Alex Dowsett has said that it was being left out of Movistar's Tour De France team that spurred him on to take Commonwealth Gold in the Time Trial.
Dowsett, earned his pre-race favourite tag, by taking victory ahead of Australian Rohan Dennis and Wales' Geraint Thomas in Glasgow Green.
Speaking about his victory, Dowsett said:“I spent the whole month angry – not at anyone in particular, just at the situation itself.
“The Commonwealth Games, which were a big target for me, suddenly became huge. I really wanted to do something big after the disappointment of the Tour.
“I’ve always been the same since I was a kid, I usually pull something big out of the bag when I’m really angry.
“I was in incredible shape before the Tour. The day I didn’t get selected, I converted that towards the time trial.
“Those training sessions where you don’t feel like you’re quite on the money, normally I might bail and try again tomorrow, I was really digging deep a lot of the time and trying to find that extra little bit and everything's come together and I’ve really been able to channel the disappointment in the right way."