Shirin van Anrooij rode for Demi Vollering during the World Championships, but in the final she also competed for the world title in the U23 category, with a silver medal as a result. That was not the plan beforehand, because her focus was on the elite competition.
Early in the race, at Crow Road, Van Anrooij was already dropped, but she managed to make her way back to the front of the race. "I actually felt really bad in the beginning. I was also dropped on that long climb, no idea why that happened. Then we came back and then I knew: okay, this is a new race, new opportunities."