JON Mould and Dani Rowe made it a successful day for Wales in the cycling road races as they picked up silver and bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games.

Mould took silver in the men's race behind Australia's Steele von Hoff while Rowe, making her Wales debut after switching allegiance from England, delivered bronze in a race won by Australia's Chloe Hosking.

Both races had come down to sprint finishes on Currumbin beachfront after the riders tackled several laps of a lumpy circuit on the Gold Coast.

Mould and team-mate Luke Rowe had been aggressive throughout the 168.3km men's race. Rowe attacked after just four kilometres, and though that move was swiftly shut down, it set the tone for a race in which the red of Wales was never far from the front of key moves.

England's Tom Stewart had been clear with Guernsey's James McLaughlin as the race moved into the final 20 kilometres, but after they were caught it became a battle between the Australians and New Zealanders looking to get their sprinters in position.

New Zealand would attack too soon, opening the door for Mould to fight Von Hoff on the final straight.

"I'm really chuffed," said the 27-year-old Mould. "Steele is proper fast. I was just trying to get through a tough race. I got gapped on the first climb of the last lap. I got back on but I didn't think I had a massive chance. But you put a finish line there and it changes it all. I got everything out. Mega."

Mould competed on the track last week but left the Anna Meares Velodrome disappointed with ninth place in the scratch race and seventh in the points race - something this result makes up for.

"Yeah, 100 per cent," he said. "The track didn't go perfectly but it's really hard. I knew I was going well so that's why it's more disappointing. Sometimes you want to win and you want it too much but I came here with no pressure. I knew I was going well and I made the most of it."

Luke Rowe has only recently returned to action after breaking his leg in multiple places on his brother's stag do last summer, and before racing himself he was able to watch his sister-in-law Dani win bronze on her Wales debut.

She came in behind Hosking and New Zealand's Georgia Williams at the end of the 112.2km race.

"It's amazing," Dani Rowe said. "It was my aim for a long, long time, the Commonwealth Games, so I'm really happy the hard work has paid off."

Elinor Barker had led out Rowe in the sprint, pay back for the work Rowe did as Barker won the points race in the velodrome last week.

"I really enjoy the track and it was nice to play a little small part in Elinor's victory in the points race," she added.

"I always love competing and obviously now representing Wales it's really good but I've been waiting for this for a long, long time and I've had itchy feet the last couple of weeks waiting.

"It's nice to get out on the road and to come away with a bronze medal is amazing."

The 27-year-old former Olympic team pursuit champion, who switched allegiance following her marriage, helped take Wales' cycling medal tally to six.

"I feel like an honorary Welsh girl now and I hope they'll all welcome me to Wales when I get back," she said.