I wonder if maybe he could be a replacement for Chris Hoy in the Keirin as a result of his sprint ability.
Maybe we could find out at the commonwealth games?
Well, he'd be up against Hoy in that case, and unless Cav drops out of road racing altogether to concentrate on track sprinting for the next two seasons, he'll be eaten up and spat out. Track sprinting is just too specialised a discipline. Hoy's training regime leading up the Olympics was full-time - in the gym, on the track, or on a stationary bike in the lab, sprinting to the point of throwing up. Does Cav really want to put himself through that, given the outstanding goals he's still like to pursue on the road? As mentioned upthread, he was most likely caught up in the euphoria.
Cav's track background was the long endurance events - scratch, points and Madison. Given that the points and Madison were dropped, the best event for him would be the omnium, or the team pursuit, and then there is still the question of whether he's up to putting himself through the training regime for the TP. When Lizzie Armitstead was being interviewed on The Cycling Show last night, she said that the one thing she didn't miss after switching from track to road was the regimented nature of the training.