CYCLING : Sir Chris Hoy’s Team Sky+HD won a thrilling battle with Great Britain in the final of the men’s team sprint at the Track World Cup at Manchester Velodrome.
Sir Chris Hoy’s Team Sky+HD won a thrilling battle with Great Britain in the final of the men’s team sprint at the Track World Cup at Manchester Velodrome.
Four-time Olympic champion Hoy anchored his team to gold in 43.423 seconds after strong performances from Jamie Staff and Ross Edgar.
The young British trio of Jason Kenny, Matt Crampton and David Daniell were 0.395secs behind as the host nation again demonstrated their strength in depth.
It was Hoy’s third and Britain’s eighth gold of the opening World Cup event of the season.
The 33-year-old from Edinburgh won the keirin on day one and sprint on day two, leading Crampton and Kenny in a British 1-2-3 in track cycling’s Blue Riband event.
Chris Newton missed out on a second medal of the weekend, finishing seventh in the men’s scratch race.
The 36-year-old from Stockton had won gold in the points race on day one.
