England finish second in men's team pursuit qualifying

Track cycling gets underway in the Chris Hoy velodrome in Glasgow - Australia fastest in team pursuit qualifying, England second - Australia and New Zealand dominate sprint qualifying - Scotland's first medal looks set to come from women's tandem sprint

Wiggins began to wind down his road career with the 2016 Olympic Games team pursuit squad in view, and made a successful return to the boards as England won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

(Image credit: Andy Jones)

Bradley Wiggins's quest to win a first Commonwealth Games gold medal remains on course after England qualified second in the men's team pursuit on day one of Glasgow 2014.

Wiggins, his Olympic-winning team-mate in Beijing Ed Clancy, Steven Burke and Andy Tennant posted a 3-59.249  inside the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, two seconds slower than Australia.

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Nick Bull is an NCTJ qualified journalist who has written for a range of titles, as well as being a freelance writer at Beat Media Group, which provides reports for the PA Media wire which is circulated to the likes of the BBC and Eurosport. His work at Cycling Weekly predominantly dealt with professional cycling, and he now holds a role as PR & Digital Manager at SweetSpot Group, which organises the Tour of Britain.