Toms Skujiņš (born 15 June 1991) is a Latvian professional road

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, who rides for

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. Two-time Latvian champion in group and four-time individual race. He has competed in the multi-day cycle race

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five times.

Career

In 2013 and 2015, Skujiņš received the Cyclist of the Year award presented by Latvian Cycling Federation. In 2014, Skujiņš dominated the Canadian race

Tour de Beauce Tour de Beauce is a men's elite professional road bicycle racing multi-day event held each June in the Beauce region of Quebec, Canada since 1986. It is the oldest stage-race in North America, and is a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)-rated 2. ...

, 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. In 2015 he rode for the and won the third stage of the

Tour of California The Tour of California (officially sponsored as the Amgen Tour of California) was an annual professional road cycling stage race on the UCI World Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour that ran from 2006 to 2019. It was the only event on the ...

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. He would go on to win the 2015 UCI America Tour. He was named in the start list for the

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. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the

. He took the polka dot jersey as the leader of the

mountains classification The King of the Mountains (KoM) is an award given to the best climbing specialist in a men's cycling road race; in women's cycle racing, Queen of the Mountains (QoM) is used. While the title may be given to the rider who achieves the highest p ...

following the fifth stage, which he held for five days. He won the

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on the fifth stage in both 2018 and

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. Skujiņš finished second on the eighth stage of the

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after spending the day in a breakaway. He also rode as a domestique for team leaders

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and

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, with Porte ultimately finishing third overall in the race. In 2024, he finished second on the 2024 Strade Bianche, 2'44" behind

Tadej Pogačar Tadej Pogačar (; born 21 September 1998) is a Slovenia, Slovenian professional road bicycle racing, cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . His victories include three Tour de France, Tours de France (2020 Tour de France, 2020, 2021 Tou ...

Personal life

Skujiņš is married to former professional cyclist Abigail Mickey.

Major results

Source: ;2010 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de Moselle : 2nd

Tartu GP The Tartu GP was a one-day road cycling race in Tartu, Estonia. It was first run in 2001 and became part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 1.1 event in 2005. The most successful rider was Jaan Kirsipuu with three consecutive victories. The race was ...

: 3rd

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd Memorial Oleg Dyachenko : 5th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon : 6th

Paris–Tours Espoirs Paris–Tours Espoirs () is a French single-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. The race is held as a 1.2U rac ...

: 7th Overall

Cinturó de l'Empordà The Cinturó de l'Empordà was a road bicycle race held annually in Spain. It was organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the U ...

: 7th Mayor Cup : 7th Coupe des Carpathes : 8th ZLM Tour ;2011 : 2nd

Ronde van Vlaanderen U23 Tour of Flanders U23 () is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race. It is the version of the Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders () may refer to the following cycle races: * Tour of Flanders (men's race) The Tour of Flanders (), also known ...

: 3rd

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 4th

Classic Loire Atlantique Classic Loire Atlantique is a road bicycle race held annually in the French department of Loire-Atlantique. Since 2011, it is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing compe ...

: 8th

Tallinn–Tartu GP Tallinn–Tartu GP (before 2007, the E.O.S. Tallinn GP) was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in Tallinn, Estonia. From 2005 until 2012 the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2008, Pro Cycling Club ...

;2012 : 5th Riga Grand Prix ;2013 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotLetonia

Under-23 road race ::3rd Road race : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Course de la Paix U23 ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Blida : 3rd Bronze medal europe

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 The Tour de Guadeloupe (; ) is an annual men's stage race, multiple stage road bicycle racing, road bicycle race held each August in the Overseas region, French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Founded in 1948 under the name Tour Cycliste de la Gu ...

: 7th

: 8th Ringerike GP : 9th Overall

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir () is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents. Felice Gimondi, Joo ...

: 9th Hadeland GP : 10th Overall

Tour of Norway The Tour of Norway is a road bicycle race held annually in Norway. It is considered as a successor to the stage race Ringerike GP, which is now a one-day race. It was started in 2011 as a result of the heightened interest in cycling in Norway, ...

;2014 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Jersey red

Young rider classification ::1st Stages 2 & 5 : 6th Philadelphia International Championship ;2015 (1 pro win) : 1st Overall

UCI America Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ...

: 1st Winston-Salem Cycling Classic : 1st Stage 3

: 2nd Overall

: 2nd

The Reading 120 The Reading 120, Thompson Bucks County Classic and Univest Grand Prix were professional bicycle road races founded in 1998 by former professional cyclist and two-time US national champion John Eustice, and sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Interna ...

: 3rd Philadelphia International Cycling Classic : 4th

Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques The Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques, also known as the Course de la Solidarité Olympique (; ) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Poland. From 1991 until 1995, it was a race for amateurs, becoming a profession ...

: 7th Overall

Tour of Alberta The ATB Tour of Alberta was a Canadian bicycle stage race, which raced across the province of Alberta. It was sanctioned by Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and was part of the UCI America Tour. It was classified as a 2.1 race, making it one o ...

: 8th Overall

USA Pro Cycling Challenge The USA Pro Cycling Challenge, also known as USA Pro Challenge, was an annual multi-day professional road bicycle racing stage race that first took place in Colorado in 2011. Originally announced on August 4, 2010 by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter ...

;2016 (1) : 1st Stage 5

: National Road Championships ::3rd Road race ::3rd

;2017 (1) : 2nd

, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali (), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. History Between 1999 and 2000 it was cal ...

::1st Stage 2 : 10th

GP Miguel Induráin The Grand Prix Miguel Induráin (), formerly the "Grand Prix Navarre" is a Spanish one-day road bicycle race. History The race was inaugurated in 1951, but was limited to local competition. It was rebranded after Spanish cyclist Miguel Indurái ...

;2018 (4) : 1st MaillotLetonia

, National Road Championships : 1st

Tre Valli Varesine The Tre Valli Varesine is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Varese, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2021 it joined the UCI ProSeries calendar after being cancelled in 2020. A ...

: 1st Trofeo Lloseta–Andratx :

::1st

Mountains classification ::1st Stage 3 : 7th

Grote Prijs Jef Scherens Tour of Leuven - Memorial Jef Scherens (until 2021 ''Grote Prijs Jef Scherens'') is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Leuven, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race is ...

: 8th Overall Colorado Classic :

::Held

after Stages 5–9 :: Jersey red number

Combativity award The combativity award is a prize given in road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, ...

Stage 5 ;2019 (1) : 1st MaillotLetonia

Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd

: 9th

Strade Bianche The Strade Bianche (; ) is a road bicycle race in Tuscany, Central Italy, starting and finishing in Siena. First held in 2007, it is raced annually on the first or second Saturday of March. The name stems from the historic white gravel roads in ...

: 10th Overall

Deutschland Tour The Deutschland Tour (English: ''Tour of Germany'' and sometimes ''Deutschland-Rundfahrt'' in German) is the most important Race stage, multi-stage road bicycle racing, road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June, but fro ...

Stage 5

;2021 (2) : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotLetonia

Road race ::1st MaillotLetonia

: 5th Overall

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ...

: 5th Brabantse Pijl ;2022 (1) : 1st MaillotLetonia

, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey cyan

Mountains classification,

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...

: 4th Maryland Cycling Classic : 5th Binche–Chimay–Binche : 7th

Clásica de San Sebastián The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa — Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián (San Sebastián Classic) is a one-day professional men's bicycle road race in northern Spain that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián. It is the m ...

: 8th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine : 9th Overall

Étoile de Bessèges The Étoile de Bessèges () is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually around Bessèges, in the Gard department of the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. First organized in 1971 as a one-day race, it became a ...

: 9th

Bretagne Classic The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest-France, is an elite classic cycle races, cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Brittany, Breton village of Plouay in western France. The race was originally named Grand-P ...

;2023 (1) : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotLetonia

::3rd Road race :

Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...

::1st Intermediate sprint classification :: Jersey red number

Stage 12 : 5th Maryland Cycling Classic : 5th

Circuito de Getxo The Circuito de Getxo () is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in July in Getxo Getxo () (Spanish: ''Guecho'') is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basq ...

: 6th

: 8th Road race,

UCI Road World Championships The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and , a UCI Road World Championships ...

: 9th Overall

Danmark Rundt Danmark Rundt is a Danish multi-day professional road cycling race. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as PostNord Danmark Rundt. The race is sometimes called the Tou ...

: 9th Brabantse Pijl : 9th Circuit Franco-Belge : 10th Overall

Tour of Belgium The Tour of Belgium (; ) is a five-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium, and is part of the UCI ProSeries. It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Between 1982 and 1990 several races were not org ...

;2024 : 2nd

: 4th Road race,

: 5th Road race,

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

: 6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal : 8th E3 Saxo Classic : 8th

Japan Cup The is one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan. It is contested on the last Sunday of November, post time of 15:40 at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo at a distance of 2400 meters (about miles) run under weight for age conditions with ...

: 10th

Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders () may refer to the following cycle races: * Tour of Flanders (men's race) The Tour of Flanders (), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race held in Belgium every spri ...

Grand tour general classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

Major championships timeline

References

External links

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