# Shirin van Anrooij

Shirin van Anrooij (born 5 February 2002) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. and UCI Cyclo-Cross Pro Team Baloise Trek Lions. She is the current under 23 UCI Cyclo-cross World Champion.

## History

Shirin van Anrooij started out riding cyclo-cross in the 2010s, winning the junior race at the 2020 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, as well as the National Junior Championship. In November 2022, she won her first race in the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup, surprising the "Big Two" Fem Van Empel and Puck Pieterse to form what is now often referred to by commentators as "The Big Three". She came third overall in the 2022–2023 World Cup season. In February 2023, van Anrooij became the under 23 Cyclo-cross world champion.
On the road, van Anrooij joined the Lidl–Trek team in 2020 as a stagiaire. In 2022, she took the young rider classification at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes, and won the time trial at the Dutch National Under-23 Championships. At the 2022 UCI World Under-23 Championships in Wollongong, Australia, she took a silver medal.
In 2023, van Anrooij won her first major road race, winning the Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio. In 2024, van Anrooij won the youth classification of the UCI Women's World Tour for the third year in a row.

## Major results
### Cyclo-cross
#### 2018–2019

    3rd Contern

#### 2019–2020

    1st UCI World Junior Championships
    1st National Junior Championships
    1st Contern
    1st Pétange
    2nd Mol
    3rd UEC European Junior Championships
    DVV Trophy
       3rd Lille
    Rectavit Series
       3rd Neerpelt
    3rd Gullegem

#### 2020–2021

    5th UEC European Under-23 Championships

#### 2021–2022

    1st UEC European Under-23 Championships
    1st Gullegem
    1st Iowa City
    Ethias Cross
       2nd Beringen
    2nd UCI World Under-23 Championships
    2nd National Under-23 Championships
    X²O Badkamers Trophy
       2nd Hamme
       3rd Loenhout
    UCI World Cup
       4th Koksijde
       5th Dendermonde

#### 2022–2023

    1st UCI World Under-23 Championships
    3rd Overall UCI World Cup
       1st Beekse Bergen
       1st Gavere
       1st Zonhoven
       3rd Maasmechelen
       3rd Overijse
       3rd Hulst
       3rd Antwerpen
       3rd Benidorm
    X²O Badkamers Trophy
       1st Koksijde
       2nd Hamme
       3rd Koppenberg
    Exact Cross
       1st Mol
       1st Loenhout
    2nd Ardooie
    3rd UEC European Under-23 Championships
    Superprestige
       3rd Boom

#### 2023–2024

    1st Waterloo
    Exact Cross
       2nd Mol
       3rd Beringen

### Road
#### 2019

    1st Time trial, UEC European Junior Championships
    1st Time trial, National Junior Championships
    2nd Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships
    2nd Overall Watersley Ladies Challenge
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 2 (ITT)

#### 2021

    4th Overall Tour de Feminin
       1st Young rider classification

#### 2022

    UEC European Under-23 Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
    1st Young rider classification, Tour de France
    1st Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden (TTT)
    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Challenge by La Vuelta
    2nd Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships
    5th Omloop van het Hageland
    6th Vuelta a Burgos
    7th Le Samyn
    9th Strade Bianche

#### 2023

    1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda
    2nd Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships
    3rd Amstel Gold Race
    5th Brabantse Pijl
    8th Tour of Flanders
    9th Dwars door Vlaanderen

#### 2024

    4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    5th Strade Bianche
    10th Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
       1st Young rider classification