British Worlds success shows promise for Paris Olympics

It's next stop Paris for the British team after an impressive 100-medal haul at the Glasgow World Championships

- Tom Davidson

With less than a year to go until the Paris Olympics and Paralympics, the British cycling team is riding a wave of confidence following their substantial medal haul at the Glasgow Worlds.

Great Britain topped both the para and non-para medal tables at the first multi-disciplinary Worlds, collecting 100 medals in total, of which 47 were gold. They were significantly clear – in both gold medal and overall medal count – of Germany and France, who occupied second and third place respectively.

A number of the team's victories crucially came in Olympic events, with notable success in BMX, mountain bike and the women's track programme. The only major mishap was in the men's team pursuit, when the quartet crashed out in qualifying.