Fachie won double gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

With five gold medals and one silver, he is Team Scotland’s second most successful athlete.

“Had it not been Glasgow I don’t think I would have been going,” he explained.

“Yes, I have been drawn back in, purely because Scottish Cycling asked the question and I love Team Scotland – I have loved every minute of every Commonwealth Games I have ever done so that was obviously a big big draw and I couldn’t say no.

“The opportunity came up where questions were asked, ‘could you make it back?’ and I am still slightly sceptical as to what shape I will be in when I get there because I have not been in full-time training for a while but I couldn’t say no because watching it would be fun but obviously being out there is a whole different game.

“I don’t expect to be back in gold-medal winning shape necessarily but I am confident I can get back to being very competitive and hopefully be challenging for a medal, I wouldn’t be doing it if I wasn’t going to do myself justice.”

So, having been tempted back to the track, will Glasgow be the full stop on what has been a glittering career?

Fachie said: “I sometimes don’t like those who say they are going to retire and come back and I don’t want to be quoted and then something comes up but I cannot see how I am going to race again beyond this point.

“It is a great way to go out, right? It is home territory, a home team, where you have won before and you have had a great event – it just feels like the right opportunity to me.”