Great Britain’s cyclists got an early chance to stretch the legs in Olympic year after taking to the boards in Manchester for the fifth stage of the Revolution Series.
The likes of Laura Trott, Elinor Barker, Andy Tennant and Steven Burke were all in action as the National Cycling Centre hosted the first track event of 2016.
In the elite women’s races, double Olympic champion Trott was on top form, taking three out of the four wins on the night.
"I was definitely made to work [in the Points Race], Elinor [Barker] and Emily [Kay], took me right down to the line and the race went down to the final sprint,” said Trott, who was prevented from completing a clean sweep of victories after being pipped by Emily Nelson in the scratch race.
The evening session also saw a team pursuit showdown between Team Wiggins and a Great Britain quartet.
The former, made up of Burke, Tennant, Owain Doull and Jon Dibben would eventually take the honours in a winning time of 1:59.306, beating Great Britain’s Chris Latham, Ollie Wood, Kian Emadi and Mark Cavendish by a second.
“The team pursuit was big today - it was the most important event of the night,” said Dibben, who also took victory in the points and scratch races.
“We've done a lot of gym and speed work throughout the whole of December, and with it only being two kilometres, the coach [Heiko Salzwedel], wanted to see if that worked.
“The first km we did was a personal best by far, so we took it really seriously.”
Sportsbeat 2015