Ethan Hayter produced a superb all-round performance to clinch gold for Great Britain in the men’s omnium at the European Championships.

The teenager came from fifth position in the rankings to claim top spot with a fine ride in the points race and pick up a gold medal at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow.

Hayter had finished second in the scratch race before coming ninth and fifth in the 10km tempo and elimination race respectively, but a superb tactical ride in the points race saw him take an early lap and rack up enough points to see off Elia Viviani of Italy.

It was the third gold for Great Britain after the women’s team pursuit on Friday night and Adam Peaty’s efforts in the pool, and a first individual gold for the 19-year-old Hayter, who is a world champion in the team pursuit.

“It’s unbelievable really,” he said. “It’s my first major individual medal at a championships, and it was so good to do it in front of a home crowd.

“I knew I could physically do it if everything went right, and I think I proved that.

“In the scratch race I messed things up technically and tactically but scraped a second which I shouldn’t have been allowed to do.”

Hayter, who has just signed to race for Team Sky on the road for the rest of the season, was in the team that won bronze in the men’s team pursuit on Friday night, and he thinks the competition within British cycling is helping them reach new heights.

He said: “What makes it so successful is that there are so many people driving each other on and getting a spot is probably one of the hardest things to do, rather than actually getting a medal.”

There was disappointment for the Glasgow crowd as home favourite Katie Archibald failed to back up Friday’s team pursuit gold as she took silver in the individual pursuit.

Katie Archibald claimed silver in front of a home crowd
Katie Archibald claimed silver in front of a home crowd (John Walton/PA)

The reigning European champion was comfortably beaten by Lisa Brennauer, with the German racing clear by 2.698 seconds and finishing with a time of 3:26.879 to leave the British rider trailing in her wake and end her four-year reign.

Despite the loss, Archibald was happy with her ride.

“It’s better when you win,” she admitted. “But going into that, I needed Lisa to back up.

“I couldn’t have touched a 26 there, I felt rough this morning, really bad.

“It wasn’t really in touching distance.”

She added: “I thought I would be getting around the mid-30s the way training had been going.

“I didn’t feel totally on it this morning, but there is no way there was a 26 on for me at the moment, so I am not disappointed behind that.

“I think we (Archibald and Justyna Kaczkowska) were just out-bested.”

There was disappointment for Katy Marchant and Lauren Bate-Lowe, who went out in the 1/8 finals of the women’s sprint, while Elinor Barker could not keep pace in the women’s 25km points race.

Elinor Barker (left) was unable to do enough to claim a medal in the women's points race
Elinor Barker (left) was unable to do enough to claim a medal in the women’s points race (John Walton/PA)

“It was pretty tough,” the Commonwealth champion admitted. “I think I had a fairly open tactic, which doesn’t tend to work that well for me.

“I feel that the races I win, I tend to wake up and know exactly what I want to do and I didn’t have that feeling this morning.

“I wasn’t really sure how it would work out and unfortunately it wasn’t in my favour.”