With Britain winning 14 of the 17 events contested over the three-day competition it completed a crushing performance in the first major track cycling event since the Olympics.

 

The 19-year-old Armitstead partnered Joanna Rowsell and Katie Colclough to victory in the women's 3,000 meters team pursuit.

 

Racing as the trade team 100% ME, the three defeated Germany in the final.

 

Armitstead claimed to have been very nervous before every race but was grateful for advice from Olympic gold and silver medallists Victoria Pendleton and Wendy Houvenaghel.

 

She said: "They're really friendly.

 

"They're not above us or anything, really kind and make you feel welcome.

 

"They told me just to treat it like any other race, enjoy myself and do my best.

 

"It's been a fantastic weekend everyone's come in - Olympians, first timers at World Cups, really mixed ages - and the atmosphere's really good."

 

Pendleton also won her third gold medal of the event.

 

She won the keirin, crossing the line in front of Dina Maria Garcia Orrego of Colombia and Gong Jinjie of China.

 

But Pendleton was just thrilled by the achievements of Armitstead, Rowsell, Colclough and Blyth, and others like 17-year-old Jess Varnish who won her keirin heat.

 

She said: "It's so good to see so many girls up here who are very driven and ambitious and they want to be as good as the boys.

 

"They're not coming to have a play on the track, they want to win."

 

Jason Kenny took his third medal of the competition, partnering Ross Edgar and Jamie Staff to victory in the team sprint.

 

That is the event in which the 20-year-old Kenny and Staff took gold in Beijing along with Chris Hoy, who did not compete in Manchester.

 

Racing in the colours of Team Sky, the trio beat Poland in the final.

 

Britain's only failure on Sunday came in the madison, where world champion Bradley Wiggins missed out on the medals, as he did at the Olympics.

 

Racing with Geraint Thomas, Wiggins was unable to make up a lap on his opponents, leaving the German pair of Olaf Pollack and Roger Kluge to take victory, ahead of Belgium and Russia. Wiggins and Thomas finished fifth.

 

The next of the five rounds of the World Cup takes place in Melbourne, Australia, on November 20-22