UCI Track Cycling World Cup: Two medals for Great Britain
By PA Sport
Last Updated: 11/12/15 9:21am
Great Britain claimed silver and bronze medals on the final day of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Cambridge, New Zealand.
Chris Latham secured silver in the omnium, while the duo of Mark Stewart and Germain Burton took bronze in the madison.
Latham narrowly led Danish rider Lasse Norman Hansen heading into the final day of the omnium but soon lost his advantage, finishing 10th in the kilometre time-trial to Hansen's fourth.
After finishing seventh in the flying lap, he trailed Hansen by just two points ahead of the closing points race, but Hansen dominated the sprints to capture the gold medal, 20 points clear of Latham.
Latham told British Cycling: "I've been knocking on the door waiting for that opportunity and sadly Ed Clancy was going to do this [omnium] but he's had a back injury so I've jumped in and took the opportunity.
"It's massive, a real big performance. First World Cup [of the season] and to get a silver - well happy with that, I'm delighted."
Burton suffered a big crash midway through the madison but recovered and alongside Stewart - scratch race gold medallist in Britain's only other podium success of the meeting - they were second in four of the sprints to bag the bronze with 13 points.
