Toms Skujiņš

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Toms Skujiņš
Toms Skujins 2015.jpg
Skujiņš in 2015
Personal information
Born (1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 (age 33)
Sigulda, Latvia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Team information
Current team Lidl–Trek
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-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
National Road Race Championships (2019, 2021)
National Time Trial Championships (2018, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Tre Valli Varesine (2018)

Other

UCI America Tour (2015)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Men's road bicycle racing
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Olomouc Under-23 road race

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

Contents

Two-time Latvian champion in group and four-time individual race. He has competed in the multi-day cycle race Tour de France five times.

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 Mont Mégantic and the last stage. He was the victor of the general classification and also brought home the points classification and young rider classification jerseys. [5]

In 2015 he rode for the Hincapie Racing Team and won the third stage of the Tour of California after spending most of the stage in a solo breakaway. He also took the race leader and mountains leader jerseys, which he would hold until the time trial. [6] He would go on to win the 2015 UCI America Tour. [7]

He was named in the start list for the 2017 Vuelta a España. [8] In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the Tour de France. [9] He took the polka dot jersey as the leader of the mountains classification following the fifth stage, [10] which he held for five days. He won the combativity award on the fifth stage in both 2018 and 2019. [10] [11]

Skujiņš finished second on the eighth stage of the 2020 Tour de France after spending the day in a breakaway. [12] He also rode as a domestique for team leaders Richie Porte and Bauke Mollema, [13] with Porte ultimately finishing third overall in the race. [14]

In 2024, he finished second on the 2024 Strade Bianche, 2'44" behind Tadej Pogačar. [15]

Personal life

Skujiņš is married [16] to former professional cyclist Abigail Mickey. [17]

Major results

Source: [18]

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'Empordà
7th Mayor Cup
7th Coupe des Carpathes
8th ZLM Tour
2011
2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
4th Classic Loire Atlantique
8th Tallinn–Tartu GP
2012
5th Riga Grand Prix
2013
National Road Championships
1st MaillotLetonia.PNG Under-23 road race
3rd Road race
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Course de la Paix U23
1st Stage 3
1st Stage 2 Tour de Blida
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Scandinavian Race Uppsala
5th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
7th Overall Tour de Guadeloupe
7th Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
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 (1 pro win)
1st Overall UCI America Tour
1st Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
1st Stage 3 Tour of California
2nd Overall Tour de Beauce
2nd The Reading 120
3rd Philadelphia International Cycling Classic
4th Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques
7th Overall Tour of Alberta
8th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
2016 (1)
1st Stage 5 Tour of California
National Road Championships
3rd Road race
3rd Time trial
2017 (1)
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Stage 2
10th GP Miguel Induráin
2018 (4)
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 (1)
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 (2)
National Road Championships
1st MaillotLetonia.PNG Road race
1st MaillotLetonia.PNG Time trial
5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
5th Brabantse Pijl
2022 (1)
1st MaillotLetonia.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Jersey cyan.svg Mountains classification, Tour de Romandie
4th Maryland Cycling Classic
5th Binche–Chimay–Binche
7th Clásica de San Sebastián
8th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
9th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
9th Bretagne Classic
2023 (1)
National Road Championships
1st MaillotLetonia.PNG Time trial
3rd Road race
Giro d'Italia
1st Intermediate sprint classification
Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 12
5th Maryland Cycling Classic
5th Circuito de Getxo
6th Clásica de San Sebastián
8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
9th Overall Danmark Rundt
9th Brabantse Pijl
9th Circuit Franco-Belge
10th Overall Tour of Belgium
2024
2nd Strade Bianche
4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
5th Road race, Olympic Games
6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
8th E3 Saxo Classic
8th Japan Cup
10th Tour of Flanders

Grand tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 201620172018201920202021202220232024
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia ——————— 31 —
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France —— 82 81 81 71 60 — 45
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España — 123 ———————

Classics results timeline

Monument201620172018201920202021202220232024
Milan–San Remo — 82 — 83 — 75 88 88 32
Tour of Flanders 55 ——— 81 — 96 — 10
Paris–Roubaix ————NH 44 DNF ——
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 38 107 88 26 35 22 —— 48
Giro di Lombardia —— 44 43 — 27 ——
Classic201620172018201920202021202220232024
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad —————— 50 55 27
Strade Bianche — 75 — 9 DNF 45 16 17 2
E3 Saxo Bank Classic ——————— 62 8
Gent–Wevelgem ———— 86 —— 51 —
Brabantse Pijl 92 125 ——— 5 — 9 —
Amstel Gold Race 67 125 40 23 NH 86 28 28 39
La Flèche Wallonne 147 134 104 62 40 49 —— 12
Clásica de San Sebastián —— 13 13 NH— 7 6 —
Hamburg Cyclassics ——— 24 Not held— 30 —
Bretagne Classic —————— 9 ——
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 91 — 88 107 Not held 14 28 22
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 22 — 13 23 12 35 6

Major championships timeline

Event201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Gold medal olympic.svg Olympic Games Road raceNot held—Not held 59 Not held 22 Not held 5
Time trial—— 30 —
Jersey rainbow.svg World Championships Road race ———— DNF ——— 62 21 29 60 — 8 4
Time trial ———————— 44 ———— 33
European champion jersey 2016.svg European Championships Road race Race did not exist 19 —— 15 —— 47 13
MaillotLetonia.PNG National Championships Road race 8—434431081—153—
Time trial ——————321——111—
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
IPIn progress
NHNot 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. ↑ "Optum tops 2015 UCI America Tour, Skujins takes individual honours". Cyclingnews.com . Immediate Media Company. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  10. 1 2 "Toms Skujins takes Tour's polka-dot jersey". VeloNews . Pocket Outdoor Media. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  11. ↑ Gadzała, Paweł (12 July 2019). "Tour de France: Skujiņs takes a 'Swiss army knife' approach". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc . Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  12. ↑ Ostanek, Daniel (4 September 2020). "Tour de France: Nans Peters wins stage 8". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  13. ↑ "Trek-Segafredo confirm Porte and Mollema as co-leaders for Tour de France". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  14. ↑ Pretot, Julien (21 September 2020). "Porte seals podium place as Pogacar rides to Tour de France victory". The Sydney Morning Herald . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  15. ↑ Farrand, Stephen (2 March 2024). "Tadej Pogacar dominates Strade Bianche with long-range assault to Siena". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  16. ↑ Treloar, Iain (22 March 2023). "Latvia grapples with cycling's Russia problem". Escape Collective. Retrieved 8 May 2023. Disclosure: Toms Skujiņš is the husband of Abby Skujina Mickey, an Escape Collective employee.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ "Toms Skujins". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
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