Competition at the Sangalhos Velodrome was watched by International Cycling Union President Brian Cookson and European Cycling Union President David Lappartient.

The former is challenging Cookson for the UCI Presidency at the upcoming Congress in September, with the Frenchman having explained his plans at a round table event in London earlier in the day.

Cookson and Lappartient witnessed the British trio of Jack Carlin, Ryan Owens and Joseph Truman be victorious in the men’s under-23 event, winning in a time of 44.167 seconds.

They finished clear of Russia’s Mikhail Dmitriev, Aleksandr Dubchenko and Alexey Nosov, who were second in 44.529.

Poland beat Germany in the bronze medal ride-off to complete the podium.

The Netherlands’ Kyra Lamberink and Hetty van de Wouw won the women’s team sprint event in 33.739, with France and Russia completing the medal positions.

The women’s scratch race saw Rachele Barbieri claim victory ahead of Eleanor Dickinson, with Denmark’s Amalie Dideriksen earning bronze.

Belarus’ Yauheni Karaliok won the men’s race, with Denmark’s Niklas Larsen and Russia’s Maksim Piskunov rounding off the podium places.

The junior men’s one kilometre time trial was won by Russia’s Pave Perchuk in a time of 1min 2.134sec, with Germany’s Carl Heinze and the Czech Republic’s Jakub Stastny clocking 1:03.746 and 1:03.976 to earn the minor medals.

Russia beat Britain to gold in the men’s team pursuit with Switzerland winning bronze, while Italy saw off the challenge of The Netherlands in the women’s competition, where Russia picked up the bronze.

Italy’s Michele Gazzoli triumphed in the junior men’s elimination race, with Ireland’s JB Murphy and Spain’s Unai Iribar completing the top three.

There was further success in the women’s event, as Letizia Paternoster beat Portugal’s Maria Martins and Britain’s Pfeiffer Georgi.