Andy Tennant is aiming to round off 2013 in style by adding a World Cup gold medal to his European success last weekend.

Tennant and his teammates Ed Clancy, Owain Doull and Steven Burke rode their way to victory in the team pursuit in Holland, pipping their Russian counterparts by just a fifth of a second.

And Tennant, from Wilmslow, aims to go one better when the Track World Cup comes to Manchester next month.

“I’ll be at the Velodrome in Manchester later on this week, actually,” he said.

“But, because the European Track Championship and the World Cup are so close together, there isn’t any time in between the two events for us to put in any work or do any training.

“All our work is virtually done, and it’s just about going out there next month and doing the business.

“Obviously, I hope and I believe that the team can go all the way and win the team pursuit again, but of course, a lot of things can happen between now and then.

“We have just got to concentrate on staying fresh and healthy in the weeks between now and the start of the World Cup.”

But Tennant, 26, admits that winning gold in a home event will be very tough due to the strength of rival teams.

“Russia are a very solid team,” he admits. “They’ve been gradually improving over the past three or four years, and they proved that at the Euro’s, and Denmark as well, although they didn’t perform to their best in Holland, they will be right up there.

“It won’t be easy.”

Tennant also has his sights set on securing a place in the Olympic team that will compete in Rio in 2016, but insists that there’s no danger of him getting carried away.

He said: “The only thing I am completely confident of doing is trying my best. Rio is a very long way away and there could be 10 riders competing for just four places on the team.

“The team were massively disappointed that they didn’t fare better than they did in London last year, but hopefully, we can use that to kick on and go one better when the opportunity comes around again in Rio.

“But, that is too far in the future to focus on at this point in time.

“I’m not getting too far in front of myself.”