Toms Skujiņš
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Born
1991 (35 years old)
Sigulda, LatviaPosition
Cyclist
Status
Active
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White
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1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight
70 kg (154 lb)
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Lidl–Trek
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UCI World Tour
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Toms Skujiņš (born 15 June 1991) is a Latvian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.
He is a two-time Latvian road race champion and won the national time trial championships four times. He has competed in the Tour de France eight 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, 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 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. He would go on to win the 2015 UCI America Tour.
He was named in the start list for the 2017 Vuelta a España. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the Tour de France. He took the polka dot jersey as the leader of the mountains classification following the fifth stage, which he held for five days. He won the combativity award on the fifth stage in both 2018 and 2019.
Skujiņš finished second on the eighth stage of the 2020 Tour de France after spending the day in a breakaway. He also rode as a domestique for team leaders Richie Porte and Bauke Mollema, with Porte ultimately finishing third overall in the race.
In 2024, he finished second on the 2024 Strade Bianche, 2'44" behind Tadej Pogačar.
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