London UCI Track World Cup 2012

The GB men's team were superb, but having knocked 8 seconds off the previous best, it then made the last five teams look lacklustre when in fact they were stormingly good. Interesting that the women were much closer to WR times than the men. Anyone any idea why this might have been the case? Was there something special about the 3.53 occasion?

The womens team pursuit is a relatively new event and the world record is regularly broken as teams become better at pacing and technique.

The current mens pursuit world record was set in the final at the Beijing Olympics, so yes there was something special about it. It'll probably get broken again this year, but I doubt it'll be at this World Cup as neither Australia or GB are at peak form yet.