Toms Skujiņš

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

Toms Skujiņš
Skujiņš in 2015
Personal information
Born (1991-06-15) 15 June 1991
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)
National Time Trial Championships (2018)
Tre Valli Varesine (2018)

Other

UCI America Tour (2015)

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.

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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2017 2018 2019
Giro d'Italia — — —
Tour de France — 82 81
Vuelta a España 123 — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Personal life

Toms is in a relationship with former professional cyclist Abigail Mickey.[9]

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References
  1. "Trek-Segafredo sign Skujins". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. "Trek-Segafredo announce complete 2020 men's roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  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. "Toms Skujins". Retrieved 2020-07-03.
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