Silke Smulders Explained

Silke Smulders
Birth Date:	1 April 2001
Birth Place:	Loon op Zand, Netherlands
Height:	1.63 m
Weight:	51 kg
Discipline:	Road
Role:	Rider
Amateuryears1:	2020
Amateurteam1:	Watersley Race & Development CT
Proyears1:	2021
Proteam1:	^[1]
Proyears2:	2022–2023
Proteam2:	^[2]
Proyears3:	2024–

Silke Smulders (born 24 September 1996) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .^[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 .^[5] That season, she finished 5th in the youth classification of the 2021 Giro Rosa. Smulders moved in 2022 to a .^[6] She competed at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes. After the team folded at the end of 2023, she signed with 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

1st Stage 1

9th

Notes and References

Web site: Lotto Soudal Ladies. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 23 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210123222250/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15392/1001101/277. 23 January 2021.
Web site: Liv Racing Teqfind. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 14 August 2023.
Web site: Liv AlUla Jayco. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 18 February 2024.
Web site: Silke Smulders . firstcycling.com . 16 August 2024.
Web site: Silke Smulders naar Lotto Soudal: ‘Ik word prof, dat is wel een stap’ . BN de Stem. 16 November 2020. 30 July 2021.
Web site: Silke Smulders is ambitieus en maakt stappen: ‘Ik merk dat ik het niveau van de World Tour aankan’ . Brabants Dagblad. 10 December 2021. 30 July 2021. nl.