Hi guys. I'm Mitch Thompson.

I have been riding since I could go on anything with 2 wheels. I am a stage racer and have won many in my time as a junior. But now I am all grown up (18 years old) and have been signed by Trek Livestrong. The team is a great one and I look forward to racing with my very good friend Max Oget.

Well a bit of my background story enen though I have already given you some.
I was born in Palmerston North on the Northern Island of New Zealand. When I was born my name was Jak Mitchell Thompson. It doesn't really work does it. So when I was 10 I got rid of the Jak and was from then on called Mitchell Thompson or Mitch Thompson for short.

I have been riding since I was 8 years old and won my first race at the age of 9. When I was a under 15 rider I took my training up and got to the QLD state team. This was a big achievement for me. From then on every year I got to the QLD state team but I didn't get really good until I was in he under 17 category. In my 2nd year I was 16 years old and didn't know that the national race was going to change my life forever. I attacked with 20km to go and I was gone. I ended up winning by 3 minutes to the other riders. I also won the TT by more then a minute. I was really going for it. After the RR I was approached by someone wearing an AIS jacket. He said that he wanted to train me at the AIS and I didn't even hesitate to shake the guys hand and say yes.

The next year I was in the under 19 category. I was seventeen years old and being trained in the AIS. They said they had entered me Ina race in the USA. I packed up my things and I was off. This was in September and this is also were I met my Best Friend Max Oget. We were racing along and we were having a chat. We decided that we will go together because he could tell I wanted to attack near the end. So with 15km to go we both attacked. With him being a sprinter and me being a TT rider I had to do most of the work but this rewarded me. Me and Max had a sprint. He took the win of course. We both got approached after the end of the race by some people from the cycling team Trek Livestrong. We were surprised but we both accepted a contract and signed then and there. When we looked at the result we saw why we got approached. We saw that Leigh Howard, Sep Vanmarcke and Jake Keough had brought the peloton home. We had beaten some great riders. The AIS was so happy for us.

We decided to start this blog to tell the world about our new and exciting life. I hope you enjoy this as much as we do.

Bye
Mitch & Max

Well here is the team. It is a strong team with Dombrowski and Thompson the Absolute leaders for the mountains and Oget the leading sprinter. We also have Craddock, Mannion and Brown who are good lead out men. Only one other rider that is going to help out big in the mountains is George Bennett from New Zealand. This Kiwi is a fantastic climber. He is one of the best and is really looking forward to riding with such great riders.



Well here is the new jersey. It is a very good looking jersey. The design team (Jakstar22 & Veloman, I use his shorts) did a fantastic job in the end. Without further ado, the team jersey.





WE are very happy with this jersey. Thanks to Jakstar Jersey's for this creation with the help of Veloman.