Olympic and world champion Elinor Barker will return to track racing at the UCI Track World Cup at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow from November 8-10. Barker was part of the quartet that won the women's team pursuit at the Rio Olympics with Laura Kenny, Joanna Rowsell Shand, and Katie Archibald, and will be looking for a second gold medal next summer in Tokyo.

"I like that everything is more focused. You can feel everything is getting more exciting and everyone is kind of counting down," Barker said in a press release.

"In previous years we have track and road, and if one doesn't go well, you know there's another race coming up, but next year we have one very important race. There's not much you can do to distract yourself, so it's a special kind of stress.

Barker, who competes in both road and track, crashed in the closing stages of the Ride London Classic in August and broke his collarbone.

In Glasgow, Barker, along with Archibald, Ellie Dickinson, and Nia Evans, retained the European Team Pursuit title earlier this month.

The women's Team Pursuit team will compete in the World Cup series beginning November 1 in Minsk, Belarus.

"We know we can do exactly the same things we have been doing and record exactly the same times. We want to keep stepping up, raise the bar, and get faster.

Barker will also compete in the Glasgow scratch race. He is looking forward to racing in the rainbow jersey next month.

"Glasgow is particularly close to me because it's where I competed in my first World Cup (in 2012); at 18 and still a student, I had the opportunity to compete in my first team pursuit after the London Olympics.

"I was doing the junior race in front of 12 people, three of them family members, and suddenly the whole stadium knew my name and everyone was cheering for me. So going back to Glasgow is very special for me."

"Hopefully in Glasgow I can wear the world champion uniform and race in front of the home crowd.

At the Glasgow round, British Cycling will also field a women's sprint team that includes Lauren Bate, Sophie Capewell, Katie Marchant, and Millie Tanner.

The men's endurance team includes Ethan Hayter, Charlie Tanfield, Ollie Wood, and Ed Clancy. The men's sprint team will include six-time Olympic champion Jason Kenny and two-time Olympic champion Phil Hindes, as well as Jack Carlin, Ryan Owens, and Joe Truman.

The British team opened the track season with nine medals at the recent UEC European Championships in Apeldoorn. However, British Cycling's performance director, Stephen Park OBE, said there are areas that need improvement, especially for the Tokyo Olympics.

"It's been a great start, but it has highlighted some areas that need to be addressed if we are to achieve our ambition of once again topping the medal standings at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics," Park said.

"With 269 days to go until the start of the Olympics, our focus is now entirely on those who we think have a shot at a medal in Tokyo, and we have selected our teams for Glasgow and Minsk (the World Cup round before Glasgow) accordingly.

"The early rounds of the World Cup series this season are very important for us, so we entered strong teams for both competitions.

"In Glasgow we expect a fast and impressive performance from the British cycling team. Glasgow is especially important and we look forward to a packed crowd cheering us on."