Summary:
Great Britain’s men’s and women’s team pursuit squads won gold on the opening day of the European Track Cycling Championships.

Full article:
Great Britain claimed three medals on the second day of the UEC Elite Track European Championships in Guadeloupe. Ed Clancy, Jon Dibben, Owain Doull and Andy Tennant beat Germany’s men by almost a second in the team pursuit to clinch gold, while Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Joanna Rowsell and Laura Trott defeated the Russian team by nearly seven seconds in the women’s final. This was the fourth time in five years that both team pursuit squads have triumphed at the Championships. Four-time world champion Ed Clancy helped Great Britain to two medals on Friday . The women's squad (right to left) Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell after defending their world title at the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships . Archibald winning bronze in the Women's Individual Pursuit at the Manchester Veoldrome in November 2013 . In the men’s scratch race Clancy, the four-time world champion, was third behind Belgium’s Otto Vergaerde and Spain’s Eloy Teruelrovira. The victories held even more importance to the squads as the Championships in Guadeloupe are the first to carry qualifying points for the 2016 Olympic Games.