Iris Slappendel

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

Iris Slappendel

Slappendel in 2014
Personal information
Nickname	Slappy[1]
Born	(1985-02-18) 18 February 1985 (age 40) 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)
Medal record Women's road cycling Representing the  Netherlands World University Cycling Championship 2008 Nijmegen Time trial

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 Omloop Van De Blauwe Stad

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 Omloop Door Middag-humsterland

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