Great Britain demonstrated their readiness to banish Beijing to the past and look forward to the London Olympic Games with a sensational show of superiority at the Track World Cup in Manchester.

Britain and Sir Chris Hoy in particular, proved their thirst for glory remains undiminished with 10 golds from 17 events - three from three for Hoy - adding four silvers and one bronze at the Manchester Velodrome.

Coming on the weekend London celebrated 1,000 days to go until the Games and seven months after a disappointing, by Britain's standards, World Championships in Poland - where two gold, four silver and three bronze medals were won - it was an emphatic flexing of the muscles in the opening international meet of the season.

British Cycling performance director Dave Brailsford declared the team were "back where we belong".

He said: "We said before the weekend it was about the hunger, the attention to detail, the fight, getting the processes right - the results look after themselves and that's pretty much what happened.

"I think a few people started writing us off after last year, but we're not ready to be written off just yet."

Hoy won the keirin, sprint and team sprint, alongside Jamie Staff and Ross Edgar, with Victoria Pendleton, Chris Newton, Lizzie Armitstead, Geraint Thomas and Wendy Houvenaghel the other individual champions and both pursuit squads triumphing.

Four-time Olympic champion Hoy was competing in his first international competition since suffering a hip injury which ruled him out of March's World Championships in Poland.

He was back to his irrepressible best, setting a flying 200metres track record of 9.869 seconds in qualification for the sprint, while in the team sprint, he clocked the fastest final lap ever in anchoring the Team Sky+HD squad to victory over a young British trio.

"He's going as well as I've ever seen him going," said Brailsford.

"Chris could be forgiven for losing a little bit of desire in terms of what has happened to him but he leads the way in that respect; he wants it more than anybody still, he trains as hard as anybody and he is everything you want an elite athlete to be."

The 33-year-old from Edinburgh believes he is still getting better.

"I didn't expect to be going this well," said Hoy.

"I think my form is as good as Beijing just now, but I also feel as though there's more to come - that's the exciting thing."

France's big hitters, including world sprint champion Gregory Bauge, were absent from the opening World Cup event of the season and Hoy, having successfully negotiated his qualification for Copenhagen, is optimistic.

"It's a good sign, it's a sign that they're maybe wanting to meet us on neutral territory and maybe they just didn't want to give us the psychological advantage of getting one over on them," said Hoy.

"Hopefully that will give them a little fright and we'll look forward to racing them at the World Championships."

Britain's dominant display was sealed by the team pursuit squads' phenomenal displays on day three.

The men's quartet of Ed Clancy, Thomas, Steven Burke and Andy Tennant clocked a track record three minutes 54.395 seconds - second only to the world record set by Clancy, Thomas, Paul Manning and Bradley Wiggins in winning gold in Beijing.

The women's trio of Armitstead, Joanna Rowsell and Houvenaghel went one better, breaking the world record with a time of 3mins 21.875secs.

It was a stunning performance from the women's squad, with the event poised to be included in the London Games in 2012 in changes proposed by cycling's world governing body, the UCI.

The individual pursuits are set to be removed from the programme, to the detriment of Britain, who boast the reigning Olympic champions in Wiggins and Rebecca Romero.

Both were absent in Manchester - Wiggins focusing on the road after his fourth-placed finish in the Tour de France; Romero considering a switch to the road time-trial with the Olympic programme changes imminent - but Britain still triumphed.

Houvenaghel won the women's event with ease, clocking 3:30.800 in qualification before catching her opponent in the final.

Thomas was even more dominant, qualifying in 4:15.015 - the quickest time since the 'Superman' position adopted by world record holder Chris Boardman was banned - before stopping as he caught Belgium's Dominique Cornu in the final, despite being on course for a quicker time.

The demise of the pursuit may be painful, but Britain are prepared to adapt to whatever is decided by the UCI and the International Olympic Committee in December, with all the focus on London.

"We've got world-class performers in any discipline, we're blessed with talent and it's a shame to see anybody losing out," said Brailsford.

"But at the end of the day we're paid to win Olympic medals, we're not paid to ride non-Olympic events.

"It's as simple as that."