Mark Renshaw
Renshaw at the 2015 Tour de France
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| Full name | Mark Renshaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Markieemark/Prince Harry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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22 October 1982 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Team Dimension Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sprinter Lead-out Specialist |
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| 2004–2005 | FDJeux.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Crédit Agricole | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Team Columbia–High Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Rabobank | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Team Dimension Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mark Renshaw (born 22 October 1982) is an Australian racing cyclist with UCI ProTeam Team Dimension Data. His most notable wins are the general classification of the 2011 Tour of Qatar, and the one-day race Clásica de Almería in 2013. From 2009 to 2011, while at Team Columbia–High Road, and since 2014, Renshaw has been known as the main lead-out man for fellow sprinter Mark Cavendish.
Renshaw, who was born in Bathurst, New South Wales, began his career as a track cyclist riding for the Bathurst Cycle Club. Being coached at club level by Mark Windsor, he showed early promise, and went on to be selected for the Western Region Academy of Sport (where Windsor remained his coach). At the Under 17s level, in the 1998 Australian Track Championships, he won gold in the Teams Pursuit (Australian Record), Scratch Race, Time Trial, and Individual Pursuit (Australian Record), and silver in the Flying 200m Time Trial.
As a first-year under 19 rider, Renshaw continued to achieve strong results on the velodrome. His results included 3rd in the time trial (behind eventual World Champion Ben Kersten and World Championship Bronze Medalist Jobie Dajka), 4th in the Individual Pursuit, 5th in the Flying 200m Time Trial, 3rd in the Sprint (again behind Dajka and Kersten who were both again top 3 in the World Championships), 1st in the Teams Pursuit (with NSW); and 1st in the Olympic Sprint (again with NSW). Renshaw was then selected to compete for Australia in the Junior World Track Championships, where he became a World Champion, alongside Jobie Dajka and Ben Kersten, in the Olympic Sprint.
As a second-year Under 19 rider, Renshaw had a very successful national track championship, mirroring that of his earlier success as a second year Under 17 rider. He was 1st in the Olympic Sprint, 1st in the Time Trial, 2nd in the Individual Pursuit, 1st in the Team Pursuit, 4th in the Keirin and 1st in the Scratch Race. Again Renshaw was chosen to compete in the Junior World Championships. In these Championships, Renshaw added individual World Championship success to his Team's success from the previous season, returning to Australia a champion in the 1000m Time Trial, as well as defending his team's crown in the Olympic Sprint, and thus becoming a Triple World Junior Champion.
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