"I'm with the Team, the environment, how and in what Form it could go," said the 35-Year-old of the "Frankfurt General Sunday newspaper". Martin is currently employed by the Dutch Team Jumbo Visma and had pulled in front of the Corona-Pause in the recital to end his career after this year. In the negotiations with his Team, it is also the number of days of racing, he said. Or other problems that would plague as a father of a family, said Martin. Earlier he stood up after a fall, and the first thought was: "Quick back on the bike. Today, I think as a father of a small daughter: What if.“

The professional cyclist admitted that there is certainly aspects with which he is doing increasingly difficult to. "But it did me good to remember, and on the basis of the Corona of the time, what I have in the sport of Cycling and how much fun he makes of me." The time trial specialist increases at the Tour de l'ain (5. to 9. August) back into the Competition Happen.