Silke Smulders

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Silke Smulders
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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 team Liv AlUla Jayco
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2020Watersley Race & Development CT
Professional teams
2021 Lotto–Soudal Ladies [1]
2022–2023 Liv Racing–Xstra [2]
2024– Liv AlUla Jayco

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]

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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
9th GP Oetingen  [ fr ]

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References

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  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.
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