Great Britain's cyclists take to the Track World Cup in Glasgow this weekend aiming to show that despite a tumultuous year off the bike the revolution continues on it.
Shane Sutton resigned as technical director 100 days prior to the Rio Olympics and an internal British Cycling investigation decided he used "inappropriate and discriminatory language" towards Jess Varnish.
Britain, winners of seven of 10 Olympic track titles at Beijing 2008 and London 2012, put the controversy - and others - to one side to win six gold medals from 10 events at Rio 2016.
Rival nations continue to scratch their collective heads at Britain's sustained Olympic domination. But the answer lies in a four-year strategy which has already begun.
With Steven Burke withdrawing to concentrate on training, only Katie Archibald of the 16 riders who made up Britain's track team in Rio is competing in Glasgow, as many take a well-earned rest.
The November 2008 Track World Cup in Manchester, post Beijing, and the November 2012 event in Glasgow featured many of the gold medal winners from the prior Olympics, alongside developing riders.
Those were viewed as something of a celebration of the earlier successes, with riders taking their leave afterwards.
With the incumbents absent, the next generation will be on display in Glasgow and there are high expectations.
Head coach Iain Dyer said: "In the next four years we will hear more and more from these young guys as they mature and develop through the programme and by the time we get to Tokyo they could be household names."
There was no Track World Cup in Britain last year as London hosted the Track World Championships in March.
Next April's global event takes place in Hong Kong, with many of the riders on view in Glasgow capable of staking a claim for a place in the team, whether or not the likes of Jason Kenny, Laura Kenny (nee Trott), Ed Clancy and others return in time.
Archibald, part of the Olympic gold medal-winning women's team pursuit squad, had an enforced rest last season and was eager to get back in the saddle.
She is joined in the women's endurance group by Emily Kay, Danni Khan, Manon Lloyd and Emily Nelson, who won European bronze last month.
Kay and Nelson also took bronze in the women's Madison, an event Archibald could ride in Glasgow, where she is also expected to race in the new-look omnium, which features four bunch races in one day.
Andy Tennant, who missed out on Olympic selection, is joined by Kian Emadi, Ollie Wood and Mark Stewart in the men's endurance squad.
Emadi and Khan are former sprinters who have been converted to endurance riders, so it will be intriguing to see their progression.
Ryan Owens, Joe Truman and Jack Carlin form the men's sprint contingent, but no British female sprinters will be racing.
Katy Marchant had the required minimum eligibility points, but she is racing in Japan and will join up with the team for the Apeldoorn Track World Cup later this month.
The action began on Thursday evening with qualification in the four-rider, four kilometres team pursuits.
Britain's men - Tennant, Emadi, Stewart and Wood - qualified quickest in three minutes 58.169 seconds.
The British quartet will in the second round, effectively a semi-final, face fourth-fastest qualifiers Poland, who qualified almost five seconds slower. The winning team will advance to the gold medal ride-off on Friday evening.
Khan, Lloyd, Nelson and Eleanor Dickinson combined to qualify second fastest in 4mins 28.744secs in the corresponding women's event.
They will also face Poland in the first round, where victory would see them advance to the gold medal ride-off. Poland qualified in 4:29.114, while Italy advanced quickest.
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