Britain stormed to yet another cycling gold yesterday – as the forlorn French said Team GB’s riders are hiding their ‘magic wheels’ after the races.

Jason Kenny, 24, powered to victory over Frenchman Gregory Bauge in the men’s sprint in front of 6,000 baying fans.

It was Britain’s fifth track cycling gold out of seven events. There are hopes of three more today with Sir Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton and Laura Trott all expected to win medals.

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Going for gold: 24-year-old Jason Kenny overpowered Gregory Bauge in their final, taking his personal Olympics gold medal haul to three

But yesterday the French team’s dejected director, Isabelle Gautheron, complained that the British stars are using ‘magic wheels’.

‘We are asking a lot of questions: how have they gained so many tenths of seconds?’ she said.

‘Have they found a new training process based on certain energy pathways? I am not talking about any illicit product, because anti-doping tests are so strong.

‘We are looking a lot at the kit they use. They hide their wheels a lot. The ones for the bikes they race on are put in wheel covers at the finish.’

The dejected director of the French cycling team, Isabelle Gautheron, left, has accused Britain's cyclists of using 'magic wheels', a claim denied by Team GB's performance director Dave Brailsford, right



Last night Britain’s bemused cycling performance director Dave Brailsford said: ‘It’s interesting that people are starting to ask questions.

'It’s no different from when we raced the last three-and-a-half weeks at the Tour de France.

'It’s the same method, the same philosophy and essentially fantastic coaching which is the only secret weapon we possess.

‘As far as the Olympic Games go, only two weeks are important – one week in Beijing, one week here. And we’ve peaked for both.’

Last week French President Francois Hollande taunted Britain for its lack of early gold medal success. But Team GB is now well clear of France in the medals table.

Bolton-born Kenny was picked ahead of Olympic legend Sir Chris Hoy, but emphatically beat seven-time world champion Bauge, the favourite for the title, to take the gold.

It was Kenny’s second of the Games and adds to the one he won in Beijing. He is already being tipped for more medals at Rio in 2016.

‘It’s amazing,’ he admitted, ‘I hadn’t even thought about it until we got on to that last ride and it suddenly dawned on me.