Great Britain's team sprint gold medalist Philip Hindes has revealed that coaches fitted a bigger gear on his bike in order to slow him down for the opening lap of the team sprint.
Hindes, 23, was so quick at the track world championships in London earlier this year that his teammates Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner struggled to hold his wheel from a standing start.
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