Kenny, 30, equalled Hoy's haul with triple gold at Rio 2016 and needs just one more to break the British record.

The sprinter effectively retired after Rio before returning a year later and will go in search of a fourth World Championship title in Pruszkow, Poland, this week.

"I want to win all the time," he said.

"I'm not interested in going searching for records, they'll come when they come.

"When I'm racing I want to win, I want to get stuck in."

With just 17 months to go until the next Olympics get under way in Japan, it is an event that will no doubt be looming in the minds of most of Kenny's team-mates.

But, after welcoming son Albie in 2017 with four-time Olympic champion wife Laura Kenny (nee Trott) in 2017, Kenny says he is simply "enjoying the ride".

"I'm not working solely towards one ultimate goal," he said.

"Obviously, the Olympics is the ultimate goal because it's what we're funded for and we've been brought up targeting.

"It's always in the back of your mind. But I'm not here just to get to the Olympics. I've not planned anything, I don't tend to plan anything anyway. I just want to enjoy the ride."