Jamie Staff has backed Sir Chris Hoy to repeat his Beijing hat-trick on home soil after the Flying Scot returned to form in sensational style at the National Cycling Championships.

Staff captured team sprint gold in Beijing with Hoy and Jason Kenny - with Hoy also adding the sprint and kierin titles to his Athens kilo triumph to become the first British Olympian in 100 years to claim three golds at one Games.

Hoy was brought crashing back down to Earth in March when a hip injury forced kept him out of the World Championships.

But the 33-year-old proved he was back on track by romping to sprint, team sprint - again with Staff and Kenny - and kierin gold at the Manchester Velodrome, where the season-opening World Cup will take place this weekend.

And while Staff admits he was initially concerned about Hoy's new-found celebrity status, the 36-year-old insists the Hoy Wonder is better than ever and can surpass Sir Steve Redgrave as Great Britain's most decorated Olympian.

"Someone like Chris Hoy is just pulled everywhere but he's incredibly focussed and he's at every training session," said Staff.

"He obviously wants to go for London so he knows what he has to do and has remained a dominant force in cycling.

"He's going even faster so that's pretty impressive. He had at least three months off the bike with the injury so fair play to him.

"I didn't know whether he'd go for all three again in London but there's no doubt in my mind now.

"He's come back like a man possessed and is absolutely flying. He knows there's pressure on him to perform but that's not a problem - he's focussed and knows what he has to do."