Toms Skujiņš
 Toms Skujiņš in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
15 June 1991 Sigulda, Latvia |
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Trek–Segafredo |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | all rounder |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2011–2012 | La Pomme Marseille |
| 2013 | Rietumu–Delfin |
| 2014–2015 | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team |
| 2016–2017 | Cannondale |
| 2018– | Trek–Segafredo |
| Major wins | |
Other | |
Toms Skujiņš (born 15 June 1991) is a Latvian professional road racing cyclist riding for Trek–Segafredo.[1]
Career
In 2013 and 2015, Skujiņš received the Cyclist of the Year award presented by Latvian Cycling Federation.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4] He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.[5] In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France, where he took the polka dot jersey following Stage 5.[6]
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
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Blida
- 3rd
- 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
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stages 2 & 5
- 1st
- 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
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 10th Road race
- 10th GP Miguel Indurain
- 2018
- 1st
- 1st Tre Valli Varesine
- 1st Trofeo Lloseta–Andratx
- Tour of California
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 7th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 8th Overall Colorado Classic
- Tour de France
- Held
- Held
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|
 |
— | — |
|
— | 82 |
|
123 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ "Trek-Segafredo sign Skujins". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
External links
- Toms Skujiņš at ProCyclingStats