Shirin van Anrooij will not compete in the cyclocross or early road race season while recovering from surgery for the treatment of iliac artery extension done on 10/31. Her team Lidl-Trek confirmed in a medical update that the Dutch multi-discipline rider will return to the competition on May 5.

"After some hard months of bike on and off, we finally got to the bottom of what was causing problems with my left foot. I had a successful operation to repair a narrowing of my external iliac artery. It was definitely a scary discovery at first, but it's nice that everything went well and we can start recovering from now on," Van Anluey said.

"I have a long journey before my eyes! Sadly, this does not mean CX for me in 2024/2025 because it will be about half a year until I can think properly about the race again, but I think

"All the support I have received from my friends, family, team staff and teammates is incredible." It has been unwound! I want to thank everyone who has been with me every step of the way through this because it has made this process much easier.

Van Anrooij said he experienced an "unusual sensation in his left foot" late in the road racing season. On May 9, due to unexplained lingering pain and power loss in his left leg, he was forced to withdraw from the UCI Road World Championship and make a difficult decision to end the season early.

She was later diagnosed with stenosis of the external iliac artery.

Van Anrooij, a multi-discipline racer of the Road and Cyclocross, has made significant progress in races at WorldTour over the past two seasons with victories at Trofeo Alfredo Vinda and podiums in other major races at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Dwarves Door Vlaanderen, Tour of Flanders Amstel Gold Race. She has also won overall titles in the Youth division of the Women's World Tour over 3 seasons.

In Cyclocross, Van Anluey won multiple UCI Cyclocross World Cups over the 2023-24 and 2022-23 seasons, took 3rd place overall in the series rankings and won the under・23 world title.

Van Anrooij provided medical information to instagram and confirmed that he was not ready to return to the competition for at least 6 months.

"My offseason will be a little longer this year," she wrote. "After a few hard months of bike on and off, we finally got to the bottom of what was causing problems with my left leg and I saw a narrowing of my external iliac artery

"It was definitely a scary discovery at first, but everything went well and I was able to finally start recovering, so I turned to a big smile. I went back.

"And special thanks to the entire medical team of Maxima MC Veldhoven for taking good care of me like that."