Monday 31 October 2016 06:39, UK
Sir Bradley Wiggins hinted he may prolong his career and ride next year's Six Day London after finishing second in the 2016 event alongside Mark Cavendish.
The pair led the overall standings going into Sunday's final day but were narrowly overhauled by defending champions Kenny De Ketele and Moreno De Pauw, of Belgium, in a thrilling conclusion to the last race of the week, the Madison.
The Six Day London was supposed to be Wiggins' final race in Britain before retirement next month, but when asked afterwards if he would return in 2017, the 36-year-old said: "Money talks. I've enjoyed it that much, I just don't know at the moment. I would love to still be part of it in the future.
"I still love riding my bike; I love racing. Who wouldn't want to come back, with a week like this and the crowds like this? It's been incredible."
Wiggins had previously said he would quit cycling after riding alongside Cavendish at the Six Days of Ghent from November 15-20.
"It's been a good week for us all round," he added. "Now we know where we are at now and we have gained in confidence as the week has gone on.
"We have got a couple more weeks of fine-tuning before we go back to Ghent, which is kind of the Monaco Grand Prix of six-day racing."
Wiggins and Cavendish took a one-lap lead into the final day of the Six Day London but came under heavy pressure from De Ketele and De Pauw right from the start of the Madison.
The Belgian duo three times lapped the field to temporarily move to the top of the overall standings, courtesy of their superior points total, but on each occasion Wiggins and Cavendish counter-attacked and lapped them back to re-take first place.
It looked like they would see out the rest of the race and go on to claim the title, but they then missed a changeover just as De Ketele and De Pauw were attacking and consequently could not prevent the Belgian duo lapping the field for a fourth time.
The two teams were now level on laps and separated by just seven points going into the sprint to the finish, where 10, six and four points were on offer to the first three over the line, but Belgium took the win to seal an 11-point overall triumph.
"It was incredible," Cavendish said. "We missed that change. After six nights of racing, it's pretty disappointing. We would have loved to have won here, but we've got another chance in Ghent."
Wiggins was racing for the first time since it emerged he took the banned anti-allergy drug triamcinolone under therapeutic use exemptions ahead of the 2011 and 2012 Tour de France and 2013 Giro d'Italia.
Six Day London result
1 Kenny De Ketele and Moreno De Pauw (Belgium), 391pts
2 Sir Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish (Great Britain), 380
3 Callum Scotson and Cameron Meyer (Australia), 344
