Renshaw conquers health problems to ride Giro

Young Australian Francaise des Jeux rider Mark Renshaw will be on the start line when the Giro d'Italia starts in Reggio Calabria on May 7. It will be the first grand tour for the 22 year-old from Bathurst in the New South Wales country town of Bathurst, but it looked for a while last year as though his cycling career might be over before it started.

In December Renshaw underwent an operation to his back to correct a long-time problem that was gradually worsening, causing the muscles in one leg to wither and beginning to affect his ability to move his toes.