Chris Hoy showed why he is one of the greatest all time track sprinters when he hammered the opposition in the final of the Men's Keirin tonight in Palma, Mallorca
Hoy attacked as soon as the Motorbike left the track with just under three laps remaining, he was then passed by France's Mickael Bourgain, but cleverly sat in and waiting until the final bend to sprint past Bourgain to take the Gold medal
Defending World Champion Theo Bos and Britain's Ross Edgar then passed Bourgain to take the Silver and Bronze medals respectively
"I'm totally shocked and delighted," said Hoy. "It was way beyond my
expectations because I'm a novice to this event and I used my strength to go hard at the finish."
Bronze Medallist Ross Edgar
The ride off for the Bronze Medal will feature the New Zealand team of Sam Bewley, Westley Gough, Peter Latham and Marc Ryan who will face the Danish team
The suprise of the morning was the poor time of 4m 07.447s set by the current World Champions Australia, who selected Peter Dawson, Zak Dempster, Matt Goss and Mark Jamieson to ride
Vicki Pendleton and Anna Blyth
Women's Team Sprint World Champion Victoria Pendleton recorded a time
of 11.194s to finish third in the Women's 200m TT Sprint Qualification
China's Shuang Guo was fastest setting a time of 11.149s with Simona Krupeckaite of Lithuania second with 11.191s
Britain's Anna Blyth finished tenth in 11.497s and showed she is continuing to improve
Both Pendleton and Blyth then went on to beat their first round opponents, Australia's Kristine Bayley and Jennie Read (USA) respectively
In the 1/8 Finals Victoria and Anna were unfortunately paired together and yet again Vicki showed why she is a double World Champion by beating
Blyth convincingly in 11.775s to progress through to the next round
Anna Blyth did well but couldn't make it into the Quarter Finals
Anna lost out in the Repechage to Christin Muche, with Lisandra Guerra of Cuba taking the other Repechage heat
Into the Semi Finals after beating Tyslinskaya
Victoria then went on to meet Natalia Tyslinskaya of Belarus in the Quarter Finals, in what was a repeat of last year's final, however this time Vicki showed how much she has improved by easily beating the Belarussian 2-0
She will now face Lizandra Guerra in the Semi Final's tomorrow
Silver went to Rebecca Romero
There was a suprise in the Women's Individual Pursuit when Britain's Bex Romero qualified ahead of her teammate Wendy Houvenaghel in a time of 3m 31.894s to make the final
along with defending World Champion, Sarah Hammer of the USA
Hammer was only slightly quicker than Romero as she recorded a time of 3m 31.359s, however Rebecca's time smashed the national record set by Wendy Houvenaghel at the Manchester World Cup by a massive four seconds, the previous mark standing at 3m 35.294s
World Cup Champion Houvenaghel could only manage fourth
Meanwhile Britain's Houvenaghel was only able to qualify fourth fastest in a time of 3m 35.289s and therefore faces Katie Mactier in the Bronze medal ride off tonight
In the Medal ride offs Romero couldn't quite manage to overhaul Hammer and had to settle for the Silver medal, but still recorded a fantastic time of 3m 33.409s to Hammer's 3m 30.213s
In the Bronze Medal Ride off Wendy Houvenaghel was beaten by Katie Mactier of Australia, however she only just missed out as Mactier recorded 3m 36.306s, whereas as Wendy finished in 3m 37.406s
Great Britain Dominate the Team Pursuit
Great Britain's Team Pursuit squad of Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning and Bradley Wiggins have easily made it
into tonight's final against the Ukraine, when they recorded a a blistering time of 3m 59.579s in this morning's qualification
The quartet's opposition in the final were Ukraine, who set a time six seconds slower than the British team in Qualification(4m 05.039s)
Consequently, Britain easily claimed the World Title in a stunning time of 3m 57.468s
"That's probably one of the most pleasing world championships I've ever won,"
Wiggins said afterwards.
Geraint Thomas won his first World Title as part of the Team Pursuit Squad
"The individual is one thing but I can't express how much of a team we've
been over the last few months.
"It has been a fantastic team effort right across the board. The big thing
for me was the mental side of it coming back after the individual win because it
takes so much out of you mentally."
The Ukraine team finished four seconds down in 4m 03.280s
The ride off for the Bronze Medal saw the New Zealand team of Sam Bewley, Westley Gough, Peter Latham and Marc Ryan lose to Denmark
The suprise of the morning was the poor time of 4m 07.447s set by the current World Champions Australia, who selected Peter Dawson, Zak Dempster, Matt Goss and Mark Jamieson to ride
Manchester World Cup Winner Rafal Ratajczyk won the Bronze medal in the Scratch
In the Men's Scratch race Kam Po Wong of Hong Kong took an impressive victory ahead of Wim Stroetinga of the Netherlands and Manchester World Cup winner Rafal Ratajczyk
An exhausted Jonny Bellis finished 14th
The World
Championships take place in Palma de Mallorca from 29 March to 1 April.
