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Silke Smulders

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Silke Smulders
Smulders in 2023
Personal information
Born (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 23)
Loon op Zand, Netherlands
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Team information
Current teamLiv AlUla Jayco
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2020Watersley Race & Development CT
Professional teams
2021Lotto–Soudal Ladies[1]
2022–2023Liv Racing–Xstra[2]
2024–Liv AlUla Jayco

Silke Smulders (born 1 April 2001) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Liv AlUla Jayco.[3][4]

Career

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Smulders 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

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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 [de]
1st Stage 1
9th GP Oetingen

References

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  1. ^ "Lotto Soudal Ladies". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Liv Racing Teqfind". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Liv AlUla Jayco". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Silke Smulders". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Silke Smulders naar Lotto Soudal: 'Ik word prof, dat is wel een stap'". BN de Stem. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  6. ^ "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.
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