'Mental factor' prompts Tony Martin's return to old TT position ahead of World Champs

Triple time trial world champion Tony Martin says that poor performances have made his revert to his old bike position ahead of the 2016 World Championships in Qatar

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German Tony Martin returned to his former time trial position for the UCI 2016 Road World Championships  in Doha, Qatar, after struggling with a new aerodynamic setup. He says, it he is partly gaining a mental edge riding as he did when he won his three time trial titles.

Martin lost 3-18 minutes to Swiss gold medallist Fabian Cancellara (Trek-Segafredo) in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics time trial. Something had to change.

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.