Silke Smulders (born 1 April 2001) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .
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 . That season, she finished 5th in the youth classification of the 2021 Giro Rosa. Smulders moved in 2022 to . She competed at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes. After the team folded at the end of 2023, she signed with 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. This comes after an earlier training crash, forcing her to miss the 2026 Women's Tour Down Under.
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 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
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