Mark Renshaw could re-join Mark Cavendish at Omega Pharma next season

Cavendish and Renshaw, Watson photos of 2011

Mark Renshaw is set to undergo collarbone surgery a year to the day of his first stage win as a marquee sprinter with Blanco as he weighs up team options ahead of next season.

Renshaw was the hardest hit in a huge stage two crash at the Tour of Turkey yesterday in which he suffered a badly fractured collarbone, concussion and lost a tooth.

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Sophie Smith is an Australian journalist, broadcaster and author of Pain & Privilege: Inside Le Tour. She follows the WorldTour circuit, working for British, Australian and US press, and has covered 10 Tours de France.