Women’s Omnium: Trott top of the lot
Third in the pursuit and 500-metre time trial, second in the scratch race, flying lap and points race and ultimately winner of the elimination race, Britain's Laura Trott was flying during the Omnium event in Cali. She finished with 213 points, well clear of France's Laurie Berthon in second on 160 points. With a lead of 36 points before the last event, Trott could afford to relax. But this was clearly not in her battle plan: "We went into it thinking it was just a stand-alone points race. It's not very often you go into a World Cup with that sort of lead. I wanted to come away from the race knowing that I can take laps, knowing that I am strong enough to do that. You can’t just go into the race and think, 'I’ll just follow'". The USA's Sarah Hammer completed the podium on 153 points.

Men’s Omnium: Manakov edges home 
While the women's Omnium was dominated by Laura Trott, the men's event was a hotly contested affair. Third in the scratch race, individual pursuit and elimination race, tenth in the kilometre time trial, eleventh in the points race and fourteenth in the flying lap, Viktor Manakov ultimately came out top on 182 points. The son of a former Olympic team pursuit champion (1980), Manakov won by a wafer-thin margin over Germany's Roger Kluge (178 points), Italy's Elia Viviani (173 points) and the Netherlands' Tim Veldt (172 points).

Women's Keirin: Vogel turns on the power 
Denied even the bottom step of the podium in the sprint, an event in which she is the reigning UCI World Champion, Kristina Vogel demonstrated that she is still a superb performer in the Keirin. The German rider let her legs do the talking to win ahead of China's Shuang Guo (Giant Max Success Sports Pro Cycling) and Russia's Ekaterina Gnidenko.

Men's Sprint: Dmitriev shows his strength 
Denis Dmitriev has made a great start to his season. Sixth in the European Championships, the Russian then raced in Six Day London. In the gold medal match in the sprint in Cali, Dmitriev overcame the Netherlands' Jeffrey Hoogland (reigning European Champion) in two rides. After winning the UCI Track Cycling World Cup title in 2013, the Russian rider once again pulled on the leader's jersey ahead of the second round in Cambridge, New Zealand (5-6 December). In the bronze medal match, Max Niederlag added another podium place for the German team by beating his compatriot Maximilian Levy (Team Erdgas 2012).

Madison: another victory for Germany 
The German team enjoyed an exceptional weekend in Colombia. In the Madison, on the last evening's racing, Kersten Thiele and Leon Rohde contributed another win to an impressive overall performance by the German team. They edged ahead of Spain's Sebastian Mora Vedri and Albert Torres Barceló, the only other team to gain a lap on the peloton. Stefan Kueng (World Pursuit Champion) and Thery Schir hauled Switzerland on to the third step of the podium.

With victories in the Men's Team Sprint, Men's Individual Pursuit, Men's and Women's Keirin as well as the Madison, Germany was clearly the best nation of the weekend in Cali, ahead of Russia with China and Great Britain tying for third.

The next round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup will be held in Cambridge (New Zealand) on 5-6 December.