Silke Smulders

Silke Smulders
Smulders in 2023
Personal information
Born (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001
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
2022–2023Liv Racing TeqFind
2024–Liv AlUla Jayco[1]

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

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.[2] That season, she finished 5th in the youth classification of the 2021 Giro Rosa. Smulders moved in 2022 to Liv Racing Xstra.[3] 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.

Smulders crashed during stage 2 of the 2026 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, fracturing her lumbar vertebrae. She was forced to abandon the stage, and the race.[4] This comes after an earlier training crash, forcing her to miss the 2026 Women's Tour Down Under.[5]

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
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. ^ a b "Silke Smulders". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Silke Smulders naar Lotto Soudal: 'Ik word prof, dat is wel een stap'". BN de Stem. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Silke Smulders fractured lumbar vertebrae in stage 2 crash at Setmana Valenciana". vcpcycling.com. 14 February 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  5. ^ Mitchell, Mathew (3 January 2026). "Silke Smulders to miss 2026 Tour Down Under after training crash". procyclinguk.com. Retrieved 3 March 2026.


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