New Zealand have just ridden down Canada to tie up the bronze medal. Only around half of the scheduled 4,000m ridden before the black-clad Kiwi squad hunted down their prey.

Now the spotlight swings round to England v Australia for gold...

Saj Chowdhury
BBC Sport in Glasgow

"In the battle for gold there was an extraordinary finish as India's Saikhom Chanu started celebrating after believing she had performed a clean lift with her final clean and jerk. However, she received two red lights from the judges, and that is a 'no lift' in this sport. She ended up sitting on the floor backstage, upset. So gold went to compatriot Sanjita Khumukcham for a combined total of 173kg.

Sir Chris Hoy
Six-time Olympic champion and BBC Sport cycling expert

"I think Bradley Wiggins is glad to be in a different scene. The English team will love having him round. He's got to earn his place for Rio, but what a way they would be to finish his career in track cycling with a gold at the Olympics in 2016. Certainly this is the first big test for this team on the road to Rio."

No need for Sir Bradley Wiggins to leave anything out on the track this evening. Slated to appear in the road race and time trial, he has cut his schedule right down to just this one event.

Is he planning a late season crack at the Vuelta alongside Team Sky colleague and rival Chris Frome? Perhaps. Those questions can wait for another day. Now it is all about the pine.

Slap! What was that?

That, my friends, was the sound of the gauntlet being thrown down in this lunchtime's qualifying runs.

Australia qualified 1.3 seconds faster than the English quartet.

Sir Chris Hoy
Six-time Olympic champion and BBC Sport cycling expert

"Anna Meares is one of the most driven athletes you will ever see and you have to take your hat off to her. She has prepared hard for this event. Jess Varnish had a tough time at London 2012 so it's great to see her on the podium here with a bronze."

2012 Tour de France champion and four-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Bradley Wiggins, speaking to BBC Sport: "My first memories as a baby was being in a velodrome, I feel like I was born for the track.

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"Sixteen years ago I went to the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. I was 18, and it was a big deal going away with senior riders you look up to. Walking around amongst great Olympians had a massive impression on me.

"With the guys who are at their first Games I can see the same things. If I am to compete with this team at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, which is what I want, I am going to have to put all my energies into focusing on this team and the team pursuit."

You can read more from Sir Bradley's interview with BBC Sport here.

Sir Chris Hoy
Six-time Olympic champion and BBC Sport cycling expert

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"Sir Bradley Wiggins seems to be in a good place now, he seems to be enjoying being back on the track and the team atmosphere. He is taking the focus away from himself and enjoys a team role.

"But first it will be very tough for him here, it will not be a formality. Australia are very strong, but I've heard Team England have been good in training and this is a chance for some of them to step up and make amends for a disappointing World Championships in Colombia."

Six minutes to the second leg of tonight England v Aussie track cycle battle.

The men's team pursuit.

Wearing red and white - Sir Bradley Wiggins, Steven Burke, Ed Clancy and Andy Tennant.

In green and gold - Jack Bobridge, Luke Davison, Alex Edmondson and Glenn P'OShea.

Victoria Pendleton
Double Olympic champion and BBC Sport cycling expert

"If you asked Anna Meares any day of the week to do the 500m you'd be hard pushed to find anyone who could beat her. She powers out of the gate so quickly, hugs the line and finishes strongly."

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It's a double dollop of Ashes cycling in the velodrome, with Australia's Stephanie Morton beating England's Jess Varnish in heat six of the women's time trial, before the great Anna Meares of Australia smokes England's Victoria Williamson in heat seven. Meares takes gold in a new Commonwealth Games record of 33.435 seconds, Moreton takes silver, Varnish takes bronze.

Sarah Storey
Six-time Paralympic cycling gold medallist and BBC Sport expert

"Sophie and Helen rode it exactly perfectly and put the Scottish riders on the back foot. They worked on those sharp turns in training and it paid off."

Sir Chris Hoy
Six-time Olympic champion and BBC Sport cycling expert

"The medal perhaps isn't the colour that Aileen McGlynn and Louise Haston would have wanted but it's the first medal for Scotland and they should be proud."

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England's Sophie Thornhill after winning sprint tandem gold: "We went out to win and rode the best race we could, thankfully that was good enough for gold. Even the Scottish are getting behind us and it was really fantastic to hear the cheers on the last lap when it starts to hurt.

"It is a real honour to race against a legend like Aileen with so many Olympic and world medals, If I can do half as well as she has in my career then I will be happy."

Chris Boardman
Olympic cycling champion and BBC Sport summariser

"Congratulations @AliBrownleetri & @jonny_brownlee on triathlon one-two... Could have timed it better, the same time as stage finish of Tour de France!"

Vincenzo Nibali has stamped his authority on the Tour, winning the stage to Hautacam to move more than seven minutes clear and all but seal the general classification.

England's Sophie Thornhill and Helen Scott win the first Para-sport gold of Glasgow 2014 with victory in the tandem sprint, holding Scotland's Aileen McGlynn and Louise Haston at bay by a comfortable margin.

England's Sophie Thornhill and Helen Scott take on Scotland's Aileen McGlynn and Louise Haston.

A cross-border dust-up for the first para-sport title of the games.

And it is Brandie O'Connor and Breanna Hargreave who snatch victory by half a wheel, coming through strongly off the final bend.

Bronze for the Australian pair.

Down to business for us.

First up is the battle for bronze between two green and gold partnerships in the women's sprint B2 tandem.

Felicity Johnson and Holly Takos of Australia take on compatriots Brandie O'Connor and Breanna Hargreave.

Rebecca Adlington
Four-time Olympic medallist and BBC Sport swimming expert tweets

"Day 1- Already seen some amazing races! Great performances from the men and women's triathlon! Swimming finals 7pm tonight #BringItOn"