Mark Cavendish's leadout man at HTC Highroad for the past three seasons has signed for another team for next year, as their lead sprinter.

Australian Mark Renshaw has joined dutch team Rabobank.

With Cavendish widely anticiapted to join Team Sky, it looks like the end of a great partnership which has dominated bunch sprint finishes at the Tour de France.

Many experts believed Cavendish would only sign for a new team if Renshaw and Bernie Eisel were part of the deal.