'Team GB performed as well as they could have'published at 18:03 British Summer Time 6 August
Track cycling - men's team sprint
Sir Chris Hoy
Six-time Olympic cycling champion on BBC TV
I think Team GB performed as well as they could have done. It was a really impressive performance from all three riders.
The unfortunate reality is they are against the greatest team of all time with probably the greatest sprinter of all time, Harrie Lavreysen from the Netherlands.
You've got to get ahead of the Dutch if you want to beat them and unfortunately based on last night's performances anyway, they are looking untouchable.
Realistically we are looking at a silver medal at best here, but it's sport, anything can happen at any time.
They need to get through this next round against Australia. It's going to be tight against them, very different approaches. The Australians went out really fast at the start and tailed off at the end whereas GB were very consistent across all three laps.