First year on an international team and first personalised Troy Lee Designs helmet paint job. The move to GT was a big one, he joined a legendary team with a lot of top riders: Mike King, Hans Rey, Nolven Le Clair, Mercedes Gonzales, David Baker, Alison Dunlop, Juli Furtado and Jerome Chiodi all helped to make GT the team of the day. He rode a silver LTS and started his long term partnerships with mechanics Andy Kyffin and Doug ‘Hatrick’ Hatfield.