SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, FRANCE - New Zealand upset Britain to win their first ever men's team pursuit title at the World Track Cycling Championships on Thursday.
New Zealand's cyclists compete in the men's team pursuit 1st round at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines on Feb 19, 2015.
The quartet of Pieter Bulling, Dylan Kennett, Alex Frame and Marc Ryan put in a storming last kilometre to win in 3min 54.088sec.
Having started the slower, Britain's foursome of Olympic champions Edward Clancy and Steve Burke, alongside Owain Doull and Andrew Tennant, had moved into the lead soon after the halfway point of the 4km race but they couldn't withstand New Zealand's fierce comeback.
It was only the second time since 2001 that neither Australia nor Britain had won this event.
The 2014 champions, and four-time winners in the last five years, Australia caught Germany to take the bronze medal at the national velodrome in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, near Paris.