Toms Skujiņš
 Toms Skujiņš in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
15 June 1991 Sigulda, Latvia |
| Height | 180cm |
| Weight | 70kg |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Cannondale–Drapac |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2011–2012 | La Pomme Marseille |
| 2013 | Rietumu–Delfin |
| 2014–2015 | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team |
| 2016– | Cannondale |
|
Infobox last updated on 27 August 2016 | |
Toms Skujiņš (born 15 June 1991) is a Latvian professional road racing cyclist riding for Cannondale–Drapac.
Career
In 2013 and 2015, Skujiņš received the Cyclist of the Year award presented by Latvian Cycling Federation.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3]
Major results
- 2010
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Moselle
- 2nd Tartu GP
- 3rd National Under-23 Time Trial 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 U23
- 3rd National Under-23 Time Trial Championships
- 4th Classic Loire Atlantique
- 8th Tallinn–Tartu GP
- 2012
- 5th Riga Grand Prix
- 2013
- 1st
National Under-23 Road Race Championships - 1st Overall Course de la Paix U23
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Blida
- 3rd European Road Race Championships
- 3rd National Road Race Championships
- 3rd Scandinavian Race
- 5th World Under-23 Road Race 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
- 1st Overall UCI America Tour
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of California
- 1st Winston Salem Cycling Classic[4]
- 2nd Overall Tour de Beauce
- 8th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge[5]
- 2016
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of California
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Winston-Salem Cycling Classic". cyclingnews.com. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ↑ Malach, Pat (23 August 2015). "Murphy wins final USA Pro Challenge stage in Denver". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
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