Katie Archibald and Manon Lloyd fight back to win Madison gold at Track World Cup in Glasgow

Katie Archibald and Manon Lloyd were bloodied, bruised and victorious on day two of the Track World Cup in Glasgow.

Archibald and Lloyd, on her 20th birthday, tumbled to the track before responding to win the first global women's Madison competition.

Archibald, the Olympic team pursuit champion from Milngavie, north of Glasgow, is the star attraction for the home crowd this weekend.

The 22-year-old teamed up with Lloyd, who won team pursuit gold on Friday, in the 80-lap (20 kilometres) two-person relay which features sprints every 10 laps.

There was early drama when Lloyd and Archibald attempted a change after 18 laps, entering the second sprint, but were squeezed by the Russian pair and Lloyd was nudged, tumbling to the track.

Archibald and others went with her, but the British pair picked themselves up to win four of the final five sprints - including the final one which was worth double points - and beat France by two points.

"It was a pretty exciting race," said Archibald, who got "a bit of an adrenaline kick" from the fall.

"Somebody closed down when we came into a change coming into a sprint. Someone closed down on top of Manon and I was still there. There was nowhere to go.

"We all came down in a domino, which is kind of a hazard of the trade. Something about dangers in the work place. You can say that light-heartedly when we both got back up."

Lloyd thought that was it, but the partisan crowd inspired her and Archibald. "I thought it was all over there and then," she said.

"The crowd were cheering to get back on. I knew I was going to get back on and I was going to give it a crack. Katie being Olympic champion, getting the opportunity to race with her is really good, especially in front of a home crowd."

There were 19 events at the Track World Championships, with the Madison the only one without a female equivalent.

Now there is parity and a women's Madison there is a suggestion it could return for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, if an additional event is added to the Olympic track cycling programme.

There was partisan interest in the night's other endurance final as Dundee's Mark Stewart was fourth in a points race won in supreme fashion by Cameron Meyer of Australia. The Scot faded after enlivening the race early on.

Meyer took three laps on the field to win with 81 points and the Scotsman blew up in the finale to finish with 28 points. Sam Harrison of Wales pipped him to the podium with 29.

Emily Nelson, another member of the gold medal-winning team pursuit squad on Friday, was fourth in the women's individual pursuit.

Briton Joe Truman and Ireland's Eoin Mullen suffered early exits in the men's Keirin, with Lewis Oliva, representing Wales, was fourth in his second round, falling into the minor final.