As a seven-time World Championship medallist, Andy Tennant is no stranger to success on the biggest stage – yet there’s nothing quite like competing on British soil for the Wolverhampton man.

And in November, he’ll return to where it all began when the TISSOT UCI World Cup descends on Manchester for the second round of the world’s premier track cycling series.

The 30-year-old is a frequent visitor to the World Cup podium, with team pursuit gold in Glasgow last year his latest triumph having won individual pursuit silver in Cali, in 2015.

And with the European Championships taking place in Berlin just a week before the action gets underway in Manchester, Tennant is confident that more success is on the agenda.

“Manchester is probably the best place in Britain to race, I’ve done quite a few World Cups now in the UK,” he said.

“Manchester is the home of British track cycling, so in football terms it’s like racing on your home ground and you want to be in the best shape possible for that time of year.

“Looking at the bigger picture, we want to successful there and having the home crowd behind you certainly helps for that.

“It’s still a long way away, so we haven’t done much track cycling preparation yet – we’re looking to the worlds at the moment.

“It’s almost a stepping stone on the way to that, so not much focus will be given to it.

“We’ve got Europeans a week before so the preparation will be for that and the World Cup performance will be on the coat tails of that.”

This year’s TISSOT UCI World Cup in Manchester marks the first time the event has been held in the city since 2013, as well as a return to the velodrome where Tennant took his first steps in track cycling.

And with some of Britain’s, and indeed the world’s, finest cyclists descending on the National Cycling Centre later this year, he’s hopeful the next generation of track racing enthusiasts can be born.

“My first memories of the National Cycling Centre are fear and excitement, the first time I raced in the velodrome was in the Revolution Series as a junior,” Tennant said.

“I’d never ridden on a wooden track, I was about 16 or 17, so fear and excitement would be two words I’d use.

“We’ve had lots of big events and lots of World Cups and we’ve had the Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

“This will help inspire the next generation because they’ll see the racing and think they’d like to have a go on a track, so you might find the next Chris Hoy or Mark Cavendish.”

On November 10-12, incredible riders like Andy Tennant will compete on the Manchester Velodrome in one of the most anticipated events on the track cycling calendar. Buy your tickets http://www.trackworldcup.co.uk/tickets/