Madison magnificence leads Olympic medal haul
Great Britain topped the cycling medal table for the fourth Olympics in a row last week with medals coming from a varied set of sources.
Even before racing started in the velodrome the squad had claimed golds in mountain bike, BMX and BMX freestyle, all disciplines the team has not won in before.
Also unusually for the GB squad, last week’s track action saw its greatest successes in the bunch races.
Only the women’s team pursuit squad claimed a medal - silver behind Germany’s new world record setting team - in the timed events (see p14). Britain’s first gold to
