5 5 . 2 0 2 , ▁be ating ▁their ▁Russian ▁oppon ents ▁comfort ably ▁to ▁go ▁through ▁to ▁the ▁final ▁ride - off ▁for ▁silver ▁and ▁gold . ▁The ▁following ▁day , ▁on ▁their ▁way ▁to ▁winning ▁the ▁gold ▁medal , ▁the ▁British ▁Team ▁purs uit ▁broke ▁their ▁own ▁world ▁record ▁in ▁a ▁time ▁of ▁ 3 : 5 3 . 3 1 4 , ▁be ating ▁their ▁Dan ish ▁compet itors ▁by ▁ 6 . 7 ▁seconds . ▁Thomas ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁possible ▁cont ender ▁in ▁the ▁individual ▁purs uit , ▁but ▁opt ed ▁not ▁to ▁ride ▁both ▁events ▁as ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁want ▁to ▁comprom ise ▁the ▁efforts ▁of ▁his ▁team . ▁He ▁had ▁also ▁been ▁considered ▁to ▁comp ete ▁in ▁the ▁Mad ison ▁with ▁Brad ley ▁W igg ins ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁Mark ▁Cav end ish ▁who ▁was ▁selected ▁to ▁do ▁so ; ▁Chris ▁Board man ▁stated ▁that ▁" G er aint ▁keeps ▁sur pass ing ▁people ' s ▁expect ations ". ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁dis qual ification ▁of ▁fellow ▁ ▁team mate , ▁Mo is és ▁Due ñas , ▁from ▁the ▁Tour ▁de ▁France , ▁Thomas ▁expressed ▁his ▁strong ▁anti - d op ing ▁opinions ▁on ▁his ▁blog ▁on ▁the ▁BBC ▁ 6 - 0 - 6 ▁website : ▁" .. if ▁someone ▁is ▁fra ud ul ent ▁in ▁a ▁business , ▁wouldn ' t ▁they ▁be ▁facing ▁a ▁prison ▁term ? ▁I ▁don ' t ▁see ▁how ▁rid ers ▁taking ▁dru gs ▁to ▁win ▁races ▁and ▁lying