Shirin van Anrooij fights her way to podium at Vuelta a Burgos Feminas: "I just tried to push with everything I had left"

Shirin van Anrooij continues in her breakthrough season as she finishes Vuelta a Burgos Feminas on the final podium, 2nd in GC to be precise.

"I am super happy about today's stage and the race as a whole. I was suffering a lot on the final climb and could see from looking at my power on the early slopes that I wasn't going to be able to go with Demi for the whole climb," Van Anrooij said after the race.

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"I just tried to push with everything I had left to end in front of Moolman-Pasio to know for sure that I would finish on the podium of the GC. I had Markel Irizar as the DS in my ear and he was really motivating me throughout the whole climb and talking me to the top."

After losing Vollering's wheel, she defended a steady 20-second lead over the following group with Moolman-Pasio and Dygert for a long time. The 20-year old talent gave her everything on the final climb, narrowly holding off Moolman, while Dygert cracked on the steeper part of the climb and lost over a minute, more than enough for van Anrooij to jump into second overall.

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