BRITISH cycling's golden girl Becky James returned to Abergavenny on the weekend for an official homecoming and a visit to her old stomping ground at Aber Road Club.

The 21-year-old who rewrote the history books in Belarus last month after becoming the first British rider to pick up four medals at a World Championships, was presented with a pair of World Champion jerseys at her family home.

James also offered some advice to the next generation of budding cyclists at a training session held at Abergavenny RC and later met with the public at Tony Pryce Sports shop.

After winning two sprint titles, and a brace of bronzes in the team sprint and 500m time trials at the World Championships, James flew overseas to Argentina to take a holiday and visit her uncle, but it's only since her return that her achievements have finally began to sink in.

"If someone had told me I would pick up four medals and the double World Champion title ahead of Belarus I would not have believed them," said James.

James revealed her uncle showed her the races on his iPad and it was a surreal experience because she did not believe it was her, but she admits, "It has now started to sink in because Adidas have brought me the two world champion jerseys."

The speed queen who is going out with Six Nation's hero George North has had a whirlwind couple of months but her focus remains solely on her chosen sport and the road to Rio 2016.

James revealed, "Rio is in the back of my mind but there is so much more to come before that.

I have the World Championships to defend next year and the 2014 Commonwealth Games to think about first.

"I am going back into a block of training and getting some road miles before heading out for a 10-day training camp to Majorca in April.

"Then we have some small track races in the summer in places like Germany and it will be the World Cup events later in the year."

As a result of the achievements of top female cyclists such as James, Jess Varnish and Victoria Pendleton, an ambitious plan to try to get a million more women riding bikes by 2020 has been announced by British Cycling.

When asked why more women haven't turned to pedal power, James said, "I think it has a lot to do with the kit and how women look on the bike and not wanting to put lycra on – but it does not have to be like that.

"You do not have to go in and be like us at elite level. You have got to start somewhere and just do it for fun."