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Hoy claims clean sweep in gold rush

Source: guardian.co.uk Sport

Nov 01, 2009

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• Top Briton's 'exciting' form brings him best last lap time
• Women's team pursuiters finish with a world record

Great Britain's cyclists left Manchester tonight with 10 gold medals from the opening World Cup of the winter, four fewer than last year's haul, but it is 22-carat metalware to judge by the flood of records and personal-best times that culminated in a world record for the women's team pursuiters and a near-record for the men's team. The implications for the 997 days remaining until the London Games are appetising to say the least.

Sir Chris Hoy returned to his place at the head of affairs in his comeback to international competition. He clinched a clean sweep of gold medals in his three events when he anchored the Sky+HD trio to victory in the team sprint, with his fastest-ever last lap, after taking gold medals in the keirin and match sprints as he had in Beijing last year.

The final saw six British riders involved, with Hoy joined by Ross Edgar and the Olympic gold medallist Jamie Staff for Sky, and the other member of the gold medal‑winning trio in

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