A capacity crowd packs out the Manchester Velodrome for the opening round of the World Cup Classics series

Victoria Pendleton, one of Britain's gold medallists at the Beijing Olympics, sweeps past Anna Blythe and into the sprint final

Ed Clancy, who took gold in the team pursuit at the Beijing Olympics, celebrates after reaching the individual pursuit final in Manchester

Wendy Houvenaghel is the first British rider to strike gold, crushing Canada's Tara Whitten in the individual pursuit final

And Elizabeth Armitstead claims an impressive win in the women's points race, taking gold ahead of Lucy Martin and Katie Colcough

Leeds rider Armitstead, just 19, is one of a clutch of young British stars impressing in Manchester

Clancy is also soon celebrating as he sweeps past Ukraine's Vitaliy Shchedov to win gold in the men's individual pursuit

Pendleton is untroubled in her sprint final, beating China's Lulu Zheng to rack up another gold medal on a memorable night for Britain

Another of Britain's Olympic gold medallists, Bradley Wiggins, can only finish seventh in the men's 15km scratch final

But David Danielle wins the 1km time trial and is congratulated by British Cycling performance director Dave Brailsford