Day 4 Track Worlds: Ethan Hayter wins men's Omnium

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The racing continued on Day 4 of the UCI Track World Championships in Roubaix, France on Saturday. World titles were handed out in the women's Madison, 500m Time Trial and Individual Pursuit, along with the men's Omnium.

Ethan Hayter (Great Britain) secured the rainbow jersey in the men's Omnium that closed out the penultimate day of racing. Hayter secured 180 points across the four events: Scratch Race, Tempo Race, Elimination Race, and Points Race.

He won the opening Scratch Race ahead of Donavan Grondin (France) and Elia Viviani (Italy) setting the stage for a successful Omnium. A second victory in the Tempo Race, saw Hayter beat Iuri Leitao (Portugal) and Aaron Gate (New Zealand).

He wasn't as successful in the Elimination Race finishing fourth place behind Gate, Grondin and Matias Malmberg (Denmark), but he went into the finale Points Race with still in the lead.

Hayter proved strongest in the Points Race finishing with a total accumulated points of 180 to beat silver medallist Gate, who earned a total of 124 points, and bronze medallist Viviani with a total of 121.

Wild and Pieters win women's Madison

Kirsten Wild and Amy Pieters defended their world titles after securing the gold medal in the women's Madison. The Dutch pair secured 35 points to beat the French team of Clara Copponi and Marie Le Net who earned the silver medal with 30 points, while Great Britain's team of Katie Archibald and Neah Evans secured bronze with 24 points.

Pieters and Wild are both multiple-time world champions on the track and both have had glittering careers in both road and track racing. Wild retired from road racing at the Simac Ladies Tour after a 20-year career, but teamed up with Pieters to compete in the women's Madision at the Track World Championships.

Pieters and Wild won the opening heat ahead of Poland, Great Britain, Ukraine, New Zealand, Italy, Belarus and Spain to advance to the finals. Australia won heat 2 ahead of France, Russia, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Czech Republic to also advance through to the finals.

In the finals, the teams raced 120 laps, for a total of 30km, with 12 sprints for points. The Dutch team secured five points in four of the 12 sprints, while scoring between 1 and 3 points in four of the other sprints, and then another six in the final sprint for a total of 35 points and the victory.

Friedrich takes gold in women's 500m Time Trail

After taking the gold as part of German's women's Team Sprint squad on Day 1, Lea Sophie Friedrich secured another the world title in the women's 500-metre Time Trial. 

Friedrich took the title in a time of 0:00:33.057 to beat silver medallist Anastasiia Voinova (Russian Cycling Federation) and bronze medallist Daria Shmeleva (Russian Cycling Federation).

Voinova was the fastest in the qualifying opener with a time of 0:00:33.183, where she beat Friedrich. However, the tables turned in the final for the gold medal with Friedrich taking the win.

Germany sweep podium in women's Individual Pursuit

Lisa Brennauer (Germany) was the fastest in the women's Individual Pursuit, taking the world title in a time of 3:18.258, as Germany swept the podium in the event.

Brennauer also posted the fastest time in the qualifying round, 3:17.572, ahead of her compatriots Franziska Brausse and Mieke Kroeger.

In the end, Brennauer's time of 3:18.258 beat Brausse, 3:22.980, in the gold-medal final while Kroeger posted 3:20.903, to beat Italy's Martina Alzini for the bronze.

Women's Madison Final

Women's 500m Time Trial Final

Women's Individual Pursuit Final

Men's Omnium Final