Wendy wins Melbourne gold

Houvenaghel: World Cup gold

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Wendy Houvenaghel grabbed her second World Cup gold as she beat Alison Shanks to win the women's pursuit title in Melbourne - but the men's pursuit team had to settle for silver.

Houvenaghel claimed gold in Manchester in the last World Cup round, and she repeated that success in Melbourne, although she had to come through a fierce battle in the final.

The British rider was neck-and-neck with world champion Shanks from New Zealand for much of the final, but she got the better of the final kilometre to claim back-to-back World Cup wins.

The victory maintains her lead in the World Cup series - an event where she has twice won the overall series.

Pursuit silver

Great Britain's pursuit team set the second-fastest time in history when winning in Manchester last time out, but they had to settle for second behind hosts Australia in Melbourne.

Academy rider Andrew Fenn stepped in for Geraint Thomas and joined Andy Tennant, Steven Burke, and Ed Clancy in qualifying fastest for the final.

The GB boys missed the drive of Thomas in the final though and they had to settle for silver after finishing two seconds behind the Aussies.

Chris Newton stormed into the final of the points race and started well when being up with the leaders in most of the sprints, but a breakaway cost him as he finished in fifth after being unable to make back a lap.

Australian Cameron Meyer did gain a lap and eventually won gold in front of his home fans, with Greek rider Ioannis Tamouridis taking silver.