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Ben Goddard

'Super happy' Shirin van Anrooij taking steps back to the top of the sport with second place in Koksijde

KOKSIJDE, BELGIUM - DECEMBER 21: Shirin Van Anrooij of Netherlands and Team Baloise Glowi Lions competes during the 19th UCI Cyclo-Cross World Cup Koksijde 2025 - Women's Elite on December 21, 2025 in Koksijde, Belgium. (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images).

Shirin Van Anrooij (Baloise-Glowi Lions) feels that she is improving 'step by step' after finishing runner-up in Sunday's UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup at Koksijde.

After the former junior and under-23 cyclocross world champion spent two years away from the sport undergoing surgery for iliac artery endofibrosis last winter, she returned in mid-November at the Tábor World Cup. Before Sunday, the 23-year-old's best result was third place in the Terralba World Cup in Sardinia two weeks ago.

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