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@DFP
I have a feeling you might be taking the piss.
But yes, feel free to ask me if you need any pointers.
As with any sport, doing the actual activity as often and intensely as your recovery will allow is usually the most productive method of going about things.
But with any "power" sport like sprint cycling, the weight room can be highly productive. You can pack on heaps of useful muscle mass in your legs in a very short time, bring about "faster twitch" type qualities and the neurological adaptations to recruit it all very efficiently for maximal power output.
Track racing highly depends on conditioning though. You need to be able to hit max outputs over and over, after long-moderately intense endurance bouts. The sport depends far more on cardio-respiratory fitness that one might initially think. I know all the theory regarding the conditioning (but not done it myself!)
In regards to the bike stuff, I have a an acquaintance who is an olympic track medalist who I can pass on questions to. But I can help with weight training stuff if you need.