Laura Trott does not need long to think when asked to name a trio of contenders for Sports Personality of the Year. Her vote would go to Bradley Wiggins.

Laura Trott, Dani King and Elinor Barker won Great Britain's first gold of the 2013 Track Cycling World Championships with victory in the women's team pursuit in Minsk.

Laura Trott will be looking to repeat her London Olympics triumph over Sarah Hammer as she bids to complete a Track Cycling World Championship double in Minsk on Sunday afternoon.

The star athlete, 21, revealed that Wiggins inspired her cycling career in an interview to promote a new initiative aimed at getting children to achieve.

RICHARD MOORE: How quickly they forget. Four years ago Laura Trott, at 18, performed well if not spectacularly at the Delhi Games. Two years later she was double Olympic champion.

Two of cycling’s governing bodies pledged their support for Glasgow 2014 and distanced themselves from claims by the sport’s ‘golden couple’ Jason Kenny and Laura Trott that the Commonwealth Games are a ‘devalued’ competition.

Sir Chris Hoy has advised Jason Kenny and Laura Trott to experience competing at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow first before passing judgment on its relevance.

After being named in the Team England cycling-squad bound for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow – double Olympic champion Laura Trott is determined to write the wrongs of Delhi four years previously.

The double Olympic champion won team pursuit gold at London 2012 alongside Dani King and Joanna Rowsell, but all three will be lining up for England in the individual pursuit in Glasgow.

Shane Sutton wants his British cycling team to be ‘Rio ready’ by January 1, 2015, which makes this weekend’s track cycling World Cup in London perfectly timed.

Olympic champion Laura Trott extended her lead in the women's omnium to remain on course for Great Britain's fourth gold of the Track World Cup in London.

Olympic champion Laura Trott won Great Britain's fourth gold of the Track World Cup in London - and her second of the three-day event - with victory in the women's omnium on Sunday.

Two years after starring at the London Olympics in 2012, Laura Trott and Jason Kenny have announced they are getting married.

The 22-year-old tweeted: 'Merry Christmas everyone :) I've had the most amazing couple of days thanks to @JasonKenny107 and the whole family #engaged X'

Laura Trott and Great Britain experienced the unfamiliar feeling of returning from a Track World Championships without a gold medal following the final day of the titles.

The golden cycling couple went to the couples-only Ocho Rios in Jamaica for a well-earned break from their training. The pair announced their engagement over Twitter last December.

Laura Trott won her second gold medal of the European Track Cycling Championships by following up her team pursuit medal with a win in the scratch race.

Laura Trott secured victory in the omnium to take her third gold medal of the European Track Cycling Championships. Trott had already won gold in the women's team pursuit and the scratch race.

Cycling’s Revolution Series regularly brings together top-class fields and it will be no different when it rolls into Glasgow and the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome later this month.

Laura Trott took an 18-point lead into the final points race on Sunday which allowed her to beat USA's Sarah Hammer into second place.

Their haul of medals makes them equals on the bike, but off the track it is a different story for British cycling’s golden couple Jason Kenny and Laura Trott - at least when it comes to money.

Team GB will be targeting another clutch of medals as the Olympic Games enters its 11th day in Rio. Join Sportsmail's LUKE AUGUSTUS for all the action from Brazil as it happens.

MATT LAWTON IN RIO: Little more than an hour after Trott, re-established herself as Great Britain’s most successful female Olympian, Kenny stood shoulder to shoulder with Sir Chris Hoy.

Public documents reveal that, in November, with two gold medals already under her belt and nine months before the Olympics, Laura Trott trademarked her own name.

Cyclist Laura Trott, 24, has spoken in support of her sister after accusations from the public that Emma Trott was 'jealous' and 'bitter' over her sibling's Olympic win.

Olympic cycling champion Laura Trott swapped her kit for a more glamorous look when she attended an event in Manchester on Saturday.

Cycling champion Laura Trott looked deserving of a fashion medal as she walked the red carpet earlier this evening with her new husband Jason Kenny at the Pride of Britain Awards.

In their own frank, entertaining and self-effacing words, JASON KENNY and LAURA TROTT describe how love blossomed, and the haphazard planning leading up to their big day.

Laura Kenny (formerly Trott) will race in the Revolution Cycling Champions League at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London, formerly the Olympic Velodrome, on December 2 and 3.

MARTHA KELNER: After winning Wimbledon, Olympic gold and becoming world No 1, Murray could make history again by becoming the first person to win the SPOTY trophy three times.

The Scot won his second Wimbledon title, took gold at the Olympic Games in Rio in August and achieved world No 1 status for the first time while also becoming a father.

Real Madrid and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has had his sensational 2016 recognised once again after being nominated for Laureus World Sportsman of the Year.

MATT LAWTON - EXCLUSIVE: As Sportsmail revealed last month, their inclusion in the first post-Rio squad was under review with Laura now expecting their first child.

The nation's favourite cycling couple received CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) accolades in London for the string of gold medals they won for Team GB at Rio 2016.

Pregnant Olympic champion Laura Kenny, 25, revealed she rode 50 laps to win the 2016 British Cycling National Womens' Madison Championships as she appeared on GMB.

Laura Kenny will return to competitive cycling just over six months after having her first child. The four-time Olympic champion announced the arrival of their son Albert in August last year.

Great Britain claimed their first gold medal of the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships with victory in the men's team pursuit on Thursday.

The Essex-born cycling star, 26, a four-time Olympic champion, took to Instagram to ask followers if the 'mum guilt' over leaving her son Albert, nine months, will ever go away.

Lionel Messi has achieved some incredible things during his playing career. And on Sunday night, he reached another milestone when he bagged his 400th goal for Barcelona in La Liga.

Luis Suarez insists Neymar would be welcomed back at Barcelona with open arms should he return this summer. The striker would also like to see Lautaro Martinez join.

Along with her son David, the 57-year-old singer paid a moving tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks in the city on Wednesday evening.

The trips taken by Salah Abdeslam have been carefully pieced together - revealing how the killer and his accomplices took advantage of Europe's open borders as they plotted the massacre.

Paris Hilton was seen wiping away a tear as she visited the Bataclan theatre in the French capital to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the terror attack almost a month ago.

Hotel heiress Paris Hilton has learned the hard way that even the best intentions can be woefully misconstrued. She made a sombre visit to France's capital this week to pay her respects.

Investigators have discovered that Abdelhamid Abaaoud had pictures of places in Birmingham stored on his smartphone, raising the chilling possibility that his cell was planning atrocities in Britain

The Prime Minister will also demand more extensive sharing of ballistics data and action to take more firearms out of circulation in the Western Balkans.

The 34-year-old singer has shared the reason he decided not to cancel his performance in Paris this month, following November's deadly terrorist attacks on the city.

A eyewitness said they saw Abdelhamid Abaaoud standing in a doorway shouting down his phone for around an hour on November 13 - the night 90 people were slaughtered in Paris's Bataclan theatre.

A police chief said putting soldiers on London's streets could help contain future terror attacks. Adrian Leppard said units could cross a wider area in a shorter time frame if changes were made.

Kurt Russell blasted a reporter who suggested it was easy for terrorists to get hold of guns, simply replying: 'What are you gonna do? Outlaw everything?'