Laura Trott Strikes Gold For Great Britain In Hong Kong

18 January 2016 09:47

Laura Trott claimed omnium gold as Great Britain clinched UCI Track Cycling World Cup glory on the final day in Hong Kong.

Jason Kenny's bronze medal in the men's sprint helped his team to victory, but there was no place on the podium for Mark Cavendish in the men's omnium on his World Cup return.

Trott took an 18-point lead over closest rival Sarah Hammer into the points race after finishing fourth in Sunday's 500m time trial and third in the flying lap, but extended her lead with Laurie Berthon finishing in third place.

Trott told www.britishcycling.org.uk: "I've really enjoyed it actually. I wasn't looking forward to the points race - after three days doing the team pursuit as well yesterday, it really did take it out of me and I was worried how I was going to feel.

"With 20 laps to go because I'd already won, I was like, 'Should I just attack?', but it kind of left me on the back foot, so I thought, 'I best just get to the finish' and I guess that's what I did."

Kenny, who had won team sprint gold on Saturday, overcame Frenchman Francois Pervis 2-0 to add a bronze to his haul after losing his semi-final showdown with Australian Patrick Constable.

But a top-three finish just eluded Cavendish, who had put himself into contention with an 11th-place finish in the kilometre and fourth in the flying lap, only to be edged out of the medals by Olympic champion Lasse Norman Hansen.

Source: PA-WIRE