France took the silver medal and Great Britain the bronze in a pulsating encounter.

It proved to be a golden night for the Dutch.

Kirsten Wild proved that age is no barrier to class as she collected gold in the omnium. 

The 35-year-old, who hails from Zwolle and is in her 11th season as a professional, is a successful road racer during the summer and a track star during the winter. 

Her first place sent the Dutch supporters in Poland into an orange sea of raptures.

A fine evening for the nation was carried on by Matthjis Buchli who stormed to gold in the tactical men's keirin.

Joe Eilers took silver for Germany ahead of French ace Sebastien Vigier who took the bronze.

The women's sprint gold was won by Germany's Kristina Vogel ahead of Australia's Stephanie Morton who took silver.

Italy rode to a superb gold medal in the women's team pursuit. finishing in a superb time of 4:21.965 over Canada in second and Great Britain in third. 

Australian duo Cameron Meyer and Callum Scotson rode to victory in the madison.

Belgian star Robbe Ghys won the men's scratch race, covering the gruelling 15 kilometre, 60 lap event in 17 minutes and five seconds at an average speed of over 52km per hour.

Second was 20-year-old budding Armenian cyclist Edgar Stepanyan over Roy Pieters, of The Netherlands, in third.

The final day of racing is tomorrow where plenty more medals are up for grabs.