He currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Katusha. In 2013, he was the victor of the General Practice Miguel Indurain and the Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop, his only two victories of the year. The victory was decided on the last day"s time trial.
Špilak is best known for being the winner of the 2010 Tour de Romandie, after original race winner Alejandro Valverde had his results expunged as part of a doping suspension. Špilak went on to gain second place in that race in 2013 and 2014, both times behind 2013 Tour de France winner Chris Froome. In 2015, he won the general classification of the Tour de Suisse with only five seconds of an advantage over Geraint Thomas.
