Toms Skujiņš (born 15 June 1991) is a Latvian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.[3]
 Skujiņš in 2015 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 15 June 1991 Sigulda, Latvia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Lidl–Trek | ||||||||||||||
| 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] | ||||||||||||||
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One-day races and Classics
Other | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Two-time Latvian champion in group and four-time individual race. He has competed in a multi-day cycle race Tour de France five times.
Career
editIn 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
editSkujiņš is married[16] to former professional cyclist Abigail Mickey.[17]
Major results
editSource: [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
Under-23 road race - 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Course de la Paix U23
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Blida
- 3rd
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 Overall Tour de Beauce
- 1st
Points classification - 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stages 2 & 5
- 1st
- 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 Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Tre Valli Varesine
- 1st Trofeo Lloseta–Andratx
- Tour of California
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 7th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 8th Overall Colorado Classic
- Tour de France
- Held after Stages 5–9
Combativity award Stage 5
- Held
- 2019 (1)
- 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 (2)
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 5th Brabantse Pijl
- 2022 (1)
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st
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 Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 1st
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Intermediate sprint classification
- 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
edit| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | — |
| Tour de France
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— | — | 82 | 81 | 81 | 71 | 60 | — | 45 |
| Vuelta a España
|
— | 123 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Classics results timeline
edit| Monument | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — | |
| Classic | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| 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
edit| Event | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Olympic Games
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Road race | Not held | — | Not held | 59 | Not held | 22 | Not held | 5 | |||||||
| Time trial | — | — | 30 | — | ||||||||||||
 World Championships
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Road race | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | 62 | 21 | 29 | 60 | — | 8 | 4 |
| Time trial | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | 33 | ||
 European Championships
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Road race | Race did not exist | 19 | — | — | 15 | — | — | 47 | 13 | ||||||
| National Championships
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Road race | 8 | — | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 3 | — |
| Time trial | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
| NH | Not held |
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Optum tops 2015 UCI America Tour, Skujins takes individual honours". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Toms Skujins takes Tour's polka-dot jersey". VeloNews. Pocket Outdoor Media. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Gadzała, Paweł (12 July 2019). "Tour de France: Skujiņs takes a 'Swiss army knife' approach". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (4 September 2020). "Tour de France: Nans Peters wins stage 8". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ "Trek-Segafredo confirm Porte and Mollema as co-leaders for Tour de France". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (2 March 2024). "Tadej Pogacar dominates Strade Bianche with long-range assault to Siena". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Toms Skujins". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
External links
edit- Official website
- Toms Skujiņš at UCI
- Toms Skujiņš at UCI BMX Supercross World Cup
- Toms Skujiņš at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Toms Skujiņš at ProCyclingStats
- Toms Skujiņš at CQ Ranking
- Toms Skujiņš at CycleBase
- Toms Skujiņš at Olympedia
- Toms Skujiņš at Olympics.com
- Toms Skujiņš at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
