Iris Slappendel
 Slappendel in 2014 | ||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Slappy[1] | |||||||||||||
| Born | 18 February 1985 Gouda, South Holland, Netherlands | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Vrienden van het Platteland | |||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Team Flexpoint | |||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Cervélo TestTeam | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team | |||||||||||||
| 2015 | Bigla Pro Cycling Team | |||||||||||||
| 2016 | UnitedHealthcare | |||||||||||||
| Major wins | ||||||||||||||
| Open de Suède Vårgårda (2012) National Road Race Championships (2014) | ||||||||||||||
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Iris Slappendel (born 18 February 1985) is a Dutch former road racing cyclist.
Career[]
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 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, the Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden and La Route de France.[3]
In September 2014 Slappendel announced that she would join the Bigla Pro Cycling Team for the 2015 season.[4] 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]
Personal life[]
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.[5] Since retiring, Slappendel 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 from 2015 to 2017,[7] Slappendel now dedicates her time to The Cyclists' Alliance as executive director.[8]
Major results[]
- 2006
- 3rd Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
- 2007
- 8th Road race, National Road Championships
- 2008
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 9th Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
- 10th Peperbus Profspektakel
- 2009
- 2nd
- 3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
- 3rd Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
- 4th Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen
- 8th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 9th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 9th Omloop van Borsele
- 2010
- 1st Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
- 2nd Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
- 3rd Parkhotel Rooding Hills Classic
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th
- 8th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 1st Stage 6
- 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 10th Ronde van Drenthe
- 2011
- 3rd Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
- 3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Erondegemse Pijl
- 6th Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
- 7th Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin
- 7th Open de Suède Vårgårda
- 8th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
- 9th Omloop van Borsele
- 2012
- 1st GP Comune di Cornaredo
- 1st Open de Suède Vårgårda
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Time trial
- 10th Road race
- 3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
- 4th Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 4th Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
- 1st Prologue
- 6th Overall Energiewacht Tour
- 6th Erondegemse Pijl
- 6th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
- 2013
- 2nd Grand Prix de Dottignies
- 3rd Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
- 8th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 8th Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin
- 8th Overall Energiewacht Tour
- 2014
- 1st Overall Sprints classification UCI Women's Road World Cup
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1st Stage 7 La Route de France
- 8th Ronde van Overijssel
- 10th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
- 10th Ronde van Drenthe World Cup
- 2015
- 8th Gent–Wevelgem
- 2016
- 1st Gateway Cup
References[]
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "Iris Slappendel calls time on career". cyclingnews.com. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ^ "Slappendel confirms move to Bigla". cyclingnews.com. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "Iris Slappendel: cyclist, designer and winner". Union Cycliste Internationale. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ Iris Slappendel. "Iris Slappendel starts new chapter". I-ris.cc. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ Anne-Marije Rook (13 June 2015). "UCI Athletes Commission elects new members". CyclingTips.com. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ "The Cyclists' Alliance about us". The Cyclists' Alliance. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
External links[]
- Official website
- Iris Slappendel at ProCyclingStats
- Iris Slappendel at Cycling Archives
- Iris Slappendel profile at Cycling Quotient
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Dutch female cyclists
- Sportspeople from Gouda, South Holland
- UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands