Iris Slappendel

Iris Slappendel (born 18 February 1985) is a Dutch former road racing cyclist.

Iris Slappendel
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
NicknameSlappy[1]
Born (1985-02-18) 18 February 1985
Gouda, South Holland, Netherlands
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Team information
DisciplineRoad
Professional teams
2004–2006Vrienden van het Platteland
2007–2009Team Flexpoint
2010–2011Cervélo TestTeam
2012–2014Rabobank
2015Bigla Pro Cycling Team
2016UnitedHealthcare
Major wins
Open de Suède Vårgårda (2012)
National Road Race Championship (2014)
Medal record
Women's road cycling
Representing the  Netherlands
World University Cycling Championship
2008 Nijmegen Time trial

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
2006
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
  1. "Iris Slappendel". Slipstream Sports. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  2. Atkins, Ben (19 August 2012). "Iris Slappendel wins Open de Suède Vårgårda in breakaway sprint". VeloNation.
  3. "Iris Slappendel calls time on career". cyclingnews.com. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  4. "Iris Slappendel: cyclist, designer and winner". Union Cycliste Internationale. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  5. "Slappendel confirms move to Bigla". cyclingnews.com. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  6. Iris Slappendel. "Iris Slappendel starts new chapter". www.i-ris.cc. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  7. Anne-Marije Rook (13 June 2015). "UCI Athletes Commission elects new members". . Retrieved 11 November 2019. External link in |website= (help)
  8. "The Cyclists' Alliance about us". . Retrieved 11 November 2019. External link in |website= (help)
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