Tasmanian Georgia Baker added a bronze to her medal haul before setting her sights on becoming Australia's greatest ever Commonwealth Games cyclist.

The defending champion in the 25-kilometre points race produced another gut-busting display in Glasgow before finishing third behind Welsh teammates Anna Morris and Jessica Roberts.

Baker took a lap midway through the race to climb up to fifth on 20 points. Claiming a second lap moved the 31-year-old up to fourth before three points in the penultimate sprint took her to outright third on 45. Baker finished second in the double-points final sprint to add six more and finish on 51 points, one behind Roberts with Morris way out in front on 66.

“I really enjoyed the racing out there tonight. I felt really good,” Baker said.

“We knew it was going to be won by lap takes so we were prepared for that. It’s always a challenging race to get right and at the end of the day the strongest person wins when you’ve got the best legs out there and I think we raced really well together.”

Baker was well supported by fellow Australian team pursuit gold medalists Alyssa Polites, of Victoria, and South Australian Sophie Edwards.

“I think we are one of the strongest teams out there when we race together. Today we definitely had the good legs, but sometimes things don't work out your way.

“We were aiming for the win obviously but to come out and take the bronze medal, we’re really happy with that.”

The medal adds to the golds Baker won in the team pursuit and scratch race on the previous two nights and came four years after her victories in the points race, team pursuit and road race in Birmingham.

Her five gold medals equals the achievements of Anna Meares, Matt Glaetzer and Brad McGee as Australia’s most-successful Commonwealth Games cyclists and the Perth talent was proud to be performing with Meares watching on at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome.

“Just to be on that list is so special. It’s an absolute honour to be on the list with Anna. She’s been someone I’ve always looked up to when I was really young watching her race at the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games. To be racing here myself is a dream come true and I’m really proud to represent Australia.”

Baker, who was named the 2022 Tasmanian athlete of the year following her successes at the previous Commonwealth Games, has another chance to add to her medal haul in the elimination race on the final night of competition in Glasgow.

“I’m always going to aim for the gold, especially the elimination. It's a really exciting race, a little bit dangerous, but we'll see how we go tomorrow.”

The women’s elimination race is a straight final scheduled for midnight on Sunday night (Tas time) with Australia again represented by Baker, Edwards and Polites.

Australia goes into the final day of track cycling leading the medal tally with seven gold, eight silver and five bronze.

Fellow Tasmanian Felicity Wilson-Haffenden, 21, from Glendevie, and Claudia Marcks, of ACT, were the other members of the victorious team pursuit line-up.