Bradford's Olympic bronze medallist Yvonne McGregor isn't likely to be able to jump off cycling's treadmill until the end of the month at the earliest.

Just back from Sydney, the women's 3,000 metres individual pursuit star will have had just five days at home before she goes off to the World Road racing Championships in France, which start next Tuesday.

And, after an identical spell at home, there is the World Track Championships at Manchester Velodrome (October 25-29).

"My sister Fiona, who lives in Forres in Scotland, had a baby girl on September 23 - five days after my medal ride in the pursuit in Sydney - but I haven't had a chance to go up there yet.

"My mum Rae is up there so I haven't seen her either, but we have talked on the phone since I got back from Sydney.

"My mum was in tears again, and I have to admit I still get very emotional when I think of winning my medal and how I did it.

"I will probably go up to Scotland for a week's holiday some time in November, but I won't be taking my bike!"

And even when her high-level treble of the Olympics and two World Championships are over, the 39-year-old has a series of other functions lined-up.

At some stage there will be a civic reception in Bradford - "that's brilliant" - and dinners for the British Cycling Federation and the Yorkshire Sports Aid Foundation.

And while Sydney was enjoyable for her, it wasn't just because she finally won an Olympic medal.

"I didn't particularly enjoy Atlanta in 1996," she confessed. "The whole organisation of it, especially the problems with travel to the venues and the cramped space within the Olympic village, took the edge off things.

"Sydney was completely different and was very well organised.

"The British learnt from the experience of Atlanta and had a training camp on the Gold Coast, where we were able to use a nearby track.

"The Olympic village was 30 to 40 minutes by bus from the velodrome, but we stayed nearer so it was only a seven-minute cycle.

"Cyclists have a different agenda to the other sportsmen there. We need to be able to get out on our bikes to train, and that is why we went back up to the Gold Coast after the pursuit.

"What really made the Olympics special, however, was the volunteers. The police and security staff were really friendly."

McGregor admitted that it was hectic after she returned to Britain.

"On my first morning home I was trying for 30 minutes to get on my bike to do some training, but the phone wouldn't stop ringing.

"And I am sure there will be the odd congratulatory card back home in Bradford at my mum's too!"

McGregor rides in the elite women's road race at the World Championships next Saturday in Plouay in Brittany.