BIKE ace Liam Killeen hopes to overcome fatigue to add another medal to his collection when he competes at the European Championships in Switzerland tomorrow.

The Malvern mountain cyclist, who claimed a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester on Monday, is back in action for England in Zurich after just a short rest.

He has already taken part in yesterday's relay (Thursday) but after completing a sapping six laps of the 6.9km Manchester course has the prospect of putting his body through another gruelling 24 miles.

With heart rates reaching 180 beats per minute for up to two hours, mountain bike racing is one of the most demanding sports in the world.

However Killeen is buoyed by his exploits at Manchester's Rivington course and is confident of success.

"It was great to get a medal in Manchester and hopefully I can add another one in Zurich if I can recover in time," he said.

"It's a massive effort with you heart rate at 180 beats a minute for the duration of the nearly two hour race but I'm confident I can do well."

The 20-year-old remains on a high after being cheered on by a crowd of 55,000 at the Commonwealth Games. "The crowd was fantastic, probably one of the biggest ever for a mountain bike race," he said.

"I had to ride out of my skin to claim bronze and did a lot better than I thought I was going to do."

Commonwealth Games gold medal winner Roland Green has tipped the youngster for Athens success at the next Olympics but Killeen admits he has a long way to go to reach his heights.

"I trained with Roland at the beginning of the season and I know how good he is," he said.

"I thought if I could just hang on to him then a gap would open up between us and the other guys.

"I did okay for the first few laps but for the last couple I was concerned about the New Zealand guy in fourth and just holding him at bay."