Competing in her first competition for British Cycling since stepping up to the senior ranks, Amelia Sharpe produced a string of excellent results at the recent’4 Jours de Genève international track meeting in Switzerland.

As the name suggests the event was split over four days, with the first day being an individual omnium event followed by an intense schedule of 12 races over three days where riders are partnered up as pairs. In the omnium, Amelia gradually improved her position throughout the day starting with ninth in the scratch race, eighth in the tempo, fourth in the elimination and an excellent second in the closing points race.

The combined results were enough to see Sharpe take fourth overall behind BC Elite Podium rider Emily Nelson, Canadian Maggie Coles-Lyster in second with Elite Polish rider Katarzyna Pawlowska taking third.

The next three days saw Amelia paired with fellow BC Senior Academy member Ella Barnwell from Wales. The overall competition was split into a series of races, a five-lap Tour Lance par Equipes, a supersprint, an elimination and a Madison.

The first race, a Madison, saw the pairing pick up an excellent second spot, only being beaten by their more experienced team-mates, Emily Nelson and Jenny Holl. A fifth in the Tour Lance and eighth in the supersprint saw them in fourth position after the first day of the pairs competition.

The next day saw five races, with the girls consolidating their overall fourth position with another fifth in the Tour Lance, a great third in the supersprint, a brace of fourth places in the two Madison races of the day and a fifth in the closing elimination contest.

The final day again saw the girls pick up fifth in the Tour Lance which they followed up with two excellent second places in the elimination and supersprint races.

Unfortunately a sixth place in the final 100-lap closing Madison race wasn’t quite enough to see them onto the podium, with them comfortably retaining overall fourth position behind the top three teams of Nelson/Holl (GB), Atwell/Coles-Lyster (Canada) and Huet/Berteau (France).