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Latvian racing cyclist (born 1991) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Toms Skujiņš (born 15 June 1991) is a Latvian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.[3]
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 | 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] |
Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
Other |
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.
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]
Skujiņš is married[16] to former professional cyclist Abigail Mickey.[17]
Source: [18]
Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | — |
Tour de France | — | — | 82 | 81 | 81 | 71 | 60 | — | 45 |
Vuelta a España | — | 123 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 |
Event | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Olympic Games | Road race | Not held | — | Not held | 59 | Not held | 22 | Not held | 5 | |||||||
Time trial | — | — | 30 | — | ||||||||||||
World Championships | Road race | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | 62 | 21 | 29 | 60 | — | 8 | |
Time trial | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | 33 | ||
European Championships | Road race | Race did not exist | 19 | — | — | 15 | — | — | 47 | 13 | ||||||
National Championships | 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 |
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