive team here.

:30:34.:30:40.

Was it imTim dating coming here? Yes, massively. But I just have to

:30:40.:30:45.

take the positives out of it. I was never going to look good against

:30:45.:30:49.

Olympic and world champions, but I just had to take on board their

:30:49.:30:54.

knowledge and learn from the experience. You looked good from

:30:54.:31:00.

where we were sitting. What was it like taking that podium? Yes,

:31:00.:31:04.

really happy. The girls said they were ten seconds slower than

:31:04.:31:10.

they've ever been, but I went ten seconds faster than I've ever been,

:31:10.:31:17.

so that's really good! You dragged them along. Can I just say hello to

:31:17.:31:21.

Jo and that we miss you loads. That's lovely and she sends her

:31:21.:31:25.

best wishes as well. Well done, girls. Thank you very much indeed.

:31:25.:31:35.
:31:35.:31:39.

In the men's team sprint it was Ed Clancy in that event. And he didn't

:31:39.:31:44.

do a bad job either, bringing the team home in second qualification

:31:44.:31:49.

place. It was Germany who had the fastest time and that will be the

:31:49.:31:59.
:31:59.:31:59.

gold medal final. But first, the This is the race for France. France

:31:59.:32:03.

have a fantastic pedigree of results in this event being ten

:32:04.:32:12.

times the world champions and the hols have never won a medal of any

:32:12.:32:19.

colour -- Poles. That was possibly good timing,

:32:19.:32:23.

because by the time they got back to that pursuit mark and they

:32:23.:32:28.

cannot overlap at that point, he was right back on the wheel. Good

:32:28.:32:32.

technique from France. France have profited from the good start and

:32:32.:32:37.

now they're into the final 250 and the bronze will go to France.

:32:37.:32:47.
:32:47.:32:47.

Poland will not come back from this. 44.803. Almost three-quarters of a

:32:47.:32:55.

second quicker than Poland. Poland fought valiantly there, but

:32:55.:32:58.

faded towards the end and the technique of France clearly

:32:58.:33:04.

superior as well. They will be smarting a little bit to be in the

:33:04.:33:08.

bronze medal ride-off, but...it is respectable at this level of

:33:08.:33:12.

competition. This is the final for the gold and

:33:12.:33:22.
:33:22.:33:24.

silver medals. Germany starting on the home straight. Engler and

:33:24.:33:34.
:33:34.:33:34.

Britain led off by Philip Hindes. Not a bad start by Hindes. Clancy

:33:34.:33:39.

fighting so is hard to stay on the wheels and I think he's managed it.

:33:39.:33:44.

Kenny is just laying off a little bit. He's closing up now. Oh, that

:33:45.:33:52.

looks close. 0.3 of a second separating them. Kenny the fastest

:33:52.:33:56.

second lap rider in the world. Can he bring them back on terms? It's

:33:56.:34:02.

close. It's 0.2. He's taken some back. That is a big ask that, 0.2

:34:02.:34:09.

in a single lap, but he's after it. Closing stages. Germany take it

:34:09.:34:17.

from Great Britain. On the line. The finishing times say Germany

:34:17.:34:22.

take gold. And Great Britain 44.175, take silver. You have to remember

:34:22.:34:30.

just a few months from that Olympic games you couldn't except too much

:34:30.:34:37.

of them now. This is the time to feel their way back into the racing

:34:37.:34:42.

circuit and try a few new things. But I think that was respectable.

:34:42.:34:48.

Yes, I agree with that. Congratulations. To see you come

:34:48.:34:53.

back on to the boards so quickly after the Olympics, having had a

:34:53.:34:57.

break and still put in a decent performance. And for you, it's

:34:57.:35:03.

great to see you upright out of the start? Yes, it was good to come

:35:03.:35:08.

back to racing again on a home track. It was fantastic. What do

:35:08.:35:16.

you make of your new man three? very handsome! He's doing well. I'm

:35:16.:35:19.

really happy with how he's doing and it should be good. How does it

:35:20.:35:24.

feel to be back on the boards and competing at a World Cup? Yeah,

:35:24.:35:28.

it's really good. We've just come back from a big break after the

:35:28.:35:32.

Olympics. It was quite hard to get the fitness back and, yeah, find

:35:32.:35:41.

the speed. But it's going well with the training. And great to get into

:35:41.:35:47.

that final, Jason. Nobody expected you to come here with the same form

:35:47.:35:53.

as the Olympics, but still a great performance. Are you happy with the

:35:53.:35:58.

way it's gone 1234? I'm happy with the way it came together. I think

:35:58.:36:02.

we've got a winning formula. I think we nailed it, and got it all

:36:02.:36:06.

there on the track, I'm just disappointed we weren't quick

:36:06.:36:12.

enough to win the gold. But, like I say, we got up and nailed it and Ed

:36:12.:36:17.

has dropped straight into the team there and made it look fairly easy,

:36:17.:36:22.

when a lot of people were excepting him to get dropped. But he made a

:36:22.:36:26.

good lap. These are all building blocks for the world championships,

:36:26.:36:30.

what do you think you have learned today? We need to do the same as

:36:30.:36:35.

today, but half a second quicker. That's it. We have two months to

:36:35.:36:41.

find half a second each. And a busy weekend for you? Yes, I'm riding

:36:41.:36:45.

everything this weekend. I'll just get stuck in and see what I can get

:36:45.:36:51.

out of it and hopefully there will be a few more medals. It's a brave

:36:51.:36:57.

man who comes into the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome and takes up the

:36:57.:37:04.

third man position in the sprint. But it was never in doubt? I don't

:37:04.:37:09.

know. Qualifying went well. It almost felt, dare I say it, a

:37:09.:37:14.

little too easy to get on the wheel. But I ran out of legs on the last

:37:14.:37:20.

lap. So for tonight, I'll get a little bit more on the last lap to

:37:20.:37:24.

nudge the gear up a little bit and it was difficult to hang on to

:37:24.:37:31.

Jason on the last lap. But I enjoyed it. I have a different

:37:31.:37:36.

perspective than these two, coming to this, I've never rode

:37:36.:37:40.

international before. So I've had a great day. They've all been living

:37:40.:37:46.

like rock stars since the Olympics. But I think we had a decent start.

:37:46.:37:50.

We were never going to come and set the world on fire, but it is a good

:37:50.:37:55.

place to move on from here. We're used to the women's team winning

:37:55.:37:59.

the pursuit, but in different circumstances? Absolutely. The

:37:59.:38:06.

qualifier, they were lucky to get away with it. But lucky their fire

:38:06.:38:11.

power was such that they got into the final. They looked - cold-

:38:12.:38:16.

hearted facts, the mistakes they made, right, you shorten your turns

:38:16.:38:21.

and you do longer turns and they sorted it out and that's why they

:38:21.:38:25.

are as good as they are, because they know how to manage their

:38:25.:38:30.

weaknesses as well. And a new man came into the experienced men's

:38:30.:38:36.

sprint team as well. And I think he did OK? People don't realise that

:38:36.:38:42.

Ed has always straddled the fence between team and pursuit. If he

:38:42.:38:46.

really wanted to focus on it, he could be another Chris Hoy. He

:38:46.:38:53.

could be that good. I think he did a fantasticic job and it's God to

:38:53.:39:00.

see someone experiment like that as well. Now, Ed Clancy was entered

:39:00.:39:06.

into the Omnium as well. It is essentially a decathlon for bikes.

:39:06.:39:16.

Here are the events. We'll catch up with the first two events.

:39:16.:39:21.

Jonathan Dibben is making his debut in the world. He posted the fastest

:39:21.:39:31.
:39:31.:39:35.

time at that point and ultimately Glen o 'Shea is probably the

:39:35.:39:43.

favourite here in Glasgow. O'Shea burst away to win the final

:39:43.:39:53.
:39:53.:39:54.

sprint, however, there are 12spints over this race. And it it was the

:39:54.:39:59.

Ukraineian who led after the first events. The final race of the day

:39:59.:40:06.

for the Omnium was the elimination race. It's a bunched race and they

:40:06.:40:11.

sprint every two laps. And they get eliminated until there are two left.

:40:11.:40:18.

And then it's a sprint to the line. Dibben has been caught napping.

:40:18.:40:22.

Come on, you have to react to this. Trying to find a way in the lower

:40:22.:40:32.
:40:32.:40:36.

part of the track. No, that's it. He's out.

:40:36.:40:41.

Well, he did well to last this morning, to be honest. He's shaking

:40:41.:40:51.
:40:51.:40:54.

his head. But he's here to learn. Welte says thank you very much,

:40:54.:40:59.

he's been given another life because somebody else dropped out.

:40:59.:41:06.

And he will-sur-siv. And other riders have been caught napping at

:41:06.:41:13.

the back. -- survive. That was Moto of Japan.

:41:13.:41:20.

Oh, I don't know. It was Beer of Switzerland. He was coming through

:41:20.:41:25.

so fast into a gap that didn't exist he nearly caused a crash

:41:25.:41:35.
:41:35.:41:42.

Welte once again is right at the back. And I can't believe he has

:41:42.:41:48.

lasted to long. But no, there he goes. Seven riders left and O'Shea

:41:48.:41:54.

from Australia comes to the front. We haven't talked about him at all.

:41:54.:42:02.

No, he's just ridden a sensible race all the way through.

:42:02.:42:07.

Liss is right at the back and he needs to move on and he's doing

:42:07.:42:13.

that. That's perfect finaling. they try and keep really tight to

:42:13.:42:23.
:42:23.:42:24.

keep the others penned in to keep them safe. That was the rider from

:42:24.:42:32.

Hong Kong, a former world champion. Oh, Hashi MoT o has been shown as

:42:32.:42:39.

out there. Getting to the business end now of

:42:39.:42:49.
:42:49.:43:05.

It was definitely the rider from Hong Kong that time.

:43:05.:43:09.

Well, the World Champion is just watching over his shoulder every

:43:10.:43:17.

time. He's riding very well. Very skillful, O'Shea, that's why

:43:17.:43:22.

he's the World Champion. Now then, who is going to be out this time?

:43:22.:43:29.

You can see the fatigue, can't you? Charging down the strait for the

:43:29.:43:37.

line - oh, I reckon that's the rider from Kazakhstan.

:43:37.:43:43.

And we're down to four. Just two more selections before the

:43:43.:43:47.

final sprint. The world champion rider from the Exchequer Republic,

:43:47.:43:52.

one from Spain and one from Germany and O'Shea trying to keep them on

:43:52.:43:55.

his shoulder. It's the man from Germany in the hot seat at the

:43:55.:44:01.

moment and that's Liss. He has some work to do here. This 20-year-old

:44:01.:44:09.

and he's not going to do it. Liss from Germany is out.

:44:09.:44:15.

Well, you wouldn't bet against the World Champion now, would you?

:44:15.:44:20.

He's ridden a good race in second position there, but he just got

:44:20.:44:25.

caught napping himself there, actually. He's a class act and he's

:44:25.:44:31.

oozing confidence and a stall yar performance here in the final day -

:44:31.:44:41.
:44:41.:44:51.

Now, who will it be in this final sprint? The 32-year-old from Spain.

:44:51.:44:56.

It's suddenly turned into a match sprint now.

:44:56.:45:06.
:45:06.:45:08.

Well, the Czech rider started in third position.

:45:08.:45:12.

I'm not sure whether they're trying to cross the line first or not

:45:12.:45:21.

cross the line second. A good move by Eloriaga.

:45:21.:45:29.

Very good. Good riding by the Spanish rider. He adds that one to

:45:29.:45:34.

his tally of nine. So he will go into the clubhouse with ten points

:45:34.:45:44.
:45:44.:45:57.

The World Champion, O'Shea, has got 17 in fourth place.

:45:57.:46:05.

Jonathan Dibben at the moment 11th. Well, Jess Varnish still had the

:46:05.:46:10.

500 m time trial to go, a test of explosive strength against the

:46:10.:46:17.

clock and the fastest time wins. Vogel of Germany against the

:46:17.:46:23.

Netherlands and it's the power of Vogel, a former junior World

:46:23.:46:28.

Championon from London that we except to lead in the early stages.

:46:28.:46:33.

-- expect to lead in the early stages.

:46:33.:46:43.
:46:43.:46:48.

A good start by Vogel. The rider from Hong Kong looks to be in a

:46:48.:46:54.

position to maintain the lead as these two are slower. Vogel comes

:46:54.:46:59.

home to become the new leader and it was all completed in that second

:46:59.:47:08.

lap. So it is now Vogel who has pushed Wai Sze Lee down into second

:47:08.:47:14.

spot. After Olympic success there are all

:47:14.:47:18.

sorts of other things happening in your life, so perhaps she is not on

:47:18.:47:28.
:47:28.:47:33.

top form, but it was a really quick Spain versus Great Britain. Away

:47:34.:47:39.

they go. Two laps of the track and Jess Varnish would dearly love to

:47:39.:47:45.

win this one. Well, she would. She worked well out of the gate and

:47:45.:47:50.

chose a low gear to give her good acceleration. She may pay for it a

:47:50.:47:56.

bit later on, but it got her out of the gate fast.

:47:56.:48:00.

A little bit of work to do here in the second 50. What can she do?

:48:01.:48:08.

Half a lap to go for Jess Varnish, she is clearly ahead of the

:48:08.:48:14.

opponent but what will she stop the clock at? Third place at the moment.

:48:14.:48:23.

34. 809..I'm A little surprised by that, but she may have some more to

:48:23.:48:28.

give. I'm not sure how pleased she will be with that ride. Did the

:48:28.:48:35.

team sprint take it out of her a bit? Maybe so. It may be hard to

:48:35.:48:45.
:48:45.:48:45.

refocus for this event. You see how close she is managing to keep to

:48:45.:48:49.

what we call the sprinter's line at the bottom of the track, the

:48:49.:48:54.

shortest possible distance. So it could be that Varnish will be

:48:54.:49:02.

squeezed out of the medals as this competition runs its distance.

:49:02.:49:12.
:49:12.:49:23.

A good start by Claire there. A little bit of strapping on her leg.

:49:23.:49:28.

You put a lot of strain on muscles during this event. We knew this

:49:28.:49:36.

would be a ding dong heat. Panarina is a good sprinter. And she is

:49:36.:49:43.

leading. She's right on the pace of the rider from Hong Kong, could she

:49:43.:49:50.

threaten the time of Vogel from Germany? Panarina is the new leader

:49:50.:50:00.
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with a finishing time of 34.121, Very powerful, very strong,

:50:15.:50:21.

Panarina, a good sprinter. Technically not great at all in the

:50:21.:50:29.

opening metres, it's just sheer guts and courage, isn't it?

:50:29.:50:39.
:50:39.:50:54.

The middle section is where she Away we go for the two-lap time

:50:54.:51:00.

trial, representing Russia Anastasia Voynova and representing

:51:00.:51:06.

Spain Calvo. It's the Russian gritting her teeth and trying to

:51:06.:51:12.

hold off the challenge of the rider from Spain. Oh, it's close, but the

:51:12.:51:17.

Russian is ahead. That's a very good opening. That's a very good

:51:17.:51:22.

start. In fact, that's the quickest 250 we've seen and I said I

:51:22.:51:29.

couldn't see anyone toppling Panarina. Oh, right at the end, it

:51:29.:51:35.

went to the rider from Spain! 34.45.1. So she clawed it back in

:51:35.:51:41.

the second lap, but she was just a thousandth of a second faster than

:51:41.:51:47.

Voynova and it means the rider from Spain gets the bronze medal.

:51:47.:51:57.

And Jess Varnish finishes sixth. And Lee from Hong Kong was poised

:51:57.:52:02.

to get a medal and in the space of 30 seconds, she was moved out to

:52:02.:52:07.

fifth. That's a huge effort of the rider

:52:07.:52:12.

from Spain and it elevated her into the bronze medal position.

:52:12.:52:16.

Germany's Christina Vogel on the podium as well for the silver.

:52:16.:52:26.
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Our final race is the men's scratch race. A simple one this, a quick

:52:34.:52:42.

blast over 50 kilometres. That's 60 laps. Simon Yatse rides for Britain.

:52:42.:52:50.

Here are the closing stages. Ten laps to go in the men's 60-lap

:52:50.:52:54.

scratch race. It's the rider from Germany that is bringing the

:52:54.:53:01.

peloton back up and that's Reinhardt. And the colours of green

:53:01.:53:07.

are on the front again. Well, I'll tell you who is well

:53:07.:53:11.

positioned at the moment in this race and that's young Yatse. He's

:53:11.:53:16.

just moving become to the front. We haven't' sewn him in the past few

:53:16.:53:21.

laps and that's a good thing, but he's kept in touch. He's at the top

:53:21.:53:28.

of the track at the moment. Tung is there again from Hong Kong. And the

:53:28.:53:33.

rider from y atrying to bring them across the gap. There could be a

:53:33.:53:37.

generally regrouping here. There's seven more laps to go. They're

:53:37.:53:41.

starting to think about the sprint now and that's the opportunity for

:53:41.:53:47.

those who can't sprint, it's their last attempt at getting away.

:53:47.:53:57.
:53:57.:53:58.

Six laps to go in the men's 60-laps race. At the moment, the Australian

:53:58.:54:02.

rider is clear, and then Hong Kong and these two are trying to go away.

:54:02.:54:07.

But there is a big reaction at the front of the field and it's the

:54:07.:54:11.

Czech rub British that has come between them. He's trying to decide

:54:11.:54:15.

whether to commit and he has. He's coming around the outside and this

:54:15.:54:20.

is a really good move by him. He's decided this is his move and he's

:54:20.:54:24.

totally committed himself and he's roaring off the front here. He has

:54:24.:54:28.

some daylight, well, he'll have to get some more, because when the

:54:28.:54:36.

sprint starts they'll eat that distance up. This is Blaha from the

:54:36.:54:43.

Czech Republic being chased by Mueller. Are the medals going to go

:54:43.:54:49.

to these three? It's a perfect move, but also in the middle is the rider

:54:49.:54:57.

from Ukraine. They've started to wind up for the

:54:57.:55:04.

sprint and Blaha, can he hold out? He's left there on his own with two

:55:05.:55:12.

laps to go. Can he do it this? It's Martin Blaha, the 35-year-old from

:55:12.:55:17.

the Czech Republic. It's the bell now and here comes the charge from

:55:17.:55:24.

behind. Also looking good is Simon Yatse, they're sweeping past and

:55:24.:55:30.

all of a sudden it's all about the rider from Switzerland. He takes it

:55:30.:55:36.

on the line. Second is Ireland and third, we will wait for that to be

:55:36.:55:43.

confirmed. But it looked like Eefting and in fifth place, Simon

:55:43.:55:50.

Yatse. A good ride by him. He did do well. He was quite a long way

:55:50.:55:58.

back with three laps to go. But he made it up. But the rider from

:55:58.:56:04.

Switzerland, he just timed it perfectly. It was an all-in sprint

:56:04.:56:09.

there. He found the gap and went for it and committed to it and

:56:09.:56:16.

great timing from him. He profited from the rider from the Czech

:56:16.:56:26.
:56:26.:56:30.

republic who surrendered and he So two golds and a silver from the

:56:30.:56:34.

British team on this first day. Chris, do you think the coach could

:56:34.:56:41.

be happy with that? I think so and I tend to look at it with the old

:56:41.:56:45.

British cycling hat on, not just for the golds, but what you can

:56:45.:56:50.

forecast for the future. Victoria Pendleton leaving, that was going

:56:50.:56:58.

to be a problem, but Jess Varnish is looking good and taking time off

:56:58.:57:04.

the sprint record, that's looking really great in the team pursuit.

:57:04.:57:08.

And Elinor Barker literally took a day off school and looked really

:57:08.:57:11.

great and was able to perform at the highest level. So there are a

:57:12.:57:17.

lot of positives in there. And this is looking good not just for the

:57:17.:57:21.

World Championships in a few months' time, but Rio in four

:57:21.:57:26.

years' time? It is. That's five new faces in here that's a lot for a

:57:26.:57:30.

squad and they did a really good job today. And I hope to sew more

:57:30.:57:36.

of that in the next couple of days. That's good furoreeo, but the World

:57:36.:57:40.

Championships are one month closer as well, so the result here will

:57:40.:57:45.

have a bearing on what will happen there. We're back at 8pm on the red

:57:45.:57:50.

button and the BBC website. It should be a fantastic watch. And

:57:50.:57:56.

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