Milan rewrites the record books as Great Britain strike gold twice on day 3 of the Track World Championships
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Follow us on GoogleDay three of the UCI World Track Championships saw Team GB double their gold medal tally and Jeffery Hoogland win his fifth world title in the men's kilo. But that was all eclipsed by a record breaking ride by Jonathan Milan in the individual pursuit, one that would have been good enough for silver in the 2008 Olympic Team Pursuit rankings, just behind Bradley Wiggins and Geraint Thomas!
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With three of the five days complete, Great Britain top the medal table.
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Emma Finacune lost out to Liying and Sato in the sprint.
Team GB's Anna Morris masters the omnium
Anna Morris won the women’s omnium on Friday, her first world title in a bunch race. She had already won the rainbow jerseys in the team and individual pursuits.
She finished third in the scratch race, won the tempo race and placed third in the elimination race. That gave her a 12-point lead going into the final points race.
Tsuyaka Uchino (Japan) kept the pressure on and closed to within five points at the halfway stage. Then a five-rider breakaway took all the points on the next sprint, and Uchino got caught behind a split. Morris finished on 125 points, 11 clear of Uchino, with Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark) third.
Hoogland back on top in the kilo
Jeffrey Hoogland of the Netherlands won the men’s kilometre time trial in 58.713 seconds. It is his fifth world title in the event and his 13th overall.
He took the crown back from compatriot Harrie Lavreysen, who had won it in each of the last two years but chose not to defend it.
Etienne Oliviero (France) took silver, more than six tenths behind. Joe Truman (Great Britain) won bronze for the third year in a row in 59.414, despite his visor appearing to fly off mid-effort. He had led until Oliviero, the penultimate starter, edged him by 0.049 seconds.
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Hoogland, Oliviero, and Truman filled the podium for the 2026 men's kilo.
Mark Stewart wins gold for Great Britain in the Men's Point Race
Mark Stewart won the men’s points race, his first world title at the age of 31. Over 160 laps, he scored in 11 of the 16 sprints and won three of them. He finished on 35 points, seven ahead of Olympic omnium champion Benjamin Thomas (France). Carlos Salgueiro of Portugal was third.
The finale was tense. Carl-Frederik Bévort (Denmark) attacked late in search of a lap gain, which would have handed him the title. He fell just short and finished fourth. “Speechless,” said Stewart, who was a bronze medallist in the event in 2018.
Liying denies Emma Finucane, Capewell also misses out
Home favourite Yuan Liying (China) beat Emma Finucane (Great Britain) 2-0 in the women’s sprint final. Yuan led from the front in the first race and Finucane could not get past. The Welsh rider took the front in the second, but Yuan jumped clear to win by bike lengths.
It is a second world title of the week for the 21-year-old, who also won the team sprint on Wednesday. There was heartbreak for Sophie Capewell (Great Britain) in the bronze medal match. Mina Sato (Japan) won their three-race match, taking the decider by one thousandth of a second.
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Lorena Wiebes crashes out of the Omnium
The Netherlands' Lorena Wiebes will not defend her omnium title. The Dutch star crashed out in a mass pile-up during the scratch race, the first of the omnium’s four events.
The omnium packs four bunch races into a single day: scratch, tempo, elimination and points. A crash in the first event leaves no way back. It is a blow for Wiebes, who won the scratch race world title for the third year in a row on Wednesday.
Jonathan Milan breaks the 3:59 barrier
Jonathan Milan of Italy became the first rider to go under 3:59 in the individual pursuit, where a single rider covers 4km, or 16 laps of the track, from a standing start. He clocked 3:58.850 in qualifying, three tenths quicker than the record he set in 2024.
Milan was slower in the final but still beat Frederik Madsen (Denmark) by more than five seconds for his second world title in the event. Filippo Ganna (Italy) took bronze. Americans Ashlin Barry and Taylor Phinney, on his comeback, qualified fifth and eighth.
Milan's time would've been good enough for silver in the 2008 Olympic team pursuit rankings, just behind Wiggins and co.
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David has been working in the sports & cycling industry for 16 years. Covering racing, business and technology, he has worked in communications for cycling companies, teams, and as a journalist. His proudest achievement is winning the first bike race he ever entered. He hasn't won a race since.
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- A world title is a huge moment, but I’m not sure it will solve the lack of big American races by itself. As Simmons says, the sport needs to find a way to make those events pay.patriciaw16-10-2026
- When McNulty attacked, did Simmons switch to slowing down the chase rather than trying to win himself? The tactics are still a bit confusing, but it sounds like a brilliant team ride.bikebuffj16-10-2026
- Second on a Tour stage after 168km in the break, while working for Pedersen’s green jersey. Simmons has some engine.samanthak16-10-2026
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