Alison Shanks celebrated her second rainbow jersey with an emphatic victory in the individual pursuit to seal New Zealand’s most successful ever world track cycling championships.

I have the privilege of penning this column from the centre of the track at Hisense Arena on the final day of the 2012 Track World Championships writes Chief Executive Nick Jeffrey.

Cycling Southland’s Cameron Karwowski was the best of the BikeNZ-Pure Black Racing team with a top-25 finish in the prestigious UCI Nations Cup Under-23 Tour of Flanders today.