Brailsford keeps one eye on Track Worlds at Vuelta a Andalucia

Dave Brailsford may no longer be part of the British Cycling track set-up, where he was one of the key figures in a decade of velodrome success, but the Sky manager admits that it would be almost impossible for him not to “keep one eye” on the Track World Championships this week – particularly as the event comes at a point in the build-up to the Rio 2016 Olympics where, Brailsford said, “you really want to start seeing some progression.”

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Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.