The British track cycling squad clearly hasn’t lost any speed or motivation since cleaning up at the Beijing Olympics last summer, with an all but dominating performance at the first of the UCI Track World Cups in Manchester last weekend.

It was Sir Chris Hoy who led the team with a win in the team sprint, partnered by Ross Edgar and Jamie Staff, to add to his gold medal in the Keirin and sprint.

While the more experienced cyclists took top spot on the podium, it was the young talent of Jason Kenny, Matt Crampton and David Daniell who pushed Hoy and co hard, taking the silver medal just 0.395 seconds behind. To underline the potential of David Daniell, the young rider won a silver in the kilo.

There was more success on the team pursuit with the women’s team taking a gold medal, the team consisting of rising star Lizzie Armitstead along with Joanna Rowsell and Wendy Houvenaghel. They set a new world record in the process. It was the second gold medal for Armitstead after a stunning ride in the points race and for Wendy Houvenaghel following her individual pursuit victory.

This impressive performance followed an equally startling turn of speed from the men’s pursuit team, comprising of Steven Burke, Ed Clancy, Andrew Tennant and Geraint Thomas. They obliterated the competition and set the second-fastest time ever, 3mins 54.995secs.

Geraint Thomas, returning to the track after a season on the road, also took gold in the 4000m individual pursuit, proving his decision to get back on the track was a good one. He posted a time of 4min 15.015sec, the second fastest time in competition over that distance, a whisker slower than the time set by Bradley Wiggins in Beijing.

“The legs are really tired now and it’s been hard work but it’s really encouraging,” Hoy said. “Hopefully we can build from here and have success next March [World Championships].”

Victoria Pendleton won sprint gold earlier in the event weekend but wasn’t able to dominate in the Keirin, the event which she was world champion in 2007. In the same event Matt Crampton pocketed 15,000 euros for the international keirin.

Chris Newton won the point’s race, but was unable to repeat the same performance in the scratch race.