Road Career
After a successful first season as leadout man for Mark Cavendish, with Team Columbia-High Road in 2009, Renshaw was primed for a big season in 2010. His planned season schedule was to ride the Tour Down Under, the Tour de France and then the World Championships – being held for the first time 'at home' for Renshaw, in Australia. These plans soon changed when he was diagnosed with Epstein-Barr virus in the pre-season which put his whole season behind. Renshaw missed his home tour, the Tour Down Under.
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