Girls’s group pursuit world champions Italy had been knocked out of gold medal rivalry as they may solely end fifth quickest in qualifying on the UCI World Championships on Friday.
Hosts Britain, led by native favorite Katie Archibald, had been quickest in a time of 4:10.33, with New Zealand, america and France finishing the highest 4.
Italy, the final group to journey the 4km warmth across the Chris Hoy Velodrome, struggled and will solely end 4.4 seconds off the tempo set by Britain.
Britain will journey in opposition to France within the first spherical on Saturday with particular person pursuit winner Chloe Dygert’s U.S. outfit up in opposition to New Zealand and the gold medal to come back from certainly one of that quartet.
The Italian aspect led by Elisa Balsamo might nonetheless contest for bronze.
The second day of motion on the monitor will see the lads’s group dash finals later in addition to the ladies’s scratch race and girls’s 500m particular person time trial.
The primary of the most important street races takes place on Sunday with the lads’s elite street race from Edinburgh to Glasgow.
Reuters
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