BRITAIN’S Katie Archibald secured an emotional victory in the women’s team pur- suit at her home velodrome yesterday as her quartet overpowered New Zealand for gold at the UCI World Cycling Championships in Glasgow.
Archibald, a stalwart of the British team, and fellow riders Elinor Barker, Josie Knight and Anna Morris were too strong as they delivered Britain’s first women’s world title in the blu-riband event since 2014.
Earlier at the Chris Hoy Velodrome, Den- mark beat arch-rivals Italy in the men’s team pursuit final - avenging their loss in the Olympic gold-medal showdown two years ago.
In a repeat of that Tokyo duel which Italy won in a world record time, this time Denmark reeled in the Azzuri.
The Danish quartet of Lasse Leth, Niklas Larsen, Rasmus Pedersen, Carl-Frederik Bevort trailed narrowly for the first half of the 16 laps around the Chris Hoy Velo- drome.
But a massive acceleration took them ahead and unlike in Tokyo, when Filippo Ganna powered Italy to gold in thrilling fashion, Italy could find no storming finish. New Zealand thrashed Australia to win the bronze medal.
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