Nobody thought we could pull it off. There's more to team pursuit than having one superstar on the team, like Chad Hedrick (of the U.S.).

Just to be here was something special for our team. We exceeded all of our expectations, for sure.

I'm probably going to do more races than I expected at the Olympics but I'm very excited about it. Qualifying for the 10,000 was one of my big goals. I had a great race last month at a World Cup and I was happy to repeat that performance here.

The crowd was super loud. I've probably never heard anything that loud. Even in Holland where the sport is huge, it doesn't get that loud.

I guess there's more to team pursuit than having one superstar on the team like [American] Chad Hedrick. It's really about how efficient you are as a team, and that's where we are very, very strong. We all communicate very well and we're all friends. It's awesome.

Attempts are out there to pick up what science is giving.