In the absence of first and second round winners Great Britain from the women's team pursuit, the Australian team - made up entirely of teenagers - achieved victory in the final, posting a time of 4min 31.53sec to outclass China.

The US edged Italy in the minor final for third.

The Australian victory means that they claim the overall victory in the World Cup season, with China second and the absent Great Britain third.

"What a night, I am so happy with this win," said Macey Stewart, a junior world team pursuit champion.

"We're a young and inexperienced team, and today's achievement exceeded all our expectations."

However, Great Britain were able to secure the overall World Cup victory in the men's event, as their young squad claimed bronze in Cali, to back up a home win in London.

Australia were victors on the night, to finish second in the overall rankings, with another youthful quartet of Scott Law, Joshua Harrison, Jackson Law and Tirian McManus finishing in a time of 4min 3.20sec, ahead of Russian team Rusvélo.

The men's team sprint saw French trio Kévin Sireau, Gregory Bauge and Quentin Lafargue finish 0.2 ahead of The Netherlands in 43.634 to win both on the night and in the rankings for the season.

France won the overall World Cup Men's Team Sprint for the first time since 2011 ©AFP/Getty Images



That achievement was replicated by the Russia's women, with their duo claiming team sprint glory in 32.982 with The Netherlands and Spain second and third respectively.

The German world champions Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte, despite being absent in Cali, finished the World Cup season in fourth place, behind the three podium finishers in South America.

The Colombian crowd had something to cheer in the men's keirin as home favourite Fabian Puerta benefited from a mechanical problem to François Pervis, who became world champion in the event on the same track in 2014, to achieve victory ahead of Australia's Shane Perkins and Matt Baranowski of the US.

Home favourite Fabian Puerta celebrates his Keirin victory ©AFP/Getty Images



Puerta's performances throughout the season saw him achieve three podium positions, giving him a comfortable win overall.

Following his victory, he said: "It's a moment of incredible joy for me, to win in front of my home crowd."

On an evening where youth continued to dominate, 20-year-old Elis Ligtlee of The Netherlands beat Chinese rider Shuang Guo to win the women's sprint event and earn the World Cup winners jersey.

The Track World Cup draws to a close tomorrow evening with finals in the men's sprint, and women's keirin, as well as the men's and women's omniums.

The cyclists are all building up to the UCI Track World Championships which will be held in Paris from February 18 to 22, where a number of absent faces and teams will return to the track, having chosen to miss this leg of the World Cup, with some squads on training camps in preparation for the Championships.

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