You might want to hang on to your handlebars for this one because I’ve got a prediction for you and it’s very big and it’s very bold. The Olympic track cycling programme begins on Wednesday and I think the GB squad will win a medal in each of the 12 events. It’s going to need some historic and brilliant riding but I am confident this squad can achieve it, with the possibility of more than one medal in some races. I also believe they will win eight gold medals between them and surpass the seven Olympic titles we clinched at London 2012, and the six recorded at both the Rio and Tokyo Games.
I was part of those three squads and we had some supreme competitors – from Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton to Jason Kenny and Katie Archibald. But this current group will light up the Paris Velodrome. I expect GB to win Olympic gold in both the men’s and women’s team pursuit, the women’s Madison and men’s omnium. I’m picking Jack Carlin to win the men’s keirin and Emma Finucane to become a triple Olympic champion in the women’s team sprint, the individual sprint and the keirin.
