Mark Rendell Explained

Mark Rendell
Birth Date:6 June 1969
Birth Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Currentteam:Retired
Disciplines:Road
Role:Rider
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Mark Rendell (born 6 June 1969) is a cyclist from New Zealand.

Career

In 1993 during the third stage at the Milk race Rendall was in a breakaway which made it to the finish line where he was beaten by Matt Postle by a slim margin of two seconds.[1] At the 1994 Commonwealth Games at Victoria he won a gold medal in the road race and a bronze medal in the team time trial.[2] Until the 2022 Commonwealth Games Rendall was the last kiwi to earn a gold medal in road cycling at the games.[3] [4] As a former student of Rotorua Boys' High School after Rendall won his gold medal he was inducted into the Rotorua Boys' hall of fame.[5]

Major results

Sources[6] [7]

1994
  • 1st Commonwealth Games road race
  • 1st Stage 10 Colonial Classic
    1996
  • 10th Overall Tour de Langkawi

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Cycling: Lillywhite outwitted by Postle . The Independent . 20 September 2022 . en . 2 June 1993.
    2. Web site: Games Time: Rotorua's Rendell predicts cycling medals . NZ Herald . 20 September 2022 . en-NZ.
    3. Web site: Peerless Gate rates as supreme Kiwi Commonwealth Games . PressReader . 20 September 2022 . en . 14 August 2022.
    4. Web site: Commonwealth Games: Roulston praises team after road race silver . Otago Daily Times Online News . 20 September 2022 . en . 29 October 2010.
    5. Web site: Ngā Raukura i te Ao - Hall of Fame . www.rbhs.school.nz . 20 September 2022 . en.
    6. Web site: Mark Rendell . www.cyclingarchives.com . 20 September 2022 . en.
    7. Web site: Mark Rendell . www.procyclingstats.com . 20 September 2022.

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