CYCLING -01/11/2009

Hoy grabs third gold

Triple Olympic champion Chris Hoy scooped his third gold of the weekend when he led his three-man team to victory in an all-British team sprint final at the UCI World Cup in Manchester.

Hoy also won the sprint and keirin events as Britain's gold count hit double figures.

British cycling's performance director Dave Brailsford, who oversaw their eight-gold performance in Beijing, said he was not surprised by his squad's impressive performance.

"We always said that after Beijing we were going to back off a bit for a year," he said.

"To be honest I think the rest of the world got a bit chippy and thought that's the end of it and that we were a one-trick pony team.

"So we came into this World Cup wanting to put down a marker and that's what we've done."

Reuters - 01/11/2009 19:13