Toms Skujiņš

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Toms Skujiņš
Toms Skujiņš 2015.jpg
Skujiņš in 2015
Personal information
Born (1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 (age 30)
Sigulda, Latvia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Team information
Current teamTrek–Segafredo
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Professional teams
2011–2012La Pomme Marseille
2013Rietumu–Delfin
2014–2015Hincapie Sportswear Development Team
2016–2017Cannondale
2018–Trek–Segafredo[1][2]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2019, 2021)
National Time Trial Championships (2018, 2021)
Tre Valli Varesine (2018)

Other

UCI America Tour (2015)

Toms Skujiņš (born 15 June 1991) is a Latvian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo.[3]

Career[]

In 2013 and 2015, Skujiņš received the Cyclist of the Year award presented by Latvian Cycling Federation.[4]

In 2014, Skujiņš dominated the Canadian race Tour de Beauce, winning its queen stage atop the Mont Mégantic and the last stage. He was the victor of the general classification and also brought home the points classification jersey and the young rider jersey.[5]

He won the third stage of the 2015 Tour of California after spending most of the stage in a solo breakaway, also taking the leaders jersey, and the king of the mountain jersey, which he held until the time trial.[6] He was named in the start list for the 2017 Vuelta a España.[7]

In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the Tour de France. He took the polka dot jersey following Stage 5, which he wore until the race reached the cobbles of Roubaix in stage 9.[8] He was awarded the Most Combative Rider on Stage 5 in 2018 and 2019.

Skujiņš finished second on 8th stage of 2020 Tour de France after a day in a breakaway.[9] He rode strongly the remainder of the race along with teammates Kenny Elissonde, Niklas Eg and Jasper Stuyven; in support of veteran rider Ritchie Porte, who went on to finish on the podium in 3rd place.

Personal life[]

Skujiņš is engaged to former professional cyclist Abigail Mickey.[10]

Major results[]

2010
1st Stage 1 Tour de Moselle
2nd Tartu GP
3rd Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
3rd Memorial Oleg Dyachenko
5th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
6th Paris–Tours Espoirs
7th Overall Cinturó de l'Empordá
7th Mayor Cup
7th Coupe des Carpathes
8th ZLM Tour
2011
2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften
3rd Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
4th Classic Loire Atlantique
8th Tallinn–Tartu GP
2012
5th Riga Grand Prix
2013
1st MaillotLetonia.PNG Road race, National Under–23 Road Championships
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Course de la Paix Under–23
1st Stage 3
1st Stage 2 Tour de Blida
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Road race, UEC European Road Championships
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Scandinavian Race
5th Road race, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
7th Overall Tour de Guadeloupe
7th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften
8th Ringerike GP
9th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
9th Hadeland GP
10th Overall Tour of Norway
2014
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Beauce
1st Jersey white.svg Points classification
1st Jersey red.svg Young rider classification
1st Stages 2 & 5
6th Philadelphia International Championship
2015
1st Overall UCI America Tour
1st Stage 3 Tour of California
1st Winston Salem Cycling Classic
2nd Overall Tour de Beauce
8th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
2016
1st Stage 5 Tour of California
2017
2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
1st Stage 2
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
10th GP Miguel Indurain
2018
1st MaillotLetonia.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Tre Valli Varesine
1st Trofeo Lloseta–Andratx
Tour of California
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
1st Stage 3
7th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
8th Overall Colorado Classic
Tour de France
Held Jersey polkadot.svg after Stages 5–9
Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 5
2019
1st MaillotLetonia.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Tre Valli Varesine
9th Strade Bianche
10th Overall Deutschland Tour
Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 5 Tour de France
2021
National Road Championships
1st MaillotLetonia.PNG Road race
1st MaillotLetonia.PNG Time trial
5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
5th Brabantse Pijl

General classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia
A yellow jersey Tour de France 82 81 81 71
A red jersey Vuelta a España 123
Major stage race general classification results
Race 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Jersey yellow.svg Paris–Nice
Jersey blue.svg Tirreno–Adriatico 19 80
MaillotVolta.png Volta a Catalunya 93 NH
Jersey yellow.svg Tour of the Basque Country 103 DNF
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de Romandie 85
Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg Critérium du Dauphiné 56 42 63
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de Suisse 92 NH

Classics results timeline[]

Monument 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Milan–San Remo 82 83 75
Tour of Flanders 55 81
Paris–Roubaix NH
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 38 107 88 26 35 22
Giro di Lombardia 44 43
Classic 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Amstel Gold Race 67 125 40 23 NH 86
La Flèche Wallonne 147 134 104 62 40 49
Clásica de San Sebastián 13 13 NH
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 91 88 107
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 22 13 23
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
IP In progress
NH Not held

References[]

  1. ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce complete 2020 men's roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ Skujiņš atzīts par 2013. gada Latvijas labāko riteņbraucēju Sportacentrs.com
  5. ^ Charles Bryer (15 June 2014). "Tour de Beauce 2014: Skujins wins final stage and overall, Britton finishes second". Canadian Cycling Magazine. 2013 Gripped Publishing Inc. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  6. ^ Emil Axelgaard (12 May 2015). "Fantastic Skujins denies Sagan the victory in California". Cycling Quotes. CyclingQuotes.com 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  7. ^ "2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  8. ^ "2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  9. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (2020-09-04). "Tour de France: Nans Peters wins stage 8". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  10. ^ Strode, Dale (21 August 2019). "As the women-only Colorado Classic kicks off, two star riders show how hard it is to survive in the pro peloton". The Colorado Sun. Civil. Retrieved 2 January 2021. Mickey is engaged to World Tour cyclist Toms Skujins of Latvia, who recently completed his second Tour de France with the Trek-Segafredo team.

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