Iris Slappendel (born 18 February 1985) is a Dutch former

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

Career

She won the 2012

Open de Suède Vårgårda Open de Suède Vårgårda is an elite professional women's road bicycle event held annually in the Vårgårda Municipality of Sweden. Created in 2006, the Open de Suède Vårgårda was part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup until 2015 and sanc ...

road race, the penultimate event in the

2012 UCI Women's Road World Cup The 2012 UCI Women's Road World Cup was the 15th edition of the UCI Women's Road World Cup. The calendar was to retain the same races as the 2011 edition, with the only change being the rescheduling of the Ronde van Drenthe to be the first race, ...

. Slappendel took a total of five UCI race victories in her career, including the

GP Comune di Cornaredo The GP Comune di Cornaredo is an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Italy and is currently rated by the UCI as a 1.2 race. Past winners References Cycle races in Italy Women's road bicycle races Rec ...

and stages of the

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, the

Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden The Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden also known as Rabo Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden due to former sponsorships reasons is a 3 days elite women's road bicycle stage race held in the province of Zeeland, Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau ...

and

La Route de France The Route de France Féminine is a women's cycle race. First held in 2006, it was rated 2.2 by the UCI for the 2006 and 2007 edition, and 2.1 since. The race was cancelled in 2011, but returned the next year. With the ending of the Grande Boucle ...

. In September 2014 Slappendel announced that she would join the for the 2015 season. After one season she moved to , racing mainly in North America. In September 2016 she announced her retirement from professional competition, having won her final race, the

Gateway Cup The Gateway Cup is a four-day criterium cycling race held in St. Louis, Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennesse ...

, earlier that month.

Personal life

Outside of cycling, she works

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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 The UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup was a season-long road bicycle competition for women organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale between 1998–2015. This competition consisted of a series (which has varied from 6 to 12 events) of rac ...

, to be used from the 2014 season. Since retiring, Slappendel has continued her career as a designer and started her own business that designs and manufactures cycling apparel. Having previously represented female riders in the UCI Athlete's Commission from 2015 to 2017, Slappendel now dedicates her time to

The Cyclists' Alliance The Cyclists' Alliance or TCA is the labor organization representing professional cyclists in UCI Women's World Tour (UCIWWT) events. The organisation, which operates out of Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, is led by Executive Director Iris Slappendel. ...

as executive director.

Major results

;2006 : 3rd Overall

;2007 : 8th Road race, National Road Championships ;

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: 5th

Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

, National Road Championships : 9th Overall

: 10th

Peperbus Profspektakel The Peperbus Profspektakel is a cycling criterium held in Zwolle, the Netherlands. The course is held within closed roads of the city center. The first edition was held in 1999, and is held annually on the third Wednesday after the Tour de France ...

;2009 : 2nd Omloop Van De Blauwe Stad : 3rd

Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT Open or OPEN may refer to: Music * Open (band), Australian pop/rock band * The Open (band), English indie rock band * ''Open'' (Blues Image album), 1969 * ''Open'' (Gotthard album), 1999 * ''Open'' (Cowboy Junkies album), 2001 * ''Open'' (Y ...

: 3rd

Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs The Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs formerly known as the Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs is an international women's road bicycle race held in Garnich, Luxembourg. Since 2008 this event is on the UCI women's elite cycle racing ...

: 4th

Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen The Chrono Champenois is a European individual time trial bicycle race held around Bétheny in France, in the Champagne region. The race has been organised as a 1.2 event since 1989 for women's and since 1998 there is also a men's race which is ...

: 8th

, National Road Championships : 9th Overall

Holland Ladies Tour The Holland Ladies Tourhttp://www.hollandladiestour.nl/ Official site is a women's elite professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in September since 1998 in the Netherlands. It's a tour with 6 or 7 stages. For sponsorship reasons ...

: 9th

Omloop van Borsele Omloop van Borsele ("Circuit of Borsele") is an elite List of women's road bicycle races, women's professional road bicycle race held annually since 2002 in Borsele, Netherlands. Since 2012 in women's road cycling, 2012, the event also contains a ...

;2010 : 1st

: 2nd Overall

: 3rd Parkhotel Rooding Hills Classic : 5th

, National Road Championships : 6th

Omloop Door Middag-humsterland Omloop is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Geert Omloop (born 1974), Belgian road racing cyclist * Laura Omloop (born 1999), Belgian pop singer * Wim Omloop Wim Omloop (born 5 October 1971) is a Belgian former cyclist. He ...

: 8th Overall

::1st Stage 6 : 10th

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Northwestern Europe, and ...

: 10th

Ronde van Drenthe Ronde van Drenthe ( en, Tour of Drenthe) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. Since 1998 there is also a women's event, kn ...

;2011 : 3rd Overall

Ladies Tour of Qatar The Tour of Qatar was an annual professional cycling stage race held in Qatar. First organized in 2002, the event was part of the UCI Asia Tour until 2016. The 2017 edition was to have seen the event upgraded to the UCI World Tour for the first ...

: 3rd

: 4th

, National Road Championships : 5th

Erondegemse Pijl Erondegemse Pijl (also known as Erpe-Mere) is an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Belgium and is currently rated by the UCI as a 1.2 race. Past winners References Cycle races in Belgium Women's ...

: 6th Overall

: 7th Overall

Trophée d'Or Féminin Trophée d'Or Féminin was a women's European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in France. The race was discontinued in 2016. Overall winners Jerseys As of the 2016 edition: : is worn by the overall leader of the race : is worn by the lea ...

: 7th

: 8th

7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg The 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg ( en, 7-villages circuit Aalburg; also known as the Rabobank 7-Dorpenomloop van Aalburg due to sponsorship reasons and the Dorpenomloop Wijk en Aalburg) was an elite women's road bicycle race held in and around Aalburg, ...

: 9th

;

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: 1st

: National Road Championships ::3rd

::10th Road race : 3rd

: 4th

Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

UCI Road World Championships The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay. Events ...

: 4th Overall

::1st Prologue : 6th Overall Energiewacht Tour : 6th

: 6th

;2013 : 2nd

Grand Prix de Dottignies The Grand Prix de Dottignies is an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country ...

: 3rd

Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik was an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held between Gooik and Geraardsbergen in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in ...

: 8th

, National Road Championships : 8th Overall

: 8th Overall Energiewacht Tour ;

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: 1st Overall Sprints classification

: 1st

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 7

: 8th

Ronde van Overijssel Ronde van Overijssel ( en, Tour of Overijssel) is an elite men's road bicycle racing event held annually in Overijssel, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. The event is UCI 1.2 rated, and is part of the UCI Europe Tou ...

: 10th Overall

: 10th Ronde van Drenthe World Cup ;2015 : 8th

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

;2016 : 1st

References

External links

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Iris Slappendel profile
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