With his move from Etixx-Quick Step to MTN-Qhubeka alongside Mark Cavendish sorted and four weeks "completely off the bike", Mark Renshaw is back in the saddle training for the season ahead in which is he aiming to make the Australian team for the Doha World Championships for the first time.
The Australian leadout man, who turned 33 at the end of last month, spent the last two seasons alongside Cavendish with Quick Step after a two-year trial of pursuing his own personal ambitions with the Rabobank, come Belkin team. The duo had been part of the successful HTC-Highroad team prior were both were considered the best in the business.
"Totally different circumstances," Renshaw told Cyclingnews of the comparison between his move to Quick Step and the move to MTN-Qhubeka with Cavendish.
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"Coming across from Belkin to Omega Pharma-Quick Step at that stage was a big move back to working for Cav. It was a bit of a turning point because I pretty much decided from that point on I'd work for him in the races. If we compare it with this signing, it was just more of an extension in making the change in teams and atmosphere and maybe a change in mentally. It's two different transfers."
At Quick Step, the Belgian team struggled to find the best combination of riders for Cavendish's leadouts, compounded by the squad's multiple goals at any given time. Italian's Alessandro Petacchi and Fabio Sabatini were both trialled with varying level of success before Renshaw was back to best this year and the Mark's fruitful working relationship resumed. With several former teammates on the books at MTN-Qhubeka, Cyclingnews asked Renshaw how long it thought it would be before finding the combination the riders would be happy with.
"I have no idea, I really don't know how long that's doing to take. It could take six months, it could take six races," he responded. "Once I get over to the training camp at the end of this month we'll have a lot to talk about and a lot to plan for next year. It's been well publicised that there won't be much of a dedicated lead out train out as such. We know that will happen and that will play a part in how that happens.
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