After four weeks without riding his bike, Mark Renshaw has returned to training for 2016, where he hopes to lead Mark Cavendish to more success at the Tour de France with new employers MTN-Qhubeka.

After taking a season to adjust to leading out the Manxman at Etixx-QuickStep, the 33 year old Australian says that he isn’t sure how long it will take to get things dialled in at the South African team, who have several good leadout riders.

"I have no idea, I really don't know how long that's doing to take. It could take six months, it could take six races," he told Cyclingnews. "Once I get over to the training camp at the end of this month we'll have a lot to talk about and a lot to plan for next year. It's been well publicised that there won't be much of a dedicated lead out train out as such. We know that will happen and that will play a part in how that happens.”

Renshaw also wants to be selected for the Australian team for the World Championships, which favour sprinters. It would be his first participation. Aside from targeting the Worlds, he only knows that he will ride Down Under if the team gets an invite, but has no idea where else he will race between there and the Tour.

"For me its just natural to focus on getting a start at the World Championships and I know the racing well there because I’ve done a lot of it and that will play a big part of it I think," he said, adding the Olympics course in Rio as one for the "Tour de France style riders. I'd love to get a ride [at Worlds] and the Olympics are a much too hard a course on the road. I don't think any sprinters will go there."

He says he will have plenty of rest periods to allow himself to recover and ensure he is full functioning for whatever goals his new team sets him.

"It's a big year with Olympics and a flat world title so I'll make sure that I have two decent rest periods in the year," he said how to manage a ten month season. "One after the classics like Milan San Remo and Gent Wevelgem, to rebuild for the Tour de France. Then there is always a good break after the Tour to regain your strength from that race, then it will one last push for the World Championships."