Britain's Junior's have successfully defended their Team Pursuit title at the European Track Champs on Day One in Cottbus, Germany
Adam Blythe, Peter Kennaugh, Mark McNally and Luke Rowe set a time of 4m 27.033s to easily beat their French opponents by three seconds
Luke rides for the Recycling.co.uk team and despite being a first year Junior has already claimed the Bronze medal in the National
Derny pace Championships earlier this year. Now a European champion this only goes to show the potential the youngster possesses.
Charlie Jackson (Managing Director of Recycling) commented: "He's a nice lad too with a strong personality yet very rounded and extremely mature for such a young age, we are all very proud of
him and his teammates", John Herety (Team Manager) added: "That boy's a bit special!"
Russia collected the Bronze medal after beating Italy in the ride off by a massive five seconds
In the Junior Women's sprint despite setting a fantastic time of 11.828s in the 200m TT to finish top, Britain's Jess Varnish with ride off for Bronze after losing her semi-final in two straight matches
to Viktoria Baranova of Russia. Britain's Dani King finished 9th
The Men's Junior Team Sprint team of Tom Buck, Dave Daniell and Chris Lyte failed to defend their title as they
lost out to the French team of Charlie Conord, Thierry Jollet and Quentin Lafargue by 0.5secs.
In an extremely close Men's Kilo TT final France claimed a one-two with Didier Henriette taking the Gold medal
ahead of Michael D'Almeida in a time of 1m 04.157s. Germany's Max Levy claimed the Bronze, with Britain's Jason Kenny down in 8th
Steve Burke is through to the Men's Individual Pursuit final and will face Alexandr Pliuschin (Macedonia) for the Gold Medal ride off
