Mark Renshaw says that he has no desire to become a sprinter again and that he is happy to play a support role at his new team Dimension Data next season. The newest addition to the WorldTour teams has always been reluctant to put riders into boxes but, two years after returning to his role as a lead-out man, Renshaw believes he will be best put to use helping others.
Renshaw has just had his first chance to get to know his new team at their training camp in South Africa last week. The Australian has switched to the South African outfit with sprinter Mark Cavendish this winter. It’s a move that will also link him up with former teammates Bernhard Eisel, Edvald Boasson Hagen and Theo Bos.
“I had a goal-setting meeting and they asked me my individual goals and I said that I don’t have individual goals. I’ll only ride for the team and for the sprinters so the goal will be to win 15 or 20 races with Cav, to win a classic with Edvald and these sorts of goals,” he told Cyclingnews at the team’s hotel on the Cape Town waterfront. “It’s more about being on the highest level throughout the year and looking after Cav and some of the other guys at the bigger races.
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“Sure throughout the year there are always opportunities that will get thrown in your lap, normally it happens once or twice a year and it’s just whether or not you can pull it off. 99 per cent of the time I will be working for other riders.”
One target that Renshaw does have for himself is spot in the Australian team for the World Championships. He indicated to Cyclingnews last month he would be looking to go to Qatar and the Rio Olympics in 2016. Surprisingly, Renshaw has never raced at the Worlds after controversially being left out of the squad for the 2011 road race in Copenhagen, much to his disappointment and despite the sprinter friendly course. The 33-year-old is hoping to get his eye in with his first appearance at the Tour of Qatar since 2012.
“It’s still disappointing that I missed that chance. This year will probably be the next chance for three or four years so I want to make the most of that. I’ve got a good track record in Qatar and it looks like I’ll race there after being away for a couple of years. I’m looking forward to hopefully being chosen for the team and bringing something to it,” he said.
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