Cycling ace Tanfield motivated to spoil German party

Charlie Tanfield says the prospect of silencing the raucous German crowd hauled Britain's team pursuit stars over the line as they bagged a brilliant European bronze in Munich. The Great Ayton cycling star, 25, joined forces with Rhys Britton, Kian Emadi, William Tidball and Oliver Wood to topple the hosts of the multi-sports championships and battle his way onto the podium. Ad One of the historic city's halls has been transformed into a futuristic velodrome and the home crowd roared their nation on to women's gold as Tanfield, a 2019 European champion and two-time silver medallist, waited in the wings.

CyclingGB's Neah Evans admits tactical shake up in Euro finalAN HOUR AGO The British team were then pushed to their limit but Tanfield says experiencing the atmosphere intensified his appetite for success. Asked whether beating the host nation in their own backyard made him more determined, the three-time Commonwealth Games medallist said: «Yes, it did. »I could hear the crowd getting behind the women before us, and that geed me up a bit.

I was loving it. «We beat them in the first round and in the second round they beat us – but I thought we could have them. »To see them in the corner of my eye at the finish there, I knew we could have them and thought it would be good to do that.

«I felt really good with that – there was a long stint at the back end there. »As soon as they got in my eyeline, I was just thinking ‘hold them off, hold them off.' «We managed to keep them at the end and I'm really happy with the team performance. »We pulled it together in the end to get a bronze, which is positive." Britain's new-look team pursuit stars only joined forces after the Commonwealth Games but have hit it off immediately at