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For once, Sir Chris Hoy played second fiddle on Sunday's final day of the Track World Cup as Great Britain's team pursuit squads surged to victory in an astonishing display of superiority.

Britain claimed 10 golds from 17 events, adding four silver and one bronze as four-time Olympic champion Hoy proved his indomitable spirit on his international return from injury with three gold medals.

"I don't think I could've expected anything more," said Hoy. "It (the injury) gave me time to get over the whole post-Beijing period and made me realise just how much I missed not being on the bike."

He continued: "There's so many demands on my time at the moment; when you come down here (for training) and it's just you, the coaches and my team-mates, that's what I enjoy the most."

Hoy added team sprint gold on day three to his keirin and sprint titles - replicating his successes of Beijing - but the day belonged to the pursuit squads.

The men's quartet - Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Steven Burke and Andy Tennant - clocked the second fastest time in history, with a track record of three minutes 54.395 seconds, only 1.081secs down on the world record Britain set at the Beijing Games.

Britain caught silver medallists Spain little more than halfway through the four-kilometres event but continued targeting a track record-breaking ride, which they duly delivered.

Britain's women went one better, with Lizzie Armitstead, Joanna Rowsell and Wendy Houvenaghel breaking the world record with a time of 3mins 21.875secs, shaving 0.54secs off the previous best.

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