Silke Smulders

Silke Smulders

Smulders in 2023
Personal information
Born	(2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 23) 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

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

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

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

7th Overall Simac Ladies Tour

9th GP Oetingen

2025

2nd Overall Women's Tour Down Under

5th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

References

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.

External links

• Silke Smulders at UCI
• Silke Smulders at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Silke Smulders at ProCyclingStats
• Silke Smulders at Cycling Quotient