Iris Slappendel
Iris Slappendel (born 18 February 1985) is a Dutch former road racing cyclist.
![]() Iris Slappendel 2014 in a new jersey for the leaders of the season-long classifications of the UCI Women's Road World Cup | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Nickname | Slappy[1] | |||||||||||||
Born | Gouda, South Holland, Netherlands | 18 February 1985|||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||
Professional teams | ||||||||||||||
2004–2006 | Vrienden van het Platteland | |||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Team Flexpoint | |||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Cervélo TestTeam | |||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Rabobank | |||||||||||||
2015 | Bigla Pro Cycling Team | |||||||||||||
2016 | UnitedHealthcare | |||||||||||||
Major wins | ||||||||||||||
Open de Suède Vårgårda (2012) National Road Race Championship (2014) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She won the 2012 Open de Suède Vårgårda road race, the penultimate event in the 2012 UCI Women's Road World Cup.[2] Slappendel took a total of five UCI race victories in her career, including the GP Comune di Cornaredo and stages of the International Thuringia Women's Cycling Tour, the Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden and La Route de France.[3]
Outside of cycling, she works freelance as a designer, and she won a competition to design new jerseys for the leaders of the season-long classifications of the UCI Women's Road World Cup, to be used from the 2014 season.[4]
In September 2014 Slappendel announced that she would join the Bigla Pro Cycling Team for the 2015 season.[5] After one season she moved to UnitedHealthcare, racing mainly in North America. In September 2016 she announced her retirement from professional competition, having won her final race, the Gateway Cup, earlier that month.[3]
Post cycling, Iris has continued her career as a designer and started her own business that designs and manufactures cycling apparel.[6] Having previously represented female riders in the UCI Athlete's Commission (2015-2017),[7] the former Dutch national road champion and winner of multiple UCI races now dedicates her time to The Cyclists' Alliance as Executive Director.[8]
Palmares
- 2007
- 8th National Road Race championships
- 2008)
- 5th National Time Trial championships
- 9th Overall 2008 RaboSter Zeeuwsche Eilanden
- 10th Peperbus Profspektakel
- 2009
- 2nd Omloop Van De Blauwe Stad
- 3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
- 3rd Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
- 4th Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen
- 8th Dutch National Time Trial championships
- 9th Omloop van Borsele
- 9th Overall Profile Ladies Tour
- 2010
- 1st 2010 Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
- 2nd Overall Rabo Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
- 3rd Parkhotel Rooding Hills Classic
- 5th Dutch National Time Trial championships
- 6th Omloop Door Middag-humsterland
- 8th Overall Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt Der Frauen
- 1st Stage 6
- 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 10th Ronde van Drenthe
- 2011
- 3rd Overall 2011 Ladies Tour of Qatar
- 3rd 2011 Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
- 4th National Time Trial championships
- 5th Erpe-mere
- 6th Overall Rabo Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
- 7th Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin
- 7th 2011 Open de Suède Vårgårda
- 8th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
- 9th EPZ Omloop van Borsele
- 2012
- 1st GP Comune di Cornaredo
- 1st Open de Suède Vårgårda
- 3rd 2012 Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
- 3rd 2012 Dutch National Time Trial championships
- 4th Overall Rabo Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
- 1st Prologue
- 4th UCI World Time Trial championships
- 6th Overall 2012 Energiewacht Tour
- 6th Erpe-Mere
- 6th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
- 10th National Road Race championships
- 2013
- 2nd Grand Prix de Dottignies
- 3rd Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik
- 8th Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin
- 8th Overall Energiewacht Tour
- 9th Points classification
- 8th 2013 Dutch National Time Trial championships
- 2014
- 1st
National Road Race championships
- 1st Overall Sprint classification, UCI Women's Road World Cup
- 1st Stage 7 La Route de France
- 2015
- 8th Gent–Wevelgem
- 2016
- 1st Gateway Cup
References
- "Iris Slappendel". Slipstream Sports. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- Atkins, Ben (19 August 2012). "Iris Slappendel wins Open de Suède Vårgårda in breakaway sprint". VeloNation.
- "Iris Slappendel calls time on career". cyclingnews.com. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- "Iris Slappendel: cyclist, designer and winner". Union Cycliste Internationale. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- "Slappendel confirms move to Bigla". cyclingnews.com. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- Iris Slappendel. "Iris Slappendel starts new chapter". www.i-ris.cc. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- Anne-Marije Rook (13 June 2015). "UCI Athletes Commission elects new members". . Retrieved 11 November 2019. External link in
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External links
- Official website
- Iris Slappendel at Cycling Archives
- Iris Slappendel profile at Cycling Quotient