Annemiek van Vleuten has recently been injured and will not compete in the uci Gravel World Championships, which will be held on Saturday in Veneto, Italy. The Dutch rider confirmed that she had a foot injury that prevented her from joining the national team for the Elite Women's 140km race.

"I cannot participate because of a foot injury. It looked like a great area to do gravel racing, so I think it's a shame," Van Vleuten said in a report for Wielerflits.

Van Vleuten received a wild card invitation to compete in the gravel World Championships and was set to join a wild card roster that included Demi Vollering, Lorena Wiebes, Riejanne Markus, Femke Markus, Yara Kastelijn, Tessa Neefjes and Noä Jansen. The Dutch roster, released by UCI, had 9 other riders, including Pauliena Louiejackers and Huffagravel, World Tour riders who won the Gravel World Series in Gravel One Fifty.

Van Vruten said earlier that she intended to compete in the Gravel World Championship for fun and that she had not trained specifically for the event.

"I don't have any ambition in my gravel career, so I think I'll end it here," Van Vleuten told AD last week. "I'm going to get on with this when I retire. I'm not prepared for it and I'm not going to train for it. I'm going to join and have a nice photo with Alejandro Valverde.

Van Vruten recently retired from his 16・year road racing career and competed in his last race on the Simac Ladies Tour on May 9. He is a world champion twice and multiple times in road races and time trials, and has become a staple in spring classics and grand tours.

She entered the final season of the year with an ambitious goal of winning all three grand tours, winning the La Vuelta Femenina and Giro d'Italia Donne, but was disappointed to finish fourth in the Tour de France Femme. The Elite women's race at the Gravel World Championship will take place on Saturday, the day before Van Vruten's 41st birthday, on 10/7 (Saturday) on a 140km route. The Elite Men's race continues on Sunday, crossing 169km.