Jonas Walton

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Jonas Walton
Personal information
Born (2004-03-06) 6 March 2004 (age 21) [1]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team Project Echelon Racing
Disciplines
RoleRider
Amateur team
2021–2022Hot Tubes Cycling
Professional teams
2023–2024 Team Ecoflo Chronos
2025– Project Echelon Racing

Jonas Walton (born 6 March 2004) is a Canadian/American professional cyclist who rides for UCI Continental team Project Echelon Racing. In 2022, he broke the junior hour record. His father is Olympic silver medalist cyclist Brian Walton.

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Early life

Jonas Walton was a keen middle distance runner until injury forced him to pursue lower impact pursuits. He attended Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, North Carolina with a major in economics and a minor in Data Analytics. [2]

Career

Walton set a new the junior hour record with a distance of 50.792 km on 17 October 2022 in Aguascalientes, Mexico. [3] [4]

He rode on 2023 and 2024 on the Continental level with the Canadian Team Ecoflo Chronos. [2] In 2024, he won the Canadian U23 time trial national championship and won pair of gold medals on the road at USA Cycling Collegiate nationals, winning both the Varsity criterium and individual time trial. [2] He was part of the Canadian team that finished seventh in the Mixed team relay at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships. [5] He was also selected for the U23 road race and U23 individual time trial. [6]

Ahead of the 2025 season he signed to ride for UCI Continental team Project Echelon Racing. [2] [7]

Personal life

His parents are Dana Gygory Walton, an eight time world champion at UCI Masters Track World Championships, and former Canadian road race champion and Olympic medalist Brian Walton. He has dual citizenship of the USA and Canada. [2] [8]

Major results

2021
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta Junior a la Ribera del Duer
2022
3rd Time trial, American National Junior Road Championships
9th Overall Tour de DMZ  [ fr ]
2023
3rd Time trial, Canadian National Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Chrono des Nations Under-23
2024
1st Jersey of Canada.svg Time trial, Canadian National Under-23 Road Championships
4th Overall Tour of the Gila
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
2025
6th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships

References

  1. ↑ "Jonas Walton". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Tyson, Jackie (18 January 2025). "Track and field injury 'best thing to happen' that led Jonas Walton to junior Hour Record and new road focus". Cycling News. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  3. ↑ Weislo, Laura (17 October 2022). "Walton breaks Hour Record for juniors, sets new USA mark". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Rioux, William (6 November 2022). "Columbia County bicyclist breaks U.S. Junior World record". wrdw.com. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  5. ↑ Fotheringham, Alasdair (September 25, 2024). "UCI Road World Championships: Australia wins Mixed Relay TTT by a fraction of a second to secure world title". Cycling News. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  6. ↑ Hansen, Matt (18 September 2024). "Canadian team announced for the 2024 UCI road worlds". cyclingmagazine.ca. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  7. ↑ Tyson, Jackie (December 18, 2024). "Bassett, McGill, Rhim return to Project Echelon Racing's 15-rider roster to 'replicate results'". Cycling News. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  8. ↑ Hansen, Matt (18 October 2022). "Brian Walton's son just smashed the U.S. junior hour record". cyclingmagazine.ca. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
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