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squats and deadlifts.
but there comes a point where you will lose leg speed as you gain muscle mass unless you keep up the cycling.
this is sprinters stuff though, you should probably do bodyweight squats and light weight lifts with high reps for basic cycling strength and as tim says to build core.
A few good sets of squats like that, 2-3 times a week will help no end, it'll be equivalent to climbing a few steep hills, without taking up the time of a ride.
the olympic sprinters squat up to 2.5 times their bodyweight! but with very low reps. Unless you want to be a track sprinter I don't advise going this way, and certainly not until you've built up your weights over time. Injury can and will occur if you go too big!