Shirin van Anrooij

Shirin van Anrooij (born 5 February 2002) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . 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 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 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

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 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

Superprestige 3rd Boom 2023–2024 1st Waterloo Exact Cross 2nd Mol 3rd Beringen 2025–2026 UCI World Cup 2nd Koksijde 3rd Terralba 5th Zonhoven 5th Hoogerheide X²O Badkamers Trophy 2nd Hofstade

Gravel 2025 5th UCI World Championships

Road

2019

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 Young rider classification, Tour de France 1st Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden (TTT) 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Challenge by La Vuelta

5th Omloop van het Hageland 6th Vuelta a Burgos 7th Le Samyn 9th Strade Bianche 2023 1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda

3rd Amstel Gold Race 5th Brabantse Pijl 8th Tour of Flanders 9th Dwars door Vlaanderen 2024 2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen 4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 5th Strade Bianche 10th Setmana Ciclista Valenciana 1st Young rider classification 2026 6th Overall Vuelta a Burgos Feminas 1st Young rider classification