
There was a vision of a gold medal and rainbow jersey pulling Shirin van Anrooij toward the finish line in Maastricht as she launched a solo attack with under 15km to go at the UCI Gravel World Championships on Saturday.
However, a 20-second margin faded and was blown apart, and she was caught just a few hundred metres from the finish line by the charging group led by her Dutch teammates, Lorena Wiebes out-sprinting defending gravel winner Marianne Vos, for the title at the 2025 UCI Gravel World Championship.