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.
“I’m super-happy with it,” said Van Anrooij. “I am very satisfied. I was actually quite good with the start and then a gap was created. In that second lap I was able to close it and in the end Lucinda [Brand] was just too strong on all the intermediate pieces.
“I feel like I’m not there yet to keep going all the time. I feel like I’m getting there step by step, it’s getting there again.”
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