Strike 3!

The old and the new came together in the 4,000 metres team pursuit, where four of Britain's Athens silver medal-winning squad split up to partner four of the national squad's up-and-coming under-23's, who will all have benefited from the experience.

Manning and Newton rode with Mark Cavendish and Tom White as Team Persil A, and came out on top in an excellent final against Hayles, Steve Cummings, Matt Brammeier and Ed Clancy as Persil B.

The B team led through the first kilometre in 1-05.883 and were still up at half-distance (2-07.913), but the A team - who had qualified fastest - threw in a third kilometre of 1-07.709 to go in front at 3,000 metres and opened out over the last three laps.

FINALS

1. Team Persil A 4.12.259
Chris Newton, Paul Manning, Tom White, Mark Cavendish

2. Team Persil B 4.14.664
Rob Hayles, Steve Cummings, Ed Clancy, Matt Brammeier

3. Dataphonics RT 4.27.832
Tom Walters, Ben Swift, Jon Mosley, Ian Stannard

4. VC St Raphael 4.28.779
Ben Elliot, Andrew Russell, Jason Streather, Phil West

Qualification

1. Team Persil A 4.15.765
Chris Newton, Paul Manning, Tom White, Mark Cavendish

2. Team Persil B 4.18.978
Rob Hayles, Steve Cummings, Ed Clancy, Matt Brammeier

3. Dataphonics RT (juniors) 4.32.471
Tom Walters, Ben Swift, Jon Mosley, Ian Stannard

4. VC St Raphael 4.37.043
Ben Elliot, Andrew Russell, Jason Streather, Phil West

5. Wills Wheels RT 4.45.040
Alistair Rutherford, Martin Freeman, Alex Critcher, Nick Shaughnessy

6. Ritchey CycleOps 4.46.331
David Baker, Gerry Bowditch, John Hollier, Ben Clark

7. JF Wilson Cycles 4.54.330
Mike Cubison, Marcus Smith, Chris Smart, Richard Teare

8. Twickenham CC 5.02.881
Jeff Baird, Vince Halpern, David Jack, Steve Legg