Silke Smulders (born 24 September 1996) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Liv AlUla Jayco.[3][4]
 Smulders in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 April 2001 Loon op Zand, Netherlands |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Liv AlUla Jayco |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2020 | Watersley Race & Development CT |
| Professional teams | |
| 2021 | Lotto–Soudal Ladies[1] |
| 2022–2023 | Liv Racing–Xstra[2] |
| 2024– | Liv AlUla Jayco |
Career
editSmulders competed at the 2020 European Road Championships in the women's under-23 road race where she was the lead-out rider for Lonneke Uneken, who won the silver medal, while Smulders placed 9th. Due to this performance and her result at the 2020 Trophée des Grimpeuses, she earned a professional contract in 2021 with Lotto–Soudal Ladies.[5] That season, she finished 5th in the youth classification of the 2021 Giro Rosa. Smulders moved in 2022 to a Liv Racing–Xstra.[6] She competed at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes. After the team folded at the end of 2023, she signed with Liv AlUla Jayco in 2024.
Major results
edit- 2018
- 6th Overall Watersley Ladies Challenge
- 2019
- 9th Overall EPZ Omloop van Borsele
- 9th Overall Watersley Ladies Challenge
- 2020
- 8th Road race, European Under-23 Road Championships
- 2024
- 2nd Overall Vuelta Ciclista Andalucía Elite Women
- 1st Stage 1
- 9th GP Oetingen
References
edit- ^ "Lotto Soudal Ladies". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Liv Racing Teqfind". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Liv AlUla Jayco". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Silke Smulders". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "Silke Smulders naar Lotto Soudal: 'Ik word prof, dat is wel een stap'". BN de Stem. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Silke Smulders is ambitieus en maakt stappen: 'Ik merk dat ik het niveau van de World Tour aankan'". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). 10 December 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
External links
edit- Silke Smulders at UCI
- Silke Smulders at Cycling Archives
- Silke Smulders at ProCyclingStats
- Silke Smulders at Cycling Quotient
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