2011 Road Season
Mark had a successful 2011 season, winning stage 4 and then the General Classification of the Tour of Qatar – beating notable sprinters Tom Boonen, Daniele Bennati and Heinrich Haussler. Then going on to reaffirm his reputation as the World's best lead-out man at the Tour de France – helping Mark Cavendish to five stage wins and the Green Jersey. However Mark's season ended in disappointment when he was controversially overlooked for the Australian World Championships team – in what was deemed a sprinter friendly circuit. It was claimed by Renshaw and others in the media that this may have been because he hadn't signed for new Australian Pro-Team GreenEdge. Renshaw responded by placing second – after leading out teammate Cavendish – in the first two stages of the Tour of Britain, before going on to win Stage 5 himself.
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“Down the road someone is practicing scales,
The notes like little fishes vanish with a wink of tails,”
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Wine given in season oft will benefit,
Which out of season injures.”
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