“In the team pursuit you’ve got numbers and times that you can fall back on and say black or white, this is how you’re going,” she said. “But even then my form is still fairly erratic.

“Then with the bunch events I just have to trust how I think and feel, and it’s really frustrating because I’ve no idea how I feel.”

Archibald will race the team pursuit, omnium and Madison this weekend, a busy schedule that will see her potentially taking to the track in all but one of the event’s six sessions.

At the recent Six Day London she won the UCI omnium event, taking victories in the tempo and elimination races before holding her position in the points race.

Over the three days of competition at London’s Olympic velodrome, though, she failed to win any of the three scratch races that were competed – a fact not lost on her.

“I like a good stat and it was interesting to point out that we had three scratch races and I didn’t win any of them,” she added.

“I think a lot of it is to do with omnium focus and constantly thinking of the different players and how many matches you want to burn in one go.

“You do worry that you lose the instinct to go for a race and win it, though.”

A home Track World Cup is not only a platform for established stars to put on a show for the roaring British crowd, but also a chance to give fledgling talents their first taste of the big time.

And for 18-year-old Stirling rider Jenny Holl – one of five Team Breeze riders in with a shot at their team pursuit quartet for race day – it is the chance of a lifetime.

She said: “When we found out in September who was coming to the World Cup, it was so exciting – I’ve never been so happy.”

On November 10-12, riders including Elinor Barker, Katie Archibald, Phil Hindes and Ed Clancy will compete on the Manchester Velodrome in one of the most anticipated events on the track cycling calendar. Buy your tickets here.