BRADLEY WIGGINS and Great Britain’s team pursuit squad turned their focus to the London 2012 Olympic Games after storming to victory at the Track World Cup in Manchester yesterday.

Britain won six medals in the opening two days, including two gold, and added three more on the final day of competition.

The men’s team sprint squad of Jason Kenny, Matt Crampton and Sir Chris Hoy – men’s Keirin champion Saturday night – won bronze and Victoria Pendleton also had to settle for third place in the women’s Keirin.

But Britain ended the final event before next month’s Track Cycling World Championships in Apeldoorn, Holland with a bang as Olympic champions and world record holders Wiggins, Geraint Thomas and Ed Clancy combined with Steven Burke to win the men’s four-kilometre team pursuit in three minutes 55.438 seconds.

Wiggins was riding the event for the first time since taking gold in Beijing in 2008 and representing Britain on the track for the first time since the November 2008 World Cup, when he rode the Madison.

In the absence of Wiggins and Thomas, who trained for just a couple of weeks for this weekend’s event, Australia have come to the fore.

The duo will return to their day jobs with Team Sky today and miss Apeldoorn, but they are determined to retain their Olympic crown in the capital next year after setting the fifth fastest time in history today. Four of the first five are now British.

Wiggins said: “If anyone wants to come along and try to get close to us, like the Aussies are, that only pushes us and keeps us on our toes.

“We’re the Olympic champions and we’re going to defend that title and we’ve got to be the favourites.”

Thomas said Britain had performed at “50%” of their ability.

He added: “The Aussies have got some work to do. There’s a lot more to come.

“I’m happy. To go that fast after winter training is a massive achievement.

“Not many teams have gone that fast. We want to push ourselves all the time. From October it will all be about London.”