Shirin van Anrooij has been compelled to finish her cyclocross season early after affected by a damaged rib sustained in a coaching crash.
Baloise Trek Lions confirmed in a medical replace on Instagram that Van Anrooij injured herself throughout a coaching crash simply forward of the Christmas block of cyclocross racing in December.
“Sadly, Shirin van Anrooij gained’t be racing CX races anymore this season. A tough crash throughout CX coaching induced her plenty of ache in her ribs, which she tried to struggle as a lot as potential,” Baloise Trek Lions confirmed in a medical replace on Instagram.
“However with one closely bruised and one damaged rib, the chance of racing is simply too massive. Her restoration is our precedence at this level.”
Regardless of injuring her ribs through the second to final week in December, Van Anrooij continued to race at Precise Cross Mol-Zilvermeer, the place she completed second and on the UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Antwerp, the place she completed sixth.
Though she began the World Cup in Gavere, she was not capable of end the race as a result of ache of her accidents.
“My thoughts mentioned sure, however my physique screamed no. I used to be so excited for the Christmas interval and able to present good type there, particularly in one in every of my favorite races. However a really heavy fall on my ribs throughout cross coaching made this unimaginable,” Van Anrooij mentioned after pulling out of the race in Gavere.
“Within the crosses of Mol and Antwerp, I used to be nonetheless capable of struggle the ache and journey good crosses, however right now, it was an excessive amount of.”
Van Anrooij had a robust season with a victory on the Trek Cup and two podiums on the Precise Cross sequence in Beringen and Mol, together with top-10 performances within the World Cup sequence.
She won’t be able to compete on the UCI World Championships held in Tabor in February. “Our precedence at the moment is her restoration,” Baloise Trek Lions mentioned.