Highlights World Track Cycling Championships

It is just as I remember it, only a little bit colder. But that is why I

was a track cyclist. Best to be indoors. The first day of London

2012I remember realising this is what it had all been about, all the

preparation and talk and hype had been leading towards this one day,

this one week. It was gametime. Gold medal for Great Britain!

The Olympic sprint champion! The noise is something everyone talks

about, all the athletes talked about the atmosphere, it was like nothing

else I have ever experienced in my whole career. Victoria Pendleton

takes the gold medal. It was a bit of a blah, it was so intense and so

big and different to anything else we had ever encountered before.

Another world record. The more time passes you realise what an

incredible time it was and how lucky you were to experience. My memories

of the keirin, I'd glanced at the corner of my eye and knew I had to

react. Chris Hoy gets the gold medal. To sign off with a gold medal

was like nothing else. Sir Chris Hoy who has been blamed

part of our team and admitted it is far more nerve wracking watching his

former team-mates than it was riding with them. Welcome to the track

World Championships, hugely enthusiastic crowds have been

pouring in and this was billed as something of a recovery mission for

British cycling having suffered a fairly disastrous Championships in

Paris last year. We will show you some highlights of the week so far

and reflect on them with the combined wisdom of Chris Boardman

and Dame Sarah Storey. The home crowd making a huge difference and

we will start with one of the most gruelling races of the lot, the

men's points race over 160 laps with a sprint every ten laps for which

the cyclists earn points. Jon Dibben was Britain's representative, he

came here as part of the team pursuit but this was his chance to

make his mark as an individual. He started really well and as we join

it we are starting to get quite excited.

COMMENTATOR: Closely fought competition, five riders. Graf is

still half a lap ahead. If he stays out there he will be the leader in

this competition. The leader on the track who probably feels absolutely

awful out there, he will be copying and blowing, his legs obese grooming

at him but he is such a good rider, so experienced, he is still in

front, but the German in the group behind him knows this is his chance

to get on the podium. This is the target for Graf, what he needs is to

get the points and set up and wait for this group of four, he will have

the advantage, needs to ride defensively once he gets himself

into the lead which he has done. What a stupendous effort from Graf

from Austria who takes the points on the line. The Belgian was right up

there as well. Graf has done exactly what he

should, leading the way on 44 points, he is in gold medal

position. Thomas Brown into the -- gone into the silver medal position.

Graf needs to just sit on the back and let them do the work, ride

defensively. Going like a train, trying to rejoin the leading group,

Jon Dibben didn't have the strength to go with him. In the blue helmet,

you can see he is closing the gap very quickly. Jon Dibben is losing

wheels every times he comes off the right, he is completely cooked and

waiting for the end of the race. I don't think there is anything he can

do to contribute, just hope it comes back together. The group in front of

him has swelled so much it might lose cohesion. He could do with the

crowd getting behind him in these closing laps, Jon Dibben. Just one

point between Jon Dibben in bronze and De Ketele in fourth. Jon Dibben

hanging on with his fingernails but he is fighting the way. As soon as

he goes they might accelerate yet again. Thomas coming up behind him.

I don't think they will get the chance to recover. The world scratch

race bronze medallist from Hong Kong goes off the front, making a late

attack with 23 laps to go. That is the kind of move which plays into

the hands of Jon Dibben because he only has one point on the board so

he's not a threat but he is mopping up the points which is bringing Jon

Dibben closer and closer. Dibben moving up the track. The Hong Kong

rider only has one point so is not a factor in the race so this is a good

scenario from the point of view of Dibben. Dibben is going to have a

go, he is getting into the mix, if he can do it. De Ketele following

on. Launching the sprint into the final straight. On the line, not

sure if he got that one and Dibben didn't quite have the turn of pace

having done a lot of work. This is the sprint again, very, very close

on the line. It is in the lap of the gods know, just one more sprint

before the final bash for the line. So close, we seldom see a race with

so many people still in contention with less than 20 laps to go. De

Ketele has just aged Dibben off the podium by a point. -- just aged.

Dibben outside the medals for a podium by a point. -- just aged.

first time in a long time. Dibben Trying to inject some pace and

first time in a long time. Dibben the speed up. But nobody is keen to

help him out. I'm not sure if Dibben has the strength to respond. Graf

has found his second wind, or is it his third or fourth in a race like

this. Graf really going for it. We have not seen Graf for the last 15

laps or so, he has been wisely taking a break so now it is time to

ride defensively. A bit left to close these down, he knows the gold

medal is probably two, three minutes of riding away. Superb effort from

Graf, very canny riding and showing a lot of guts to make the breakaway

when he did, and to stay with it. Graf, the leader, working so hard,

crash, Thomas has gone down as has the Japanese rider, Hashimoto.

Thomas, in the silver medal position is on the ground and shaken. The

mechanic was there even before he stopped sliding, he has five minutes

to get back into it, he's an experienced rider, knows he doesn't

have to rush, take his time. Try to salvage something from the mishap.

Graf still ploughing along. De Ketele still looking sprightly.

Hashimoto was holding his shoulder blade as he got up. Dibben is having

a go, he's going to try and go around the outside! De Ketele

leading the sprint. Dibben is not having it at all, he is getting

stuck in, he wants a medal at these World Championship and he takes the

points on the line, what a gutsy ride from the man from Hampshire. He

has two monitor things but he took it on, took a lap, he's going for

the points, we think he has spent but he comes back fighting. Seconds

now. Few moments ago he wasn't on the podium but now he's in the

silver medal position and there are two points in it. It is still game

on. That is a man under pressure, Graf

from Austria. He is doing the chasing and knows there is only

eight laps to go and he will take the title if he can keep it

together. Just has to make sure he keeps the other favourites at bay.

He has attacked. Graf has many skills but sprinting is not one of

them. The Hong Kong rider has suddenly come to life, coming strong

at the end when he is out of contention, he goes off the front

again. Dibben stocking Graf. We will go into the last few laps. Terrible

luck Thomas, the Frenchman who led the race along and was in the silver

medal position he crashed. Only four points separating the first three

riders, it could all be decided, it will all be decided on the final

sprint, just five laps remaining. Graf following the wheel of Dibben,

he has to find a bit more for moral lapse -- for four more laps. This is

a tremendous ride from Thomas. Being chased down, Dibben has Graf just

behind him. Thomas is only three points behind Dibben so dangerous

move by the French man. He is throwing the kitchen sing at it. He

does not have time to look behind. The crowd go mad as Dibben started

to chase him, he is really going for it now. Closing the gap all the way

is Jon Dibben, riding like a man possessed because he knows that the

world title could be heads, and look at this!

world title could be heads, and look astounding! Brilliant riding from

Jon Dibben, the crowd are on their feet here at the velodrome, it goes

absolutely mad, Jon Dibben of Great Britain is the world points race

champion! What a stunning finish from the 22-year-old! Silver in the

team per suit and no gold in the points race.

Waddle champion, how good does that sound? -- world champion.

Unbelievable, I came here for the team per suit. I am lost for words.

I came into this to give it my all, dead cool down try to focus all day,

I don't know, I rode it bike and on the whites race. -- I would like and

only on points race. Everyone died off, that last sprint

was full gas. That last sprint was like you were jet propelled, you

left everybody standing. We have done a lot of power work for the

team pursuit so I was pretty confident, I just had to wait and

wait and hope Benjamin Thomas didn't get too big a gap and hope nobody

comes past. The world champion Jon Dibben, we asked him to join us

today but he is taking his mum out for lunch because it is Mother's Day

tomorrow. Some up the magnitude of that achievement and what it will

mean for him? It was a fascinating race to watch, he was struggling to

hold wheels, saw the last ten laps, where that came from, I have never

seen a sprint like that. It was as if everyone else was standing still

seen a sprint like that. It was as and he just jumped in. Such a turn

of this need, the team pursuit training would have given him that

training -- turn of speed. He will give selectors real headaches for

Brazil. This is the interesting question because Mark Cavendish is

competing, he is doing OK, moving up the rankings, but Jon Dibben has

made his case, that he can be part of the team per suit scored and can

ride the Omnium. That competition is what the guys need, they thrive on

it and they will love the idea of battling it out to try to claim the

place for Brazil. You could see the emotion on his

face wing in front of the home crowd. It's so special. The noise

level went up another level went across the line and then it brought

tears to everybody's eyes. Talking about Mark Cavendish, where he

gained his points was in the elimination race. Thrilling, the

last one to over the line gets knocked out each time, but he looked

upset because he thinks he could have won it. Looks like they fired

the gun may be a lap early. But I don't think it would have changed

the outcome. Everybody was finished. They weren't catching Cancellara. He

was looking forward, not backward. But Mark Cavendish is an emotional

ride, and that's why he's so good. The very passionate, and it comes

out, that authentic character that you see with him. Is it too early to

make the call now? When will they decide? It will be at the end of the

omnium. Still more to do. Not looking fantastic at the moment, he

doesn't just need to finish strongly, he has to start winning

events. Thursday night added to the memories this venue has produced.

Laura Trott is already a double Olympic champion here, and has won

five world titles. She lined up in the mass start 32 riders, 40 lap

scratch race. The first person over the line wins.

COMMENTATOR: This race really starting to step up now. The Russian

has company on the far side. Company from the Hong Kong rider. The

Belarus rider is also trying to get back into it. Laura Trott has found

herself on the back foot. Down to the chase and everybody following

her down. With six laps to go, I think this move has gone for good

now. It's not coming back and I think she has found herself pinned

down. I don't think the gap is closable. Up at the front of the

race, Sierra is there, and they have been joined by the Russian rider and

the Hong Kong rider. A small opportunity here because they have

started to back off and think about the sprint a bit early at the front.

Rolling through but with four laps to go, Laura Trott is closing the

gap. She's given up thinking of somebody to give her a hand, she is

cranking up, has them in her sights. She might close them down on her

own. What a final four Lazio for the women's race in the world scratch

title. The Cuban, the the Belarus rider, the Russian. They will get

caught, but I think the winner will still come from that group. They

charged behind but they still have to close the gap. Stephanie Roorda

from Canada to close the gap. Stephanie Roorda

every revolution of the pedals the crowd is roaring because Laura Trott

is being drawn back into the race. How much has the effort been taken

from her? Can she keep going? How much has the effort been taken

has the Belgian on her wheel. Laura Trott back into the first half-dozen

on the track as the Russian rider takes the bell. Laura Trott

on the track as the Russian rider the hunt for gold. Stephanie Roorda

from Canada hits the front. Here comes Laura Trott around the

outside. The stadium gets to its feet. It's Laura Trott against

Stephanie Roorda, and its gold for Laura Trott and Great Britain. She

showed her fight at the front as they came in the finishing straight.

It was perfect timing, and the perfect left for Great Britain in

these championships. Laura Trott is a champion of the world for the

sixth time in her career. She's an exceptional athlete and an

amazing cyclist, and as Simon said in commentary, it gave the British

amazing cyclist, and as Simon said team a lift. Laura had been part of

the pursuit who looked fractured in qualifying. Laura took part of the

blame, saying she went off to fast. There was a split that happened and

they couldn't get the rider back on the wheel, so they only qualified

fifth fastest so a shot at gold was gone. The secret to success in sport

is learning from your mistakes and recovering. They did that, pulled

themselves together in a first-round and riding a national record to get

into the race. And they have these in their hands. You learned lessons

and went on, and that's the crucial thing. I'm over the moon with my

first World Championship medal. We fought the entire way. It came back

from a disappointing qualifying round and we learned a lot of

valuable lessons from that ride and be executed two for the good rides

with a really good British record. Joel, -- Jo, this was your bronze

medal race. We wanted to be the fastest qualifiers and we had senior

American 's and we went out there to race them. We went out the wrong way

about it. We got carried away. It's easily done, especially when you

have the home crowd and it's an Olympic year and you want to get out

and get on with it. In the final round, feeling in control and

everybody rode what they were supposed to. Everybody went to plan,

and it comes together so much easier when that happens and it feels like

an easier ride. Is there a really important lesson there, looking

ahead to Rio. The adrenaline can't get to you in qualifying. I think

so. We stand by the decision to go out and race and try to be the

fastest qualifiers, but you could go out too fast. The golden rule of

pursuit is about judgment, not starting to fast in the first

kilometre. If anything, that getting carried away, it was a sign of what

good form we were in. The sort of splits we were doing in the first

kilometre, we hadn't seen those times in training even. We had that

form to go that fast, just not hold it together for as long as we wanted

to. A really valuable experience for you and the whole team. Is it

frustrating or exciting that in the medal races you posted a faster time

than the gold medallists, the USA? It's a combination. Hats off to

them, they qualified fastest and executed a good, controlled ride

when they needed to. We learned that lesson the hard way. It shows that

we are right in the mix with them, having posted the fastest time in

the final. It's all to play for, Rio. What happens in the next five

months? We have a week off, a few days to enjoy ourselves. A little

bit of a holiday. Then it's back to training from next weekend. Five

months until Rio, so a lot of hard work and miles on the bike, gym

work, Miles on the track, and a lot of hard work to get to the podium in

a few months' time. You all work hard and are all extraordinary,

Laura Trott. Her schedule, she was in the team pursuit with you, she

won the scratch race. She now competes in the Army. She has three

events today and three tomorrow. This is what she has done already up

until Saturday. -- in the omnium. She's extraordinary, and she's

really nice! It's a hard programme for her, but she has worked that

kind of programme regularly. She's used to it. Her will to win is

astonishing, Laura Trott. She rose to stardom in London 2012. Tim Ward

went off for a ride with her and team-mate Emily Nelson, to see what

makes it tick. Good morning, please to meet you,

I'm Tim. Good morning for this? It's a bit fresh. We are going to go

towards Wilmslow and Chalford and back. I have forgotten or my cycling

gear. It wasn't dry, I use it so much that it was still wet and in

the tumble dryer! I will just have to get the car. You can go out and

have fun. # This girl is on fire...

# She's walking on fire... I'm certainly no performance coach,

but I will say that looked quite easy for you two. Pretty much.

Yesterday was a rest day, so it's good to get out in the fresh air and

spin your legs back. Pretty easy, yeah. You must come across like a

lot of people when you are out on the road. Do they sometimes have a

second glance and think, it's Laura Trott next to me! You do get that.

There was a guy the other day, there was a headwind riding home and I sat

on his wheel. He said, I can't race you! View was doing me a favour.

Just keep going. This morning was a training ride. I guess you would

have watched this girl on the TV at the Olympics? Isn't that pretty mad?

A bit starstruck sat here! I used to be. Still am a little bit, but not

the same now, it's a bit different. Since 2012, my statistics and my

googling has told me you have never been off the podium in the team

pursuit or the omnium. How do you keep that up? I didn't know that

statistic myself! I don't know. I hope it's correct! You have made me

question it now. I will rephrase the question... You are well good! How

do you keep that consistency? My coach, we have a great relationship,

and I would trust Paul with my life. He just seems to get it right. I

don't tend to question anything. I just trust him to get it right and I

guess that goes along way. How did it all start for you? It was thanks

to my mum. She lost eight and a half stone in a year and a half by riding

and going to spinning classes. It was the fact she chose bike riding.

One of the other mums suggested to go down too well in Guardian citizen

and the Velodrome National -- Welwyn Garden City. The quite good phase

came later. Was your dad telling you to slow down? We used to go to and

do the track meet on the Friday night. I just started so I was in

the second group. The top group was on a handicap. We had to catch them

up. Ireland is somebody pushing me off, a big man, he pushed me and I

went flying. I didn't have to pedal after that. Ireland winning, and at

the time I got ?3 for winning the race. -- I ended up winning. It was

the first race that I won that meant anything. It took off from there.

What's it like living with another cyclist? I married him, so I guess

I've got to get on with him! At its good. I couldn't imagine not hating

another cyclist. Just because he gets it, he understands what I go

through. -- not dating. Do you help each other and give each of

constructive criticism? Try to? He says I don't do anything at home,

but actually, I do everything. We try to do stuff 50-50. Recently he

doesn't do the washing up because he has a cut on his hand. I asked him

to at least do the hoovering, swap some responsibilities. They do

rubber gloves in extra large. I will say that when I get home. If you win

gold in Rio, you become the most successful British Olympian of all

time. That's pretty good, isn't it? Yeah. Just to keep that pressure on

your shoulders. Do you think about things like that? Not really. It

sounds weird when you say it to me. When I was growing up I didn't think

I would go to London, so to win gold medals there, and is now to be able

to achieve that, it's weird to me. I never thought it would be me who

could maybe do that. Laura Trott, revealing an awful lot

about her training, her will to win, her relationship with Jason Kenny,

and her mother, losing eight and a half stone cycling. Personally, I

focused on the housework. I can imagine that battle. Do you do any

at home, Chris? No. Laura Trott, she's incredible. She talks about it

like it's happening by accident. I remember her first senior event in

Delhi in 2010. She had come off the junior Championships that summer,

didn't really know what to expect. She just had an amazing time and

that was the start. The following year she was in the team pursuit and

it took off from there. She was in the omnium challenge this morning

and finished third in the scratch racing. It's a great start. She had

her big rivals finishing behind, in Serra hammer. It bodes well for the

rest of the event. How is it that riders can take on so much at the

championships? The key was in the interview. She doesn't think about

championships? The key was in the the end result, she thinks about the

process. We hear about that a the end result, she thinks about the

and it sounds like a clean-shaven she thinks about the job. In that

way you don't get overwhelmed. -- sounds like a cliche. She's very

good at looking at the tactics in front of her right now, the next two

seconds in the race or the next training session, and it's an

effective way of dealing with this environment. Don't make the problem

bigger than it needs to be. And the other thing Laura Trott has, she's

not a massive person but she is an aerodynamic and crouches like a

jockey, making a shape over the bike. It's not all about power.

Being aerodynamic is the key to success in cycling.

Aerodynamics has historically been cycling 's elephant in the room. It

is hard to stay focused on something you cannot see, feel or directly

measure. Or at least you cannot until you come to a place like this.

So what kind of changes will affect performance and by how much? Up

until the 1980s the emphasis was on weight saving and with the arrival

of carbon fibre came the opportunity to reduce mass to ridiculous levels.

When the pioneering few realised aerodynamics was more important

superlight but boxy bike forms morphed into slippery wing sections.

It was when attention was turned away from the machine that things

got really interesting. Turbulence in juicing holes in a helmet whilst

good for a cooling work creating a lot of resistance so they were

filled in and smoothed over. Figure hugging 1-piece garments are now

standard even for a long road races. Without the ability to measure air

resistance for years positional choices where arrived at by feeling.

With the extra information they could weigh up the pros and cons of

being more compact, and understand the payoff for being uncomfortable

could be world the price. Knowledge is power so it is not surprisingly

individuals and teams who have invested in understanding this are

the ones currently out in front. In my opinion there is plenty more

marginal gains still to be discovered.

Fascinating. I'm quite excited about the marginal gains still to be

discovered. I could tell you but I'd have to kill you! Those places are a

nightmare, I went in thinking I would get some cancers, I came out

ten years later with some cancers but even more questions. -- would

get some answers. It is fascinating. If there was a time when it seemed

like Great Britain and Australia were ahead of everyone else, is it a

case everyone is level or do Britain still have an advantage? We will

find out in Brazil but I think we will still have an advantage. The

rest of the world has caught up, I was made when we got to 2012, -- I

was amazed, they had all polished what we were still doing and since

then the have really got their heads around it, you can see it in the

positioning, the subtle changes, someone has been thinking about

this. A lot of scientific work going into prepare the men's team pursuit,

when you see them riding well it looks like all four of them are

riding as one unit, sire Bradley Wiggins is the star if you are but

everyone has to play their part, and it was an interesting line-up when

it came to the gold medal race which Great Britain were up against

Australia, and age old rivalry, a young talented Australian team, it

almost took the roof of this place. COMMENTATOR: Britain finding it hard

to take a bike out of the lead as Ed Clancy goes to the front again. Has

just pulled back almost half a second in a single turn. It will all

come down to the closing stages of the race. 0.3 of a second between

the teams, absolutely nothing. The endurance of Bradley with an all

come into play in the last part of the race. Great Britain are honour

roll. Jon Dibben comes off the front, down to a final free. It is

back up to 0.4 of a second, less than half a second in this

concentration, Great Britain against us joy. -- against Australia. The

Australians have got the extra man and that can make a difference but

the British are on home turf and still fighting. Three laps to go,

the gap has come down again, three laps in the race for gold in the

men's team pursuit. Bradley Wiggins on the front. Who wants it more, the

crowd are on their feet here in the velodrome in London. It will require

a big effort, the British trio will have two dead, really deep to try

and overhaul the lead Australia have had all the way through. Great

Britain for the first time have their noses in front. So close but

Britain leading the way in the race for gold in the team pursuit. It

will be tight at the end, Britain have lost it right at the end.

Australia claim the gold-medal. Great Britain were racing on the

edge and just tipped over on the very last lap. But they gave

everything and a little bit more in pursuit of that world title. It is

Australia who win the day. A silver medal and a strong performance but

not the top step of the podium which is what you were gunning for, what

is your collection on that? You have summed it up yourself, we are in the

ballpark, we have a great chance in Brazil. In the past two cycles we

have always gone quicker at the games. It's great to be back on a

bike for me personally but for the team it is disappointing to lose out

at the last moment, maybe next time? Not much between the teams, the fact

that there are six of you collecting medals shows we have some strength,

can you make the instrumental gains? Definitely, I will put my house on

it, we will win in Brazil. I am confident and I think we will. We

have come so far here. Individually, we all work at our efforts, where I

was at Christmas compared to now, coming on leaps and bounds. Into the

summer now, we can move on again for Brazil. Watching that with me, the

confidence of Bradley Wiggins, how much of that is real and how much is

mind games? Probably a little bit of mind games but they know within

themselves, Ed Clancy came to this very late, only had back surgery in

December and was learning to walk around Christmas. Everything came

fast for him and he was the rider who was a bit off the back when they

were fanning out to the three. They also lost a rider with about a

kilometre to go. They will know where they need to polish things up

and they will be able to qualify -- quantify that. Can you see that they

can make the changes? Yes, but the Australians also have more to come.

I think it will be very, very close. Ed Clancy three months ago was being

stretchered from a track in a van because he could not sit upright.

Plenty more to come, great to see. I felt for Ed Clancy, but they manage

the situation well and that was important. It was a risk putting Ed

Clancy into the final but he is so almost there I guess it was a risk

they had to take. Some things you only find out in race conditions

when you are under pressure, that is what they had been missing, and they

have got that information here and I think it looks good. It was close

enough that they could have won. Andy Tennant missed out because of

the decision and he was in the bronze race for the individual

pursuit, up against his team-mate Wayne Gould. This is what happened.

-- Owain Doull. COMMENTATOR: Approaching the last

minute of racing, it could come down to who can go and Robert and really

push it. What a final couple of laps we are going to have in this battle

for bronze between the British duo, Andy Tennant leading the way at the

moment but it is extremely close between Andy Tennant and Owain

Doull. England against Wales, Owain Doull has a lot to do, has to find

half a second from somewhere in the last lap. Andy Tennant still looks

good, still look strong but Owain Doull is a scrapper, he is a fighter

and will push it all the way. In the end it has gone to... Andy Tennant!

Andy Tennant takes it, roughly at attend the second between them. What

a race did was. -- a 10th of a second.

Those guys are pushing each other all the way and coming Brazil

selection it will be the fastest five guys who get to go to the team

pursuit and the on omnium. I am not sure, Mark Cavendish is

capable of performing in this event but it takes a long time to get up

to track speed and I am not sure that time is on his side. Good

effort but perhaps not good enough, two more events to come for Mark

Cavendish. Let's go back to the first day of competition, all hearts

with Becky James who has had a long road back to fitness after illness

and injury. She was the star of the show three years ago so hearts were

very much with her when she rang up in the key ring. -- when she lined

up in the keirin. COMMENTATOR: Anna Meares will want

to move from the back position. I think she will do that in the next

lap or soul as they start to jockey for position.

Just over a lap to go now before the race begins. Tension builds with

every passing a lap, the calm before the storm in the women's final. Just

starting to look back and think tactically now. But Becky James in a

beautiful possession but she will have to defend it, boxed in at the

moment. The bike disappears, two and a half laps to go. Anna Meares has

been assertive. The Korean on the shoulder of Anna Meares. Becky James

bringing up the rear at the moment, with work to do, they will take the

bell next time around. Anna Meares in the middle of the

track with the green helmet, but it is still Christina Vogel leading

from the front and trying to stay, Becky James coming through to get a

medal. Christina Vogel takes the gold ahead of Anna Meares and it is

a bronze medal for Becky James of Great Britain.

That lifted the whole team, they had missed Becky James. They had, she is

a bubbly character, so lovely to have around. To have her back and

firing on almost also wonders was brilliant. Everyone was there to

congratulate her after. Missing her so much, she could not play a full

part in the team sprint qualification so the women's team

have not qualified for the Olympics. I think she is one of the casualties

of them not quite making the grade to get the selection because she

could have made the difference. She has time, she has performed better

than she expected here so she would have slotted in and the whole unit

probably would have been faster. But that is the way it goes. Quick

mention of road racing, big news for Lizzie Armitstead this morning. Yes,

also for Nikki Harris, coming back off of the season and is now in

Lizzie Armitstead's team, the first women's World Tour road event of the

year ever, absolutely amazing for Lizzie Armitstead. Fantastic.

Tonight we will see the medals decided in the men's sprint,

hopefully Jason Kenny day will have a chance -- Jason Kenny.

Being aerodynamic is the key to success in cycling.

Dawkins gave him a lot of rope in this race. It could have been a

tactical mistake. But Callum Skinner did fantastic to beat quality

opposition. He beat Gregory Bauge, the defending champion and one of

the biggest names in sprinting. It was a real scalp for him. He can be

very proud of his ride. Did very well and kept the Frenchman guessing

all the way. Kept a bit extra for the final acceleration down the back

straight and Bauge couldn't get back on terms in time. It was a real

boost for the sprint squad. They still have rounds to come, but

hopefully one of them will be in a gold medal race. Hopefully Callum

Skinner will be there too. Closing the event tomorrow will be the

Madison where you have two riders who need to understand each other.

They need to literally hold each other's hands. Representing Great

Britain will be served Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish. A good

thing they have known each other a long time and know each other well.

Good the Blacks without referring to good musicians. Jedward. They are

musicians. Are they? Cheers lad. Can't do impressions. He's a dancer.

He could be the fat one. We have always got on and share the

same sense of humour, which is always a good starting point. I

always remember back to when Mark was on the Academy. I always treated

him with respect, even back then. That goes along way in how you form

opinions of each other when you get older. You never forget when you are

how people treat you. We were in Colne near Blackburn, and I was

pro-then, came second and won a box of energy gel will stop Mark was 19

at the time and I gave them to him because I got them for nothing. He

was so happy, cheers, lad. We have to buy these ourselves! He's never

forgotten that. Things like that go a long way, and even the year after

that, we did the national championships. I led him out. I

thought it would be nice to see him, and it meant a lot for him to win a

national title at that age. Three years later we were on the same team

together, racing round Italy together, the World Championships.

Brad won the Tour, and one of the proudest moments of my career was

coming up the Champs-Elysees with him. He won the yellow jersey, and

then the World Championships on the road. It would be nice to tell my

son in the years to come that I was there when Cav won his first chavvy

chips, Copenhagen, the first British world title since Tommy Simpsons. It

was special for all of us there. Riding at the front. The road race

at the Olympics in London. The Champs-Elysees moment will never

happen again, ever. I would put my name to that. When are you ever

going to get a British rider in the yellow jersey at the Tour de France,

leading out the British world road race champion, who wins on the

Champs-Elysees? All those things coming together for that to happen.

A British world road champion, a British leader and winner of the

Tour, then somebody who can win on the Champs-Elysees as well. Those

things are one office. We have been through a lot. Those things bind you

together. -- one offs and everyone else sharing with you, you share

those road experiences. For all of us at Copenhagen in the worlds, we

will remember it, we had that game plan and we all executed. Even the

Olympic road race, we didn't win, but we put our heart and soul into

it. You were the strongest man in the group. It's those experiences.

We fall out at times, we are like brothers. There was a time when you

were in a strop on Tour in 2009. We had to chase somebody down. Was that

you? (BLEEP) we didn't talk the next day. Did you chasing? No. It was my

swansong on the track at the World Championships. To do an Olympic year

in London, it would be my last World Track Championships, but my first

was 18 years ago. Not a bad run. I don't think I've ever seen you?

Nobody has, it you dissed this appear. -- you just disappear.

How important are they in terms of their status? They reach outside the

sport and the bubble Kuster I have used the word before. -- bobble? You

get some real character and we like to see it. You never know what you

will get, particularly with Bradley. When you put them together it's a

double act, so it's ironic they write the Madison together. They won

the World Championships in 2008 in Manchester, but I remember being in

the velodrome at Beijing where it didn't go well for them. They didn't

deal with that well. Cav was very emotional about it afterwards. He

had committed to that one event but Bradley had other irons in the fire.

That's the nature of their relationship. It's a bit like a

marriage without sex. You went expecting that to come out! Hugh

Dennis, you love your cycling. You will be taking part in some of it

for Sport Relief. Before I ask you about that, what's the appeal of

Radley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish? Have they influenced your decision

to want to try this? I think they are both fantastic, actually. I was

watching the coverage yesterday, watching Bradley Wiggins, and I

thought, who is the most tattooed sportsmen in Britain, and it's

probably Radley Wiggins. He's fantastic. He's a rock star on a

bike. You have done something I think is very brave. Explain. I'm

doing the Sport Relief elimination race here, round this lot. Chris

Boardman's face! LAUGHTER There are only six of us doing it.

Not as hard as the one we saw yesterday. The other five? Team

Redgrave. Steve Redgrave, me and Dan Snow, the historian. Hard for him to

the aerodynamic because he's so tall. But he can bounce people out

of the way. And then Freddie Flintoff, Harry Dunn, and Mark

Wright from the only way is Essex. I think I might be a laminated first.

I think Harry Dunn and Freddie Flintoff have a combined age of 70.

Me and Steve Redgrave, combined age of 107. Do we still have the

muscles? What you have the experience. Let's see you in

training. Chris, SS this. Look at the balance. -- assess. You are low,

aerodynamic, going in the right direction. How difficult is it to

ride on the track? I've never done it before until filming. When you

start you feel like you are going around the inside of a Bath. Good

description. You think if you get fast enough you will be OK and won't

fall off the wall of death. In the end, you are fine, whizzing around

and not thinking about it. It will be in front of an audience, we hope.

You can get tickets, if you would like to see this extraordinary

elimination race. Go to the BBC sport website, the Sport Relief

section, and you can get details of how to get tickets. It would be

sensational. People should come and support. The speed involved will be

quite astonishing! Chris, with all your wisdom and experience and

knowledge of track site, what's your advice to Hugh Dennis? The key is,

if you find yourself scared, don't close your eyes. He said before, go

straight, turn left, goes straight, turn left, until somebody says stop.

That's all you need to know. If you fall off, get back on and get on the

race. There was the Dutchman last night. Proper hard men. Keeping you

up-to-date on the time trial. Mark Cavendish has been in action. He's

seventh after four events. Chris Boardman, two events to go. What are

the chances of him winning a medal? 38 point gap to the leader, that's a

fair old job. But the way it's weighted in the points race, you can

get 20 points in one hit. It could all go down to the last lap. All the

riders can be defensive. It's a challenge, still doable, but a

challenge. He has the flying lap next. Should be good for him. He's a

spent athlete, so should be good for Mark Cavendish. -- sprint athlete.

This championship is something of a recovery for British cycling.

Britain are at the top of the medal table, mission almost complete. We

have to remember they are not in Olympic disciplines, but the form is

there and they are competitive in everything. We keep talking about

Rio, but they are in good shape for Rio, and they can make the jump.

We've had the big confidence boost here, but they still have to do more

to win. Who is the start of the show so far? I think Owain Doull really

proved himself to be one of the riders who will be there for the

future. He really helped them. Him and Bradley were the main men. We

will be on air from 7pm on the red button. If you join us then you will

see Laura Trott starting her omnium challenge and Mark Cavendish

finishing his. Sprint medals being decided with Jason Kenny, and Emily

Nelson as well. 2pm tomorrow for the final session which includes Bradley

Wiggins and Mark Cavendish in the Madison. More sport coming up on the

BBC with Great Britain against Japan in the doubles rubber in the Davis

Cup. 1-1 at the moment with Great Britain defending their Davis Cup

title. And triathlon, the first cup edition of the season with Helen

Jenkins and trying to claim a spot on the British team from 1pm. We

will hear more from Chris Boardman later. Join us on the red button

from 7pm for more brilliant cycling to come.