The week: 24 February - 2 March
Location: Flanders, Girona, Tuscany
Training for: Opening Weekend, Strade Bianche
Latvian pro Toms Skujiņš has had a breakthrough start to the season.
Although already in possession of a healthy palmarès, including multiple national road race and TT jerseys, as well as a four-day stint in the Tour de France’s polka-dots, the Lidl-Trek rider has now started to show real pedigree in the Classics. A strong showing at Opening Weekend, where the 32-year-old went toe-to-toe with a trio of Visma-Lease a Bike’s big-hitters on the bergs of Omloop, was followed by another tough day at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne and then, just six days later, Skujiņš rode to a second place at