Sir Chris Hoy has helped (somewhat) reverse the fortunes of Team GB at the opening stages of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup, winning gold in the Men’s Sprint and silver in the Keirin. The openers, which took place over the weekend (November 4-6) in Atana, Kazakhstan had initially proved disappointing for Britain, but with Hoy – who had previously retired from the European Championships with a chest infection – clearly back on form beating Robert Forstemann (of Germany) in the semi-final and Denis Dmitriev (Russia) in the final, things looked somewhat improved. Dani King took silver for GB in the Women’s Omnium, but Germany – with one gold, two silver and five bronze places – were clearly the runaway success of the competition.