Shanaze Reade and Anna Blyth, both 18 and from Leeds, took silver behind Holland in the women's team sprint but might have won gold had Reade not completed a fulllap after a false start by the Dutch.
He made up ground quickly in the opening laps after choosing to start from the pit lane with a full fuel load, but came to a halt in 16th place on lap three when he came up behind Jenson Button's Honda.