SIR Chris Hoy clinched a third title at the National Track Championships in Manchester yesterday and then targeted an improved performance at this month’s European Championships in Holland.

The 41-year-old, who won golds in the sprint and keirin this week, is hitting good form ahead of next year’s Olympic Games in London.

Hoy, together with Jason Kenny and 41-year-old Jason Queally, saw off a challenge from Ross Edgar, Pete Mitchell and Dave Daniell in the final.

“My performances have been better than I expected bearing in mind that none of us are really fresh,” he said.

“We have a couple of weeks to the Europeans where we will be looking to progress and again you would expect the performances to improve so it’s a really good starting point.

“In terms of the overall plan this is right up there with as good as I could have expected.”

Queally, who won a gold medal at the Sydney Olympics 10 years ago, is pushing for a place in the British team for 2012 having failed to qualify for Beijing three years ago.

Becky James put in another dominant display in the keirin to win her second national title after Friday’s triumph in the sprint.