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Shirin van Anrooij feels 'my chance at the world title was taken away' as another Dutch rider helped close her solo lead at Gravel World Championships

Shirin van Anrooij.

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.

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