[11] At the games Gudsell was part of the Team Pursuit winning the bronze medal with Marc Ryan, Peter Latham & Hayden Godfrey.

On 16 July 2006 it was announced Gudsell would join Française des Jeux as a Stagiaire from 1 August with the hopes of stepping up in 2007 to become professional with them.

[13] On 18 October it was announced that New Zealand had earned a spot to enter their National Team in the 2007 Tour Down Under with Gudsell being selected to participate.

[15] Now a professional, Gudsell started the 2007 season with the National Road Race Championships where he finished fourth 30 seconds behind winner Julian Dean.

Then Across the ditch to Australia for the 2008 Tour Down Under where this timeriding for Française des Jeux he rode in support of Mickaël Delage who finished in fourth.

[28] In the hopes of the end of his crash marred season Gudsell was called up as a last minute selection for the Vuelta a España being given a free role to show the managers what he can do.

[34] After his 2011 team folded unexpectedly Gudsell had to find something to do other than racing, he started a cycling tour and coaching business called Ventouro.