Mark Renshaw (born 22 October 1982) is a former Australian racing cyclist, who is best known for his most notable wins which include general classification of the 2011 Tour of Qatar, and the one-day race Clásica de Almería in 2013. From 2009 to 2011 and from 2014 until his retirement, Renshaw was known as the main lead-out man for fellow sprinter Mark Cavendish at Team Columbia–High Road, Omega Pharma-Quick-Step and Team Dimension Data. His last rode for UCI WorldTeam Team Dimension Data.
Renshaw is best famous as an Australian cyclist who has earned himself a name of being one of the best lead man on the team, Columbia-High Road since 2009. He is also famous as a winner of gold at the 2002 and 2004 World Championships and has marked 12 victories throughout his 16-year professional tenure.
Renshaw was born in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 22 October 1982. Renshaw has Dutch grandparents who emigrated to Australia after the Second World War. Further information on his parents, Childhood and education background is still not revealed. He began his career as a track cyclist riding for the Bathurst Cycle Club. At the Under 17s level, in the 1998 Australian Track Championships, he won gold in the Teams Pursuit. Renshaw also had a very successful national track championship under 19s level as well. Her nationality is Australian and He belongs to White Ethnicity. Her birth sign is Libra and His religion is Christianity.
In 2002 Renshaw's professional career began after he was selected in the Brad McGee-organized NSWIS-FDJeux Development squad which soon opened the door for him to join the senior FDJeux.com squad in 2004. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder for the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games. Renshaw competed in the World Championships competed in the Madison and helped The Australian Team Pursuit to win Gold. Renshaw stayed with FDJeux.com for two seasons, before he moved to Credit Agricole where he picked up his first Pro-Tour victory in the first stage of his 'local' Pro-Tour event, the Tour Down Under. Renshaw made his Tour de France debut in 2008, after missing the 2007 race through illness. After that Renshaw was hired for team Columbia-High Road and had a successful first season of Tour de France as lead-out man in 2009.
Renshaw had a successful 2011 season, winning stage 4 and then the General Classification of the Tour of Qatar. Renshaw signed with the Dutch Rabobank squad before the start of the 2012 season. Renshaw won stage 4 of the Tour of Turkey. In 2013 Renshaw benefited from a good lead-out and bagged his first win of the season at the Clásica de Almería. In April, Renshaw crashed heavily in the final stretch of the Tour of Turkey's second stage while he was the second man on the road, causing a mass pile-up. He fractured his collarbone, suffered a concussion and lost a tooth in the accident. Renshaw spent the 2015 season working as Cavendish's lead-out man, with his best personal result a third-place finish at the Clásica de Almería, which Cavendish won. Moving on,
Renshaw has struggled with illness and injury the past two seasons with Dimension Data. He underwent surgery for chronic sinusitis last year and marked a delayed start to his 2019 campaign, after suffering from a fractured pelvis in December. Mark Renshaw announced he will retire at the end of the 2019 season. The Australian has played a massive role in the success of team-mate Mark Cavendish.
Renshaw's wife is Kristina Harris who tied their knots in a private ceremony in Mudgee, NSW in November 2010. Harris was his longtime girlfriend. They had announced their engagement in November 2009. The couple has no baby yet. They are living happily together so far.
The estimated net worth and salary of Mark Renshaw is still not confirmed. His major source of income is his cycling career. Uboubtly as one of the best cyclists himself and a lead man he must have bagged a remarkable amount of sum of money so far. Other information on her cars, houses, and businesses are still not reported.
Renshaw has a very athletic slim body. He has a height of 5ft 10 inches and weighs around 73kg. His other body scale measurements are still not reported. He has a straight sexual orientation.