Totton cyclist Jon Dibben is in confident spirits ahead of his Track Cycling World Championships campaign that begins in Paris tomorrow.

The 21-year-old endurance track and road cyclist hopes that the Great Britain team pursuit squad can atone for a disappointing eighth place finish in last year’s competition.

But his main focus will be on the omnium championships at the National Velodrome at Saints-Quentin en Yvelines, in the French capital.

The omnium – the multi-discipline track event, known as the pentathlon of cycling, takes place over several days – with the winner the competitor with the least points at the end.

Dibben, who joined Sir Bradley Wiggins’ new professional cycling team last month, is feeling good about his prospects.

“I’m pretty happy really,” he said as he prepared to travel to France. “The change of format – I didn’t know how I’d go in that because normally the omniums I’ve done before my points race was one of the weaker ones.

“But certainly in the summer in the qualifying rounds my points race was good, Euros my points race was better as well.

“I think the training we’ve done will suit the omnium more this time as well. I should have a good base for the points.”

Dibben rode in both the omnium and the team pursuit in a draining two-and-a-half days at the World Cup in Mexico. He paid for the price for pushing himself, only managing a 19th place finish but restored some pride with a seventh in the London stage of the World Cup. And since the London event in December, he’s been training hard for the World Championships.

“The proper worlds focus build-up started straight after London,” he said. “Since then it has gone up, so if we can continue like that, then, touch wood, we’ll be good at the worlds.

“It’s just piecing it all together on the day not having any bad luck like I did in London in the devil.”