Toms Skujiņš Explained
Toms Skujiņš (born 15 June 1991) is a Latvian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam .[3]
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
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 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 Under-23 road race
3rd Road race
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
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
7th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
8th Overall Colorado Classic
Tour de France
Held after Stages 5–9
Combativity award Stage 5
- 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
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
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 FlandersGrand tour general classification results timeline
Classics results timeline
Major championships timeline
Notes and References
- News: Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women. Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. 5 January 2019.
- News: Trek-Segafredo announce complete 2020 men's roster. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 9 November 2019. 3 January 2020.
- Web site: Trek - Segafredo. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210102200011/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15233/1001628/279. 2 January 2021.
- http://sportacentrs.com/ritenbrauksana/04122013-skujins_atzits_par_2013_gada_latvijas_lab Skujiņš atzīts par 2013. gada Latvijas labāko riteņbraucēju
- News: Tour de Beauce 2014: Skujins wins final stage and overall, Britton finishes second. Canadian Cycling Magazine. 2013 Gripped Publishing Inc. 15 June 2014. 14 May 2015. Charles Bryer.
- News: Fantastic Skujins denies Sagan the victory in California. Cycling Quotes. CyclingQuotes.com 2013. 12 May 2015. 12 May 2015. Emil Axelgaard.
- News: Optum tops 2015 UCI America Tour, Skujins takes individual honours. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2 January 2016. 7 May 2022.
- Web site: 2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist . 17 August 2017. ProCyclingStats.
- Web site: 2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List . 5 July 2017 . Pro Cycling Stats.
- News: Toms Skujins takes Tour's polka-dot jersey. VeloNews. Pocket Outdoor Media. 11 July 2018. 1 January 2022.
- News: Paweł. Gadzała. Tour de France: Skujiņs takes a 'Swiss army knife' approach. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 12 July 2019. 1 January 2022.
- Web site: Ostanek. Daniel. 2020-09-04. Tour de France: Nans Peters wins stage 8. 2020-09-05. cyclingnews.com. en.
- News: Trek-Segafredo confirm Porte and Mollema as co-leaders for Tour de France. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 24 August 2020. 1 January 2022.
- News: Julien. Pretot. Porte seals podium place as Pogacar rides to Tour de France victory. The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 21 September 2020. 1 January 2022.
- Web site: Farrand . Stephen . 2024-03-02 . Tadej Pogacar dominates Strade Bianche with long-range assault to Siena . 2024-04-18 . cyclingnews.com . en.
- News: Iain. Treloar. Latvia grapples with cycling's Russia problem. Escape Collective. 22 March 2023. 8 May 2023. Disclosure: Toms Skujiņš is the husband of Abby Skujina Mickey, an Escape Collective employee..
- News: Dale. Strode. 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. 21 August 2019. 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..
- Web site: Toms Skujins. FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. 8 May 2023.
