:00:38. > :00:44.It is just as I remember it, only a little bit colder. But that is why I
:00:45. > :00:50.was a track cyclist. Best to be indoors. The first day of London
:00:51. > :00:54.2012I remember realising this is what it had all been about, all the
:00:55. > :01:01.preparation and talk and hype had been leading towards this one day,
:01:02. > :01:11.this one week. It was gametime. Gold medal for Great Britain!
:01:12. > :01:18.The Olympic sprint champion! The noise is something everyone talks
:01:19. > :01:20.about, all the athletes talked about the atmosphere, it was like nothing
:01:21. > :01:27.else I have ever experienced in my whole career. Victoria Pendleton
:01:28. > :01:31.takes the gold medal. It was a bit of a blah, it was so intense and so
:01:32. > :01:37.big and different to anything else we had ever encountered before.
:01:38. > :01:42.Another world record. The more time passes you realise what an
:01:43. > :01:46.incredible time it was and how lucky you were to experience. My memories
:01:47. > :01:52.of the keirin, I'd glanced at the corner of my eye and knew I had to
:01:53. > :01:56.react. Chris Hoy gets the gold medal. To sign off with a gold medal
:01:57. > :02:06.was like nothing else. Sir Chris Hoy who has been blamed
:02:07. > :02:10.part of our team and admitted it is far more nerve wracking watching his
:02:11. > :02:15.former team-mates than it was riding with them. Welcome to the track
:02:16. > :02:17.World Championships, hugely enthusiastic crowds have been
:02:18. > :02:23.pouring in and this was billed as something of a recovery mission for
:02:24. > :02:27.British cycling having suffered a fairly disastrous Championships in
:02:28. > :02:30.Paris last year. We will show you some highlights of the week so far
:02:31. > :02:34.and reflect on them with the combined wisdom of Chris Boardman
:02:35. > :02:39.and Dame Sarah Storey. The home crowd making a huge difference and
:02:40. > :02:45.we will start with one of the most gruelling races of the lot, the
:02:46. > :02:49.men's points race over 160 laps with a sprint every ten laps for which
:02:50. > :02:54.the cyclists earn points. Jon Dibben was Britain's representative, he
:02:55. > :03:00.came here as part of the team pursuit but this was his chance to
:03:01. > :03:04.make his mark as an individual. He started really well and as we join
:03:05. > :03:07.it we are starting to get quite excited.
:03:08. > :03:24.COMMENTATOR: Closely fought competition, five riders. Graf is
:03:25. > :03:30.still half a lap ahead. If he stays out there he will be the leader in
:03:31. > :03:34.this competition. The leader on the track who probably feels absolutely
:03:35. > :03:40.awful out there, he will be copying and blowing, his legs obese grooming
:03:41. > :03:45.at him but he is such a good rider, so experienced, he is still in
:03:46. > :03:50.front, but the German in the group behind him knows this is his chance
:03:51. > :03:57.to get on the podium. This is the target for Graf, what he needs is to
:03:58. > :04:02.get the points and set up and wait for this group of four, he will have
:04:03. > :04:07.the advantage, needs to ride defensively once he gets himself
:04:08. > :04:11.into the lead which he has done. What a stupendous effort from Graf
:04:12. > :04:14.from Austria who takes the points on the line. The Belgian was right up
:04:15. > :04:34.there as well. Graf has done exactly what he
:04:35. > :04:44.should, leading the way on 44 points, he is in gold medal
:04:45. > :04:51.position. Thomas Brown into the -- gone into the silver medal position.
:04:52. > :05:05.Graf needs to just sit on the back and let them do the work, ride
:05:06. > :05:08.defensively. Going like a train, trying to rejoin the leading group,
:05:09. > :05:13.Jon Dibben didn't have the strength to go with him. In the blue helmet,
:05:14. > :05:21.you can see he is closing the gap very quickly. Jon Dibben is losing
:05:22. > :05:24.wheels every times he comes off the right, he is completely cooked and
:05:25. > :05:28.waiting for the end of the race. I don't think there is anything he can
:05:29. > :05:34.do to contribute, just hope it comes back together. The group in front of
:05:35. > :05:39.him has swelled so much it might lose cohesion. He could do with the
:05:40. > :05:46.crowd getting behind him in these closing laps, Jon Dibben. Just one
:05:47. > :05:50.point between Jon Dibben in bronze and De Ketele in fourth. Jon Dibben
:05:51. > :05:57.hanging on with his fingernails but he is fighting the way. As soon as
:05:58. > :06:05.he goes they might accelerate yet again. Thomas coming up behind him.
:06:06. > :06:13.I don't think they will get the chance to recover. The world scratch
:06:14. > :06:19.race bronze medallist from Hong Kong goes off the front, making a late
:06:20. > :06:22.attack with 23 laps to go. That is the kind of move which plays into
:06:23. > :06:27.the hands of Jon Dibben because he only has one point on the board so
:06:28. > :06:35.he's not a threat but he is mopping up the points which is bringing Jon
:06:36. > :06:41.Dibben closer and closer. Dibben moving up the track. The Hong Kong
:06:42. > :06:45.rider only has one point so is not a factor in the race so this is a good
:06:46. > :06:52.scenario from the point of view of Dibben. Dibben is going to have a
:06:53. > :07:05.go, he is getting into the mix, if he can do it. De Ketele following
:07:06. > :07:09.on. Launching the sprint into the final straight. On the line, not
:07:10. > :07:15.sure if he got that one and Dibben didn't quite have the turn of pace
:07:16. > :07:22.having done a lot of work. This is the sprint again, very, very close
:07:23. > :07:28.on the line. It is in the lap of the gods know, just one more sprint
:07:29. > :07:33.before the final bash for the line. So close, we seldom see a race with
:07:34. > :07:40.so many people still in contention with less than 20 laps to go. De
:07:41. > :07:49.Ketele has just aged Dibben off the podium by a point. -- just aged.
:07:50. > :08:02.Dibben outside the medals for a podium by a point. -- just aged.
:08:03. > :08:04.first time in a long time. Dibben Trying to inject some pace and
:08:05. > :08:12.first time in a long time. Dibben the speed up. But nobody is keen to
:08:13. > :08:18.help him out. I'm not sure if Dibben has the strength to respond. Graf
:08:19. > :08:31.has found his second wind, or is it his third or fourth in a race like
:08:32. > :08:35.this. Graf really going for it. We have not seen Graf for the last 15
:08:36. > :08:40.laps or so, he has been wisely taking a break so now it is time to
:08:41. > :08:47.ride defensively. A bit left to close these down, he knows the gold
:08:48. > :08:54.medal is probably two, three minutes of riding away. Superb effort from
:08:55. > :09:02.Graf, very canny riding and showing a lot of guts to make the breakaway
:09:03. > :09:09.when he did, and to stay with it. Graf, the leader, working so hard,
:09:10. > :09:16.crash, Thomas has gone down as has the Japanese rider, Hashimoto.
:09:17. > :09:21.Thomas, in the silver medal position is on the ground and shaken. The
:09:22. > :09:25.mechanic was there even before he stopped sliding, he has five minutes
:09:26. > :09:31.to get back into it, he's an experienced rider, knows he doesn't
:09:32. > :09:43.have to rush, take his time. Try to salvage something from the mishap.
:09:44. > :09:49.Graf still ploughing along. De Ketele still looking sprightly.
:09:50. > :09:55.Hashimoto was holding his shoulder blade as he got up. Dibben is having
:09:56. > :09:59.a go, he's going to try and go around the outside! De Ketele
:10:00. > :10:04.leading the sprint. Dibben is not having it at all, he is getting
:10:05. > :10:08.stuck in, he wants a medal at these World Championship and he takes the
:10:09. > :10:14.points on the line, what a gutsy ride from the man from Hampshire. He
:10:15. > :10:20.has two monitor things but he took it on, took a lap, he's going for
:10:21. > :10:26.the points, we think he has spent but he comes back fighting. Seconds
:10:27. > :10:31.now. Few moments ago he wasn't on the podium but now he's in the
:10:32. > :10:32.silver medal position and there are two points in it. It is still game
:10:33. > :10:46.on. That is a man under pressure, Graf
:10:47. > :10:49.from Austria. He is doing the chasing and knows there is only
:10:50. > :10:55.eight laps to go and he will take the title if he can keep it
:10:56. > :11:03.together. Just has to make sure he keeps the other favourites at bay.
:11:04. > :11:13.He has attacked. Graf has many skills but sprinting is not one of
:11:14. > :11:17.them. The Hong Kong rider has suddenly come to life, coming strong
:11:18. > :11:25.at the end when he is out of contention, he goes off the front
:11:26. > :11:32.again. Dibben stocking Graf. We will go into the last few laps. Terrible
:11:33. > :11:39.luck Thomas, the Frenchman who led the race along and was in the silver
:11:40. > :11:43.medal position he crashed. Only four points separating the first three
:11:44. > :11:51.riders, it could all be decided, it will all be decided on the final
:11:52. > :11:58.sprint, just five laps remaining. Graf following the wheel of Dibben,
:11:59. > :12:07.he has to find a bit more for moral lapse -- for four more laps. This is
:12:08. > :12:15.a tremendous ride from Thomas. Being chased down, Dibben has Graf just
:12:16. > :12:21.behind him. Thomas is only three points behind Dibben so dangerous
:12:22. > :12:30.move by the French man. He is throwing the kitchen sing at it. He
:12:31. > :12:34.does not have time to look behind. The crowd go mad as Dibben started
:12:35. > :12:41.to chase him, he is really going for it now. Closing the gap all the way
:12:42. > :12:47.is Jon Dibben, riding like a man possessed because he knows that the
:12:48. > :12:51.world title could be heads, and look at this!
:12:52. > :12:54.world title could be heads, and look astounding! Brilliant riding from
:12:55. > :13:01.Jon Dibben, the crowd are on their feet here at the velodrome, it goes
:13:02. > :13:07.absolutely mad, Jon Dibben of Great Britain is the world points race
:13:08. > :13:11.champion! What a stunning finish from the 22-year-old! Silver in the
:13:12. > :13:17.team per suit and no gold in the points race.
:13:18. > :13:26.Waddle champion, how good does that sound? -- world champion.
:13:27. > :13:33.Unbelievable, I came here for the team per suit. I am lost for words.
:13:34. > :13:43.I came into this to give it my all, dead cool down try to focus all day,
:13:44. > :13:48.I don't know, I rode it bike and on the whites race. -- I would like and
:13:49. > :14:03.only on points race. Everyone died off, that last sprint
:14:04. > :14:08.was full gas. That last sprint was like you were jet propelled, you
:14:09. > :14:14.left everybody standing. We have done a lot of power work for the
:14:15. > :14:19.team pursuit so I was pretty confident, I just had to wait and
:14:20. > :14:27.wait and hope Benjamin Thomas didn't get too big a gap and hope nobody
:14:28. > :14:31.comes past. The world champion Jon Dibben, we asked him to join us
:14:32. > :14:35.today but he is taking his mum out for lunch because it is Mother's Day
:14:36. > :14:40.tomorrow. Some up the magnitude of that achievement and what it will
:14:41. > :14:46.mean for him? It was a fascinating race to watch, he was struggling to
:14:47. > :14:52.hold wheels, saw the last ten laps, where that came from, I have never
:14:53. > :14:55.seen a sprint like that. It was as if everyone else was standing still
:14:56. > :14:59.seen a sprint like that. It was as and he just jumped in. Such a turn
:15:00. > :15:06.of this need, the team pursuit training would have given him that
:15:07. > :15:12.training -- turn of speed. He will give selectors real headaches for
:15:13. > :15:18.Brazil. This is the interesting question because Mark Cavendish is
:15:19. > :15:24.competing, he is doing OK, moving up the rankings, but Jon Dibben has
:15:25. > :15:31.made his case, that he can be part of the team per suit scored and can
:15:32. > :15:35.ride the Omnium. That competition is what the guys need, they thrive on
:15:36. > :15:37.it and they will love the idea of battling it out to try to claim the
:15:38. > :15:45.place for Brazil. You could see the emotion on his
:15:46. > :15:50.face wing in front of the home crowd. It's so special. The noise
:15:51. > :15:55.level went up another level went across the line and then it brought
:15:56. > :15:58.tears to everybody's eyes. Talking about Mark Cavendish, where he
:15:59. > :16:03.gained his points was in the elimination race. Thrilling, the
:16:04. > :16:05.last one to over the line gets knocked out each time, but he looked
:16:06. > :16:11.upset because he thinks he could have won it. Looks like they fired
:16:12. > :16:15.the gun may be a lap early. But I don't think it would have changed
:16:16. > :16:24.the outcome. Everybody was finished. They weren't catching Cancellara. He
:16:25. > :16:27.was looking forward, not backward. But Mark Cavendish is an emotional
:16:28. > :16:32.ride, and that's why he's so good. The very passionate, and it comes
:16:33. > :16:37.out, that authentic character that you see with him. Is it too early to
:16:38. > :16:41.make the call now? When will they decide? It will be at the end of the
:16:42. > :16:47.omnium. Still more to do. Not looking fantastic at the moment, he
:16:48. > :16:51.doesn't just need to finish strongly, he has to start winning
:16:52. > :16:56.events. Thursday night added to the memories this venue has produced.
:16:57. > :17:00.Laura Trott is already a double Olympic champion here, and has won
:17:01. > :17:07.five world titles. She lined up in the mass start 32 riders, 40 lap
:17:08. > :17:12.scratch race. The first person over the line wins.
:17:13. > :17:25.COMMENTATOR: This race really starting to step up now. The Russian
:17:26. > :17:31.has company on the far side. Company from the Hong Kong rider. The
:17:32. > :17:39.Belarus rider is also trying to get back into it. Laura Trott has found
:17:40. > :17:44.herself on the back foot. Down to the chase and everybody following
:17:45. > :17:48.her down. With six laps to go, I think this move has gone for good
:17:49. > :17:52.now. It's not coming back and I think she has found herself pinned
:17:53. > :18:00.down. I don't think the gap is closable. Up at the front of the
:18:01. > :18:08.race, Sierra is there, and they have been joined by the Russian rider and
:18:09. > :18:12.the Hong Kong rider. A small opportunity here because they have
:18:13. > :18:15.started to back off and think about the sprint a bit early at the front.
:18:16. > :18:20.Rolling through but with four laps to go, Laura Trott is closing the
:18:21. > :18:25.gap. She's given up thinking of somebody to give her a hand, she is
:18:26. > :18:30.cranking up, has them in her sights. She might close them down on her
:18:31. > :18:42.own. What a final four Lazio for the women's race in the world scratch
:18:43. > :18:48.title. The Cuban, the the Belarus rider, the Russian. They will get
:18:49. > :18:51.caught, but I think the winner will still come from that group. They
:18:52. > :18:54.charged behind but they still have to close the gap. Stephanie Roorda
:18:55. > :19:00.from Canada to close the gap. Stephanie Roorda
:19:01. > :19:04.every revolution of the pedals the crowd is roaring because Laura Trott
:19:05. > :19:06.is being drawn back into the race. How much has the effort been taken
:19:07. > :19:12.from her? Can she keep going? How much has the effort been taken
:19:13. > :19:15.has the Belgian on her wheel. Laura Trott back into the first half-dozen
:19:16. > :19:21.on the track as the Russian rider takes the bell. Laura Trott
:19:22. > :19:23.on the track as the Russian rider the hunt for gold. Stephanie Roorda
:19:24. > :19:27.from Canada hits the front. Here comes Laura Trott around the
:19:28. > :19:32.outside. The stadium gets to its feet. It's Laura Trott against
:19:33. > :19:35.Stephanie Roorda, and its gold for Laura Trott and Great Britain. She
:19:36. > :19:42.showed her fight at the front as they came in the finishing straight.
:19:43. > :19:45.It was perfect timing, and the perfect left for Great Britain in
:19:46. > :19:47.these championships. Laura Trott is a champion of the world for the
:19:48. > :19:57.sixth time in her career. She's an exceptional athlete and an
:19:58. > :20:01.amazing cyclist, and as Simon said in commentary, it gave the British
:20:02. > :20:06.amazing cyclist, and as Simon said team a lift. Laura had been part of
:20:07. > :20:10.the pursuit who looked fractured in qualifying. Laura took part of the
:20:11. > :20:14.blame, saying she went off to fast. There was a split that happened and
:20:15. > :20:18.they couldn't get the rider back on the wheel, so they only qualified
:20:19. > :20:22.fifth fastest so a shot at gold was gone. The secret to success in sport
:20:23. > :20:26.is learning from your mistakes and recovering. They did that, pulled
:20:27. > :20:32.themselves together in a first-round and riding a national record to get
:20:33. > :20:41.into the race. And they have these in their hands. You learned lessons
:20:42. > :20:45.and went on, and that's the crucial thing. I'm over the moon with my
:20:46. > :20:53.first World Championship medal. We fought the entire way. It came back
:20:54. > :20:56.from a disappointing qualifying round and we learned a lot of
:20:57. > :21:03.valuable lessons from that ride and be executed two for the good rides
:21:04. > :21:15.with a really good British record. Joel, -- Jo, this was your bronze
:21:16. > :21:19.medal race. We wanted to be the fastest qualifiers and we had senior
:21:20. > :21:25.American 's and we went out there to race them. We went out the wrong way
:21:26. > :21:29.about it. We got carried away. It's easily done, especially when you
:21:30. > :21:33.have the home crowd and it's an Olympic year and you want to get out
:21:34. > :21:36.and get on with it. In the final round, feeling in control and
:21:37. > :21:40.everybody rode what they were supposed to. Everybody went to plan,
:21:41. > :21:46.and it comes together so much easier when that happens and it feels like
:21:47. > :21:51.an easier ride. Is there a really important lesson there, looking
:21:52. > :21:56.ahead to Rio. The adrenaline can't get to you in qualifying. I think
:21:57. > :22:01.so. We stand by the decision to go out and race and try to be the
:22:02. > :22:08.fastest qualifiers, but you could go out too fast. The golden rule of
:22:09. > :22:13.pursuit is about judgment, not starting to fast in the first
:22:14. > :22:16.kilometre. If anything, that getting carried away, it was a sign of what
:22:17. > :22:20.good form we were in. The sort of splits we were doing in the first
:22:21. > :22:26.kilometre, we hadn't seen those times in training even. We had that
:22:27. > :22:31.form to go that fast, just not hold it together for as long as we wanted
:22:32. > :22:35.to. A really valuable experience for you and the whole team. Is it
:22:36. > :22:40.frustrating or exciting that in the medal races you posted a faster time
:22:41. > :22:45.than the gold medallists, the USA? It's a combination. Hats off to
:22:46. > :22:49.them, they qualified fastest and executed a good, controlled ride
:22:50. > :22:55.when they needed to. We learned that lesson the hard way. It shows that
:22:56. > :22:59.we are right in the mix with them, having posted the fastest time in
:23:00. > :23:07.the final. It's all to play for, Rio. What happens in the next five
:23:08. > :23:11.months? We have a week off, a few days to enjoy ourselves. A little
:23:12. > :23:17.bit of a holiday. Then it's back to training from next weekend. Five
:23:18. > :23:25.months until Rio, so a lot of hard work and miles on the bike, gym
:23:26. > :23:29.work, Miles on the track, and a lot of hard work to get to the podium in
:23:30. > :23:33.a few months' time. You all work hard and are all extraordinary,
:23:34. > :23:37.Laura Trott. Her schedule, she was in the team pursuit with you, she
:23:38. > :23:43.won the scratch race. She now competes in the Army. She has three
:23:44. > :23:53.events today and three tomorrow. This is what she has done already up
:23:54. > :23:58.until Saturday. -- in the omnium. She's extraordinary, and she's
:23:59. > :24:02.really nice! It's a hard programme for her, but she has worked that
:24:03. > :24:07.kind of programme regularly. She's used to it. Her will to win is
:24:08. > :24:15.astonishing, Laura Trott. She rose to stardom in London 2012. Tim Ward
:24:16. > :24:16.went off for a ride with her and team-mate Emily Nelson, to see what
:24:17. > :24:26.makes it tick. Good morning, please to meet you,
:24:27. > :24:33.I'm Tim. Good morning for this? It's a bit fresh. We are going to go
:24:34. > :24:40.towards Wilmslow and Chalford and back. I have forgotten or my cycling
:24:41. > :24:44.gear. It wasn't dry, I use it so much that it was still wet and in
:24:45. > :24:47.the tumble dryer! I will just have to get the car. You can go out and
:24:48. > :24:53.have fun. # This girl is on fire...
:24:54. > :25:13.# She's walking on fire... I'm certainly no performance coach,
:25:14. > :25:19.but I will say that looked quite easy for you two. Pretty much.
:25:20. > :25:23.Yesterday was a rest day, so it's good to get out in the fresh air and
:25:24. > :25:27.spin your legs back. Pretty easy, yeah. You must come across like a
:25:28. > :25:30.lot of people when you are out on the road. Do they sometimes have a
:25:31. > :25:38.second glance and think, it's Laura Trott next to me! You do get that.
:25:39. > :25:42.There was a guy the other day, there was a headwind riding home and I sat
:25:43. > :25:48.on his wheel. He said, I can't race you! View was doing me a favour.
:25:49. > :25:53.Just keep going. This morning was a training ride. I guess you would
:25:54. > :26:01.have watched this girl on the TV at the Olympics? Isn't that pretty mad?
:26:02. > :26:09.A bit starstruck sat here! I used to be. Still am a little bit, but not
:26:10. > :26:12.the same now, it's a bit different. Since 2012, my statistics and my
:26:13. > :26:16.googling has told me you have never been off the podium in the team
:26:17. > :26:22.pursuit or the omnium. How do you keep that up? I didn't know that
:26:23. > :26:30.statistic myself! I don't know. I hope it's correct! You have made me
:26:31. > :26:35.question it now. I will rephrase the question... You are well good! How
:26:36. > :26:39.do you keep that consistency? My coach, we have a great relationship,
:26:40. > :26:44.and I would trust Paul with my life. He just seems to get it right. I
:26:45. > :26:49.don't tend to question anything. I just trust him to get it right and I
:26:50. > :26:53.guess that goes along way. How did it all start for you? It was thanks
:26:54. > :26:57.to my mum. She lost eight and a half stone in a year and a half by riding
:26:58. > :27:02.and going to spinning classes. It was the fact she chose bike riding.
:27:03. > :27:10.One of the other mums suggested to go down too well in Guardian citizen
:27:11. > :27:20.and the Velodrome National -- Welwyn Garden City. The quite good phase
:27:21. > :27:29.came later. Was your dad telling you to slow down? We used to go to and
:27:30. > :27:34.do the track meet on the Friday night. I just started so I was in
:27:35. > :27:41.the second group. The top group was on a handicap. We had to catch them
:27:42. > :27:46.up. Ireland is somebody pushing me off, a big man, he pushed me and I
:27:47. > :27:52.went flying. I didn't have to pedal after that. Ireland winning, and at
:27:53. > :27:58.the time I got ?3 for winning the race. -- I ended up winning. It was
:27:59. > :28:03.the first race that I won that meant anything. It took off from there.
:28:04. > :28:09.What's it like living with another cyclist? I married him, so I guess
:28:10. > :28:14.I've got to get on with him! At its good. I couldn't imagine not hating
:28:15. > :28:23.another cyclist. Just because he gets it, he understands what I go
:28:24. > :28:34.through. -- not dating. Do you help each other and give each of
:28:35. > :28:40.constructive criticism? Try to? He says I don't do anything at home,
:28:41. > :28:44.but actually, I do everything. We try to do stuff 50-50. Recently he
:28:45. > :28:49.doesn't do the washing up because he has a cut on his hand. I asked him
:28:50. > :28:54.to at least do the hoovering, swap some responsibilities. They do
:28:55. > :29:01.rubber gloves in extra large. I will say that when I get home. If you win
:29:02. > :29:04.gold in Rio, you become the most successful British Olympian of all
:29:05. > :29:12.time. That's pretty good, isn't it? Yeah. Just to keep that pressure on
:29:13. > :29:16.your shoulders. Do you think about things like that? Not really. It
:29:17. > :29:21.sounds weird when you say it to me. When I was growing up I didn't think
:29:22. > :29:25.I would go to London, so to win gold medals there, and is now to be able
:29:26. > :29:26.to achieve that, it's weird to me. I never thought it would be me who
:29:27. > :29:37.could maybe do that. Laura Trott, revealing an awful lot
:29:38. > :29:41.about her training, her will to win, her relationship with Jason Kenny,
:29:42. > :29:45.and her mother, losing eight and a half stone cycling. Personally, I
:29:46. > :29:54.focused on the housework. I can imagine that battle. Do you do any
:29:55. > :30:00.at home, Chris? No. Laura Trott, she's incredible. She talks about it
:30:01. > :30:08.like it's happening by accident. I remember her first senior event in
:30:09. > :30:10.Delhi in 2010. She had come off the junior Championships that summer,
:30:11. > :30:14.didn't really know what to expect. She just had an amazing time and
:30:15. > :30:19.that was the start. The following year she was in the team pursuit and
:30:20. > :30:22.it took off from there. She was in the omnium challenge this morning
:30:23. > :30:29.and finished third in the scratch racing. It's a great start. She had
:30:30. > :30:38.her big rivals finishing behind, in Serra hammer. It bodes well for the
:30:39. > :30:43.rest of the event. How is it that riders can take on so much at the
:30:44. > :30:47.championships? The key was in the interview. She doesn't think about
:30:48. > :30:47.championships? The key was in the the end result, she thinks about the
:30:48. > :30:51.process. We hear about that a the end result, she thinks about the
:30:52. > :30:56.and it sounds like a clean-shaven she thinks about the job. In that
:30:57. > :31:03.way you don't get overwhelmed. -- sounds like a cliche. She's very
:31:04. > :31:06.good at looking at the tactics in front of her right now, the next two
:31:07. > :31:09.seconds in the race or the next training session, and it's an
:31:10. > :31:13.effective way of dealing with this environment. Don't make the problem
:31:14. > :31:17.bigger than it needs to be. And the other thing Laura Trott has, she's
:31:18. > :31:21.not a massive person but she is an aerodynamic and crouches like a
:31:22. > :31:25.jockey, making a shape over the bike. It's not all about power.
:31:26. > :31:35.Being aerodynamic is the key to success in cycling.
:31:36. > :31:40.Aerodynamics has historically been cycling 's elephant in the room. It
:31:41. > :31:45.is hard to stay focused on something you cannot see, feel or directly
:31:46. > :31:50.measure. Or at least you cannot until you come to a place like this.
:31:51. > :31:56.So what kind of changes will affect performance and by how much? Up
:31:57. > :32:00.until the 1980s the emphasis was on weight saving and with the arrival
:32:01. > :32:06.of carbon fibre came the opportunity to reduce mass to ridiculous levels.
:32:07. > :32:09.When the pioneering few realised aerodynamics was more important
:32:10. > :32:17.superlight but boxy bike forms morphed into slippery wing sections.
:32:18. > :32:23.It was when attention was turned away from the machine that things
:32:24. > :32:27.got really interesting. Turbulence in juicing holes in a helmet whilst
:32:28. > :32:31.good for a cooling work creating a lot of resistance so they were
:32:32. > :32:38.filled in and smoothed over. Figure hugging 1-piece garments are now
:32:39. > :32:42.standard even for a long road races. Without the ability to measure air
:32:43. > :32:52.resistance for years positional choices where arrived at by feeling.
:32:53. > :32:57.With the extra information they could weigh up the pros and cons of
:32:58. > :33:03.being more compact, and understand the payoff for being uncomfortable
:33:04. > :33:08.could be world the price. Knowledge is power so it is not surprisingly
:33:09. > :33:12.individuals and teams who have invested in understanding this are
:33:13. > :33:15.the ones currently out in front. In my opinion there is plenty more
:33:16. > :33:19.marginal gains still to be discovered.
:33:20. > :33:26.Fascinating. I'm quite excited about the marginal gains still to be
:33:27. > :33:33.discovered. I could tell you but I'd have to kill you! Those places are a
:33:34. > :33:37.nightmare, I went in thinking I would get some cancers, I came out
:33:38. > :33:38.ten years later with some cancers but even more questions. -- would
:33:39. > :33:50.get some answers. It is fascinating. If there was a time when it seemed
:33:51. > :33:55.like Great Britain and Australia were ahead of everyone else, is it a
:33:56. > :34:01.case everyone is level or do Britain still have an advantage? We will
:34:02. > :34:05.find out in Brazil but I think we will still have an advantage. The
:34:06. > :34:11.rest of the world has caught up, I was made when we got to 2012, -- I
:34:12. > :34:15.was amazed, they had all polished what we were still doing and since
:34:16. > :34:19.then the have really got their heads around it, you can see it in the
:34:20. > :34:24.positioning, the subtle changes, someone has been thinking about
:34:25. > :34:28.this. A lot of scientific work going into prepare the men's team pursuit,
:34:29. > :34:33.when you see them riding well it looks like all four of them are
:34:34. > :34:37.riding as one unit, sire Bradley Wiggins is the star if you are but
:34:38. > :34:41.everyone has to play their part, and it was an interesting line-up when
:34:42. > :34:45.it came to the gold medal race which Great Britain were up against
:34:46. > :34:50.Australia, and age old rivalry, a young talented Australian team, it
:34:51. > :35:00.almost took the roof of this place. COMMENTATOR: Britain finding it hard
:35:01. > :35:05.to take a bike out of the lead as Ed Clancy goes to the front again. Has
:35:06. > :35:10.just pulled back almost half a second in a single turn. It will all
:35:11. > :35:20.come down to the closing stages of the race. 0.3 of a second between
:35:21. > :35:23.the teams, absolutely nothing. The endurance of Bradley with an all
:35:24. > :35:32.come into play in the last part of the race. Great Britain are honour
:35:33. > :35:38.roll. Jon Dibben comes off the front, down to a final free. It is
:35:39. > :35:42.back up to 0.4 of a second, less than half a second in this
:35:43. > :35:53.concentration, Great Britain against us joy. -- against Australia. The
:35:54. > :35:57.Australians have got the extra man and that can make a difference but
:35:58. > :36:05.the British are on home turf and still fighting. Three laps to go,
:36:06. > :36:13.the gap has come down again, three laps in the race for gold in the
:36:14. > :36:19.men's team pursuit. Bradley Wiggins on the front. Who wants it more, the
:36:20. > :36:24.crowd are on their feet here in the velodrome in London. It will require
:36:25. > :36:29.a big effort, the British trio will have two dead, really deep to try
:36:30. > :36:36.and overhaul the lead Australia have had all the way through. Great
:36:37. > :36:40.Britain for the first time have their noses in front. So close but
:36:41. > :36:46.Britain leading the way in the race for gold in the team pursuit. It
:36:47. > :36:54.will be tight at the end, Britain have lost it right at the end.
:36:55. > :36:58.Australia claim the gold-medal. Great Britain were racing on the
:36:59. > :37:04.edge and just tipped over on the very last lap. But they gave
:37:05. > :37:12.everything and a little bit more in pursuit of that world title. It is
:37:13. > :37:15.Australia who win the day. A silver medal and a strong performance but
:37:16. > :37:22.not the top step of the podium which is what you were gunning for, what
:37:23. > :37:28.is your collection on that? You have summed it up yourself, we are in the
:37:29. > :37:34.ballpark, we have a great chance in Brazil. In the past two cycles we
:37:35. > :37:41.have always gone quicker at the games. It's great to be back on a
:37:42. > :37:47.bike for me personally but for the team it is disappointing to lose out
:37:48. > :37:51.at the last moment, maybe next time? Not much between the teams, the fact
:37:52. > :37:57.that there are six of you collecting medals shows we have some strength,
:37:58. > :38:03.can you make the instrumental gains? Definitely, I will put my house on
:38:04. > :38:09.it, we will win in Brazil. I am confident and I think we will. We
:38:10. > :38:14.have come so far here. Individually, we all work at our efforts, where I
:38:15. > :38:18.was at Christmas compared to now, coming on leaps and bounds. Into the
:38:19. > :38:26.summer now, we can move on again for Brazil. Watching that with me, the
:38:27. > :38:31.confidence of Bradley Wiggins, how much of that is real and how much is
:38:32. > :38:36.mind games? Probably a little bit of mind games but they know within
:38:37. > :38:41.themselves, Ed Clancy came to this very late, only had back surgery in
:38:42. > :38:44.December and was learning to walk around Christmas. Everything came
:38:45. > :38:49.fast for him and he was the rider who was a bit off the back when they
:38:50. > :38:52.were fanning out to the three. They also lost a rider with about a
:38:53. > :38:59.kilometre to go. They will know where they need to polish things up
:39:00. > :39:09.and they will be able to qualify -- quantify that. Can you see that they
:39:10. > :39:17.can make the changes? Yes, but the Australians also have more to come.
:39:18. > :39:21.I think it will be very, very close. Ed Clancy three months ago was being
:39:22. > :39:27.stretchered from a track in a van because he could not sit upright.
:39:28. > :39:34.Plenty more to come, great to see. I felt for Ed Clancy, but they manage
:39:35. > :39:40.the situation well and that was important. It was a risk putting Ed
:39:41. > :39:45.Clancy into the final but he is so almost there I guess it was a risk
:39:46. > :39:48.they had to take. Some things you only find out in race conditions
:39:49. > :39:52.when you are under pressure, that is what they had been missing, and they
:39:53. > :39:58.have got that information here and I think it looks good. It was close
:39:59. > :40:01.enough that they could have won. Andy Tennant missed out because of
:40:02. > :40:07.the decision and he was in the bronze race for the individual
:40:08. > :40:17.pursuit, up against his team-mate Wayne Gould. This is what happened.
:40:18. > :40:30.-- Owain Doull. COMMENTATOR: Approaching the last
:40:31. > :40:36.minute of racing, it could come down to who can go and Robert and really
:40:37. > :40:41.push it. What a final couple of laps we are going to have in this battle
:40:42. > :40:45.for bronze between the British duo, Andy Tennant leading the way at the
:40:46. > :40:51.moment but it is extremely close between Andy Tennant and Owain
:40:52. > :40:55.Doull. England against Wales, Owain Doull has a lot to do, has to find
:40:56. > :41:02.half a second from somewhere in the last lap. Andy Tennant still looks
:41:03. > :41:07.good, still look strong but Owain Doull is a scrapper, he is a fighter
:41:08. > :41:25.and will push it all the way. In the end it has gone to... Andy Tennant!
:41:26. > :41:30.Andy Tennant takes it, roughly at attend the second between them. What
:41:31. > :41:34.a race did was. -- a 10th of a second.
:41:35. > :41:40.Those guys are pushing each other all the way and coming Brazil
:41:41. > :41:41.selection it will be the fastest five guys who get to go to the team
:41:42. > :42:05.pursuit and the on omnium. I am not sure, Mark Cavendish is
:42:06. > :42:10.capable of performing in this event but it takes a long time to get up
:42:11. > :42:15.to track speed and I am not sure that time is on his side. Good
:42:16. > :42:20.effort but perhaps not good enough, two more events to come for Mark
:42:21. > :42:24.Cavendish. Let's go back to the first day of competition, all hearts
:42:25. > :42:28.with Becky James who has had a long road back to fitness after illness
:42:29. > :42:34.and injury. She was the star of the show three years ago so hearts were
:42:35. > :42:39.very much with her when she rang up in the key ring. -- when she lined
:42:40. > :43:02.up in the keirin. COMMENTATOR: Anna Meares will want
:43:03. > :43:06.to move from the back position. I think she will do that in the next
:43:07. > :43:14.lap or soul as they start to jockey for position.
:43:15. > :43:25.Just over a lap to go now before the race begins. Tension builds with
:43:26. > :43:33.every passing a lap, the calm before the storm in the women's final. Just
:43:34. > :43:39.starting to look back and think tactically now. But Becky James in a
:43:40. > :43:45.beautiful possession but she will have to defend it, boxed in at the
:43:46. > :43:52.moment. The bike disappears, two and a half laps to go. Anna Meares has
:43:53. > :44:00.been assertive. The Korean on the shoulder of Anna Meares. Becky James
:44:01. > :44:02.bringing up the rear at the moment, with work to do, they will take the
:44:03. > :44:14.bell next time around. Anna Meares in the middle of the
:44:15. > :44:17.track with the green helmet, but it is still Christina Vogel leading
:44:18. > :44:23.from the front and trying to stay, Becky James coming through to get a
:44:24. > :44:27.medal. Christina Vogel takes the gold ahead of Anna Meares and it is
:44:28. > :44:30.a bronze medal for Becky James of Great Britain.
:44:31. > :44:39.That lifted the whole team, they had missed Becky James. They had, she is
:44:40. > :44:45.a bubbly character, so lovely to have around. To have her back and
:44:46. > :44:49.firing on almost also wonders was brilliant. Everyone was there to
:44:50. > :44:53.congratulate her after. Missing her so much, she could not play a full
:44:54. > :44:57.part in the team sprint qualification so the women's team
:44:58. > :45:03.have not qualified for the Olympics. I think she is one of the casualties
:45:04. > :45:07.of them not quite making the grade to get the selection because she
:45:08. > :45:11.could have made the difference. She has time, she has performed better
:45:12. > :45:15.than she expected here so she would have slotted in and the whole unit
:45:16. > :45:20.probably would have been faster. But that is the way it goes. Quick
:45:21. > :45:26.mention of road racing, big news for Lizzie Armitstead this morning. Yes,
:45:27. > :45:35.also for Nikki Harris, coming back off of the season and is now in
:45:36. > :45:39.Lizzie Armitstead's team, the first women's World Tour road event of the
:45:40. > :45:45.year ever, absolutely amazing for Lizzie Armitstead. Fantastic.
:45:46. > :45:48.Tonight we will see the medals decided in the men's sprint,
:45:49. > :45:54.hopefully Jason Kenny day will have a chance -- Jason Kenny.
:45:55. > :45:57.Being aerodynamic is the key to success in cycling.
:45:58. > :46:06.Dawkins gave him a lot of rope in this race. It could have been a
:46:07. > :46:10.tactical mistake. But Callum Skinner did fantastic to beat quality
:46:11. > :46:15.opposition. He beat Gregory Bauge, the defending champion and one of
:46:16. > :46:20.the biggest names in sprinting. It was a real scalp for him. He can be
:46:21. > :46:24.very proud of his ride. Did very well and kept the Frenchman guessing
:46:25. > :46:28.all the way. Kept a bit extra for the final acceleration down the back
:46:29. > :46:34.straight and Bauge couldn't get back on terms in time. It was a real
:46:35. > :46:38.boost for the sprint squad. They still have rounds to come, but
:46:39. > :46:42.hopefully one of them will be in a gold medal race. Hopefully Callum
:46:43. > :46:45.Skinner will be there too. Closing the event tomorrow will be the
:46:46. > :46:50.Madison where you have two riders who need to understand each other.
:46:51. > :46:53.They need to literally hold each other's hands. Representing Great
:46:54. > :46:58.Britain will be served Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish. A good
:46:59. > :47:02.thing they have known each other a long time and know each other well.
:47:03. > :47:16.Good the Blacks without referring to good musicians. Jedward. They are
:47:17. > :47:22.musicians. Are they? Cheers lad. Can't do impressions. He's a dancer.
:47:23. > :47:36.He could be the fat one. We have always got on and share the
:47:37. > :47:42.same sense of humour, which is always a good starting point. I
:47:43. > :47:46.always remember back to when Mark was on the Academy. I always treated
:47:47. > :47:50.him with respect, even back then. That goes along way in how you form
:47:51. > :48:04.opinions of each other when you get older. You never forget when you are
:48:05. > :48:07.how people treat you. We were in Colne near Blackburn, and I was
:48:08. > :48:14.pro-then, came second and won a box of energy gel will stop Mark was 19
:48:15. > :48:19.at the time and I gave them to him because I got them for nothing. He
:48:20. > :48:23.was so happy, cheers, lad. We have to buy these ourselves! He's never
:48:24. > :48:28.forgotten that. Things like that go a long way, and even the year after
:48:29. > :48:36.that, we did the national championships. I led him out. I
:48:37. > :48:40.thought it would be nice to see him, and it meant a lot for him to win a
:48:41. > :48:44.national title at that age. Three years later we were on the same team
:48:45. > :48:50.together, racing round Italy together, the World Championships.
:48:51. > :48:53.Brad won the Tour, and one of the proudest moments of my career was
:48:54. > :49:00.coming up the Champs-Elysees with him. He won the yellow jersey, and
:49:01. > :49:05.then the World Championships on the road. It would be nice to tell my
:49:06. > :49:11.son in the years to come that I was there when Cav won his first chavvy
:49:12. > :49:15.chips, Copenhagen, the first British world title since Tommy Simpsons. It
:49:16. > :49:20.was special for all of us there. Riding at the front. The road race
:49:21. > :49:24.at the Olympics in London. The Champs-Elysees moment will never
:49:25. > :49:29.happen again, ever. I would put my name to that. When are you ever
:49:30. > :49:35.going to get a British rider in the yellow jersey at the Tour de France,
:49:36. > :49:37.leading out the British world road race champion, who wins on the
:49:38. > :49:45.Champs-Elysees? All those things coming together for that to happen.
:49:46. > :49:48.A British world road champion, a British leader and winner of the
:49:49. > :49:52.Tour, then somebody who can win on the Champs-Elysees as well. Those
:49:53. > :50:00.things are one office. We have been through a lot. Those things bind you
:50:01. > :50:06.together. -- one offs and everyone else sharing with you, you share
:50:07. > :50:12.those road experiences. For all of us at Copenhagen in the worlds, we
:50:13. > :50:16.will remember it, we had that game plan and we all executed. Even the
:50:17. > :50:20.Olympic road race, we didn't win, but we put our heart and soul into
:50:21. > :50:25.it. You were the strongest man in the group. It's those experiences.
:50:26. > :50:32.We fall out at times, we are like brothers. There was a time when you
:50:33. > :50:42.were in a strop on Tour in 2009. We had to chase somebody down. Was that
:50:43. > :50:51.you? (BLEEP) we didn't talk the next day. Did you chasing? No. It was my
:50:52. > :50:58.swansong on the track at the World Championships. To do an Olympic year
:50:59. > :51:03.in London, it would be my last World Track Championships, but my first
:51:04. > :51:08.was 18 years ago. Not a bad run. I don't think I've ever seen you?
:51:09. > :51:15.Nobody has, it you dissed this appear. -- you just disappear.
:51:16. > :51:23.How important are they in terms of their status? They reach outside the
:51:24. > :51:32.sport and the bubble Kuster I have used the word before. -- bobble? You
:51:33. > :51:37.get some real character and we like to see it. You never know what you
:51:38. > :51:40.will get, particularly with Bradley. When you put them together it's a
:51:41. > :51:47.double act, so it's ironic they write the Madison together. They won
:51:48. > :51:49.the World Championships in 2008 in Manchester, but I remember being in
:51:50. > :51:54.the velodrome at Beijing where it didn't go well for them. They didn't
:51:55. > :51:58.deal with that well. Cav was very emotional about it afterwards. He
:51:59. > :52:02.had committed to that one event but Bradley had other irons in the fire.
:52:03. > :52:12.That's the nature of their relationship. It's a bit like a
:52:13. > :52:17.marriage without sex. You went expecting that to come out! Hugh
:52:18. > :52:21.Dennis, you love your cycling. You will be taking part in some of it
:52:22. > :52:26.for Sport Relief. Before I ask you about that, what's the appeal of
:52:27. > :52:31.Radley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish? Have they influenced your decision
:52:32. > :52:38.to want to try this? I think they are both fantastic, actually. I was
:52:39. > :52:42.watching the coverage yesterday, watching Bradley Wiggins, and I
:52:43. > :52:46.thought, who is the most tattooed sportsmen in Britain, and it's
:52:47. > :52:52.probably Radley Wiggins. He's fantastic. He's a rock star on a
:52:53. > :52:57.bike. You have done something I think is very brave. Explain. I'm
:52:58. > :53:06.doing the Sport Relief elimination race here, round this lot. Chris
:53:07. > :53:10.Boardman's face! LAUGHTER There are only six of us doing it.
:53:11. > :53:19.Not as hard as the one we saw yesterday. The other five? Team
:53:20. > :53:24.Redgrave. Steve Redgrave, me and Dan Snow, the historian. Hard for him to
:53:25. > :53:31.the aerodynamic because he's so tall. But he can bounce people out
:53:32. > :53:37.of the way. And then Freddie Flintoff, Harry Dunn, and Mark
:53:38. > :53:42.Wright from the only way is Essex. I think I might be a laminated first.
:53:43. > :53:47.I think Harry Dunn and Freddie Flintoff have a combined age of 70.
:53:48. > :53:53.Me and Steve Redgrave, combined age of 107. Do we still have the
:53:54. > :53:58.muscles? What you have the experience. Let's see you in
:53:59. > :54:08.training. Chris, SS this. Look at the balance. -- assess. You are low,
:54:09. > :54:12.aerodynamic, going in the right direction. How difficult is it to
:54:13. > :54:18.ride on the track? I've never done it before until filming. When you
:54:19. > :54:25.start you feel like you are going around the inside of a Bath. Good
:54:26. > :54:30.description. You think if you get fast enough you will be OK and won't
:54:31. > :54:34.fall off the wall of death. In the end, you are fine, whizzing around
:54:35. > :54:39.and not thinking about it. It will be in front of an audience, we hope.
:54:40. > :54:42.You can get tickets, if you would like to see this extraordinary
:54:43. > :54:49.elimination race. Go to the BBC sport website, the Sport Relief
:54:50. > :54:52.section, and you can get details of how to get tickets. It would be
:54:53. > :54:59.sensational. People should come and support. The speed involved will be
:55:00. > :55:03.quite astonishing! Chris, with all your wisdom and experience and
:55:04. > :55:08.knowledge of track site, what's your advice to Hugh Dennis? The key is,
:55:09. > :55:17.if you find yourself scared, don't close your eyes. He said before, go
:55:18. > :55:22.straight, turn left, goes straight, turn left, until somebody says stop.
:55:23. > :55:28.That's all you need to know. If you fall off, get back on and get on the
:55:29. > :55:36.race. There was the Dutchman last night. Proper hard men. Keeping you
:55:37. > :55:48.up-to-date on the time trial. Mark Cavendish has been in action. He's
:55:49. > :55:53.seventh after four events. Chris Boardman, two events to go. What are
:55:54. > :56:00.the chances of him winning a medal? 38 point gap to the leader, that's a
:56:01. > :56:03.fair old job. But the way it's weighted in the points race, you can
:56:04. > :56:09.get 20 points in one hit. It could all go down to the last lap. All the
:56:10. > :56:12.riders can be defensive. It's a challenge, still doable, but a
:56:13. > :56:19.challenge. He has the flying lap next. Should be good for him. He's a
:56:20. > :56:28.spent athlete, so should be good for Mark Cavendish. -- sprint athlete.
:56:29. > :56:31.This championship is something of a recovery for British cycling.
:56:32. > :56:36.Britain are at the top of the medal table, mission almost complete. We
:56:37. > :56:40.have to remember they are not in Olympic disciplines, but the form is
:56:41. > :56:44.there and they are competitive in everything. We keep talking about
:56:45. > :56:50.Rio, but they are in good shape for Rio, and they can make the jump.
:56:51. > :56:54.We've had the big confidence boost here, but they still have to do more
:56:55. > :56:59.to win. Who is the start of the show so far? I think Owain Doull really
:57:00. > :57:04.proved himself to be one of the riders who will be there for the
:57:05. > :57:09.future. He really helped them. Him and Bradley were the main men. We
:57:10. > :57:15.will be on air from 7pm on the red button. If you join us then you will
:57:16. > :57:17.see Laura Trott starting her omnium challenge and Mark Cavendish
:57:18. > :57:25.finishing his. Sprint medals being decided with Jason Kenny, and Emily
:57:26. > :57:29.Nelson as well. 2pm tomorrow for the final session which includes Bradley
:57:30. > :57:33.Wiggins and Mark Cavendish in the Madison. More sport coming up on the
:57:34. > :57:38.BBC with Great Britain against Japan in the doubles rubber in the Davis
:57:39. > :57:43.Cup. 1-1 at the moment with Great Britain defending their Davis Cup
:57:44. > :57:46.title. And triathlon, the first cup edition of the season with Helen
:57:47. > :57:52.Jenkins and trying to claim a spot on the British team from 1pm. We
:57:53. > :57:56.will hear more from Chris Boardman later. Join us on the red button
:57:57. > :58:03.from 7pm for more brilliant cycling to come.