Leigh Howard of HTC-Highroad has told Telegraph Sport Australian athletes on track next year will win the war but admitted that "it's going to be one hell of a battle. "Howard, who with Mayor Cameron 2011 world track championships in the Netherlands won Madison said that he was confident Australia Velodrome London next year will come out on top is.
Howard said, "There's some amazing talent coming through, that's for sure".
"I don't know if there has been as much investment in cycling as say there was in Britain, but the more people we get into the sport, the more talent we're going to pick up. I think what makes us so strong is our mentality towards sport in general. In Australia we don't like losing and we're willing to fight hard to win.
"It's going to be one hell of a battle in London, there's no doubt about it. We have some serious talent coming through and we've showed promise at all the world championships over the past three years since the last Olympics. But in saying that the British have got some super-strong guys coming back from Beijing and coming back ready for London.
"Let's also not count out the other countries like Russia who are really starting to show their hand and New Zealand. But country versus country it's going to be a really closely fought battle between Australia and Great Britain on the track, that's in no doubt."
However, Howard is sure that Australia will come out on top is.
"The Aussies are going to win, we killed it in Athens then we had a bad time in Beijing and I think we put in a lot of time and investment to get our trackies back on top and I think it will pay off."
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