The 2017 Tour de France route has yet to be announced but Dan Martin is already contemplating another bid at the overall after his best ever performance during this year's campaign.
The Irishman finished ninth this season, just a handful off seconds off seventh, and has pinpointed areas in which he can improve for next year.
“I’m looking forward to going there next year with perhaps even more focus on GC than this year,” the 30-year-old told Cyclingnews.
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“We need to wait and see the courses but the Tour is where it’s at.”
Martin has raced all three Grand Tour in his career but moved to Etixx-QuickStep at the start of the year in order to have a clean run at July. He started the Tour strongly and was aggressive in the mountains on a regular basis. However, at times he paid for his antics, and conceded time after going into the red. Although he had his best ever Tour de France form this year, Martin believes that there’s more to come as he refines the relationship he has with his Belgian squad.
“I think form wise I was really good so it’s just the fine tuning that I need to do,” he said at the recent Tour of Britain.
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