Toms Skujiņš
Personal information | |
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Born | Sigulda, Latvia | 15 June 1991
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Trek–Segafredo |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | All-rounder |
Professional teams | |
2011–2012 | La Pomme Marseille |
2013 | Rietumu–Delfin |
2014–2015 | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team |
2016–2017 | Cannondale |
2018– | Trek–Segafredo[1][2] |
Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
Other
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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 Road race, National Under–23 Road Championships
- 1st Overall Course de la Paix Under–23
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Blida
- 3rd 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 Overall Tour de Beauce
- 1st Points classification
- 1st 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 Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Tre Valli Varesine
- 1st Trofeo Lloseta–Andratx
- Tour of California
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 7th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 8th Overall Colorado Classic
- Tour de France
- Held after Stages 5–9
- Combativity award Stage 5
- 2019
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Tre Valli Varesine
- 9th Strade Bianche
- 10th Overall Deutschland Tour
- Combativity award Stage 5 Tour de France
- 2021
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 5th Brabantse Pijl
General classification results timeline[]
Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Tour de France | — | — | 82 | 81 | 81 | 71 | |
Vuelta a España | — | 123 | — | — | — | — | |
Major stage race general classification results | |||||||
Race | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
Paris–Nice | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | 19 | — | 80 | |
Volta a Catalunya | — | — | 93 | — | NH | — | |
Tour of the Basque Country | — | 103 | — | — | DNF | ||
Tour de Romandie | — | 85 | — | — | — | ||
Critérium du Dauphiné | — | — | 56 | 42 | 63 | — | |
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 | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
IP | In progress |
NH | Not held |
References[]
- ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce complete 2020 men's roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ Skujiņš atzīts par 2013. gada Latvijas labāko riteņbraucēju Sportacentrs.com
- ^ 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.
- ^ Emil Axelgaard (12 May 2015). "Fantastic Skujins denies Sagan the victory in California". Cycling Quotes. CyclingQuotes.com 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ "2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (2020-09-04). "Tour de France: Nans Peters wins stage 8". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ^ 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.
External links[]
- Official website
- Toms Skujiņš at ProCyclingStats
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Latvian male cyclists
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of Latvia
- People from Sigulda
- Riga State Gymnasium No.1 alumni
- European Games competitors for Latvia
- Cyclists at the 2015 European Games
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics