Wiggins, Cavendish lead Ghent Six Day race

Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish are setting the pace in the Ghent Six Day event in Belgium.

Great Britain's Mark Cavendish (left) and Sir Bradley Wiggins

Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish (L) are setting the pace in the Ghent Six Day event in Belgium. (AAP)

Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish have moved into the lead with a dominant display on day four of the Ghent Six Day event in Belgium.

In what Wiggins has hinted will be his last competitive race, the British pair pulled a lap clear of their nearest challengers to sit top with two days remaining.

Five-time Olympic champion Wiggins is racing in the city of his birth, and although last month he suggested that he will prolong his career for another season after finishing second at the London Six Day, on Monday he told reporters to ask him on Sunday whether this would be his last race.

If it is, the chances of him signing off in style improved as he and Cavendish won the team elimination race after starting the day in third.

The pair then won the day's first madison, with Wiggins claiming victory in the derny final.

The contest remains incredibly close between the top three, with Kenny de Ketele and Moreno de Pauw - who beat Cavendish and Wiggins in London - and Elia Vivani and Iljo Keisse only one lap down and with both teams having more points than the leading pair.


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