[1] He won a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the men's points race, previously at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada he won a bronze medal as part of the men's team pursuit riding alongside Brendon Cameron, Julian Dean and Lee Vertongen.

[2] In 2000 he began racing on the professional cycling circuit, winning the 176km New Zealand National Road Championship.

[3] From 2005 to 2019 he ran the Cycle Surgery franchise in Invercargill, New Zealand, and in February 2019 joined Cycling Southland[4] in Invercargill as development and events co-ordinator.

[5] In 2020 Thomson was accepted to the Academy Southland Performance Coach Programme.

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