Thalita de Jong

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Thalita de Jong
Thalita de Jong Cauberg 2016.jpg
De Jong, in her world champion skin-suit riding during a 2016 cyclo-cross race at Cauberg
Personal information
Born (1993-11-06) 6 November 1993 (age 31)
Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
Team information
Current teamJEGG–DJR Academy
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Cyclo-cross
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2019 Multum Accountants Ladies
2019 Chevalmeire Cycling Team
2022 JEGG–DJR Academy
Professional teams
2012–2016 Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team
2017 Lares–Waowdeals
2018 Experza–Footlogix
2020–2022 Chevalmeire Cycling Team [1] [2]
2022–2023 Liv Racing–Xstra
2024 Lotto–Dstny Ladies
2025– Human Powered Health
Major wins
Cyclo-cross
World Championships (2016)
European Championships (2016)
National Championships (2016)
World Cup
1 individual win (2016–17)
Medal record
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Women's cyclo-cross
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Zolder Elite
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 PontchâteauElite

Thalita de Jong (born 6 November 1993) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Human Powered Health. [3] In 2016, de Jong won the elite women's title at the Dutch National Cyclo-cross Championships, the UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships and the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. [4]

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Career

She competed in the 2013 UCI women's team time trial in Florence. [5] She won gold at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Zolder, Belgium. [6]

After five years with Rabo–Liv, in August 2016 Lares–Waowdeals announced that de Jong would join them for the 2017 season, leading the team on the road and in cyclo-cross. [7] De Jong suffered a 2017 cyclocross season ending injury, falling at the Grand Prix Adrie van der Poel. Medical issues plagued her 2017 road season, by the end of the year, de Jong signed with the former Sport Vlaanderen–Guill D'or as it became Experza–Footlogix in 2018. [8] [9] During the 2019 season, she joined the Chevalmeire Cycling Team. [10] She remained with the team until early in the 2022 season. Following several top-five finishes in the spring with JEGG–DJR Academy, de Jong will join Liv Racing–Xstra from June, a team she had previously turned professional with. [11]

Personal life

She is the older sister of fellow professional cyclist, Demi de Jong.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2015–2016
1st Jersey rainbow.svg UCI World Championships
1st MaillotHolanda.PNG National Championships
Bpost Bank Trophy
1st Sint-Niklaas
2nd Essen
1st Bredene
1st Ardooie
1st Pétange
1st Contern
UCI World Cup
2nd Hoogerheide
2016–2017
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg UEC European Championships
UCI World Cup
1st Cauberg
Superprestige
1st Spa-Francorchamps
Brico Cross
1st Bredene
1st Zonnebeke
1st Contern
2nd Overall DVV Trophy
1st Ronse
2nd Koppenberg
3rd Hamme
3rd Essen
3rd Loenhout
3rd Baal
2017–2018
1st Zonnebeke
1st Leudelange
2nd Leuven
2019–2020
2nd Contern

Road

2011
National Junior Championships
1st MaillotHolanda.PNG Time trial
3rd Road race
8th Overall Tour de Bretagne
2012
1st Time trial, Zuid-West-Nederland District Championships
3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
4th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2013
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Team time trial, UCI World Championships
2nd Overall Tour de Bretagne
1st Young rider classification
2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
UEC European Under-23 Championships
6th Time trial
9th Road race
10th GP Leende
2014
2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
3rd Overall Belgium Tour
1st Jersey green.svg Sprints classification
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
1st Stage 2 (TTT)
UEC European Under-23 Championships
4th Time trial
4th Road race
4th Dwars door de Westhoek
4th Ronde van Gelderland
4th Omloop van het Hageland
6th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois Elsy Jacobs
10th Overall Tour of Norway
2015
1st Erondegemse Pijl
1st Crescent World Cup Vårgårda TTT
2nd Grote Prijs De Wielkeszuigers
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Team time trial, UCI World Championships
UEC European Under-23 Championships
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Time trial
4th Road race
3rd GP Gippingen
4th Overall Holland Tour
1st Jersey light blue.svg Young rider classficiation
1st Stage 6
10th Holland Hills Classic
2016
1st Stage 9 Giro Rosa
2nd Overall Tour of Norway
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classficiation
3rd Erondegemse Pijl
6th Overall Giro del Trentino
1st Points classification
1st Stages 2a (TTT) & 2b
2017
5th Dwars door Vlaanderen
2021
1st Grote Prijs Beerens
5th Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
7th Overall Tour International de l'Ardèche
2022
1st Ronde de Mouscron
3rd Volta Limburg Classic
4th Drentse Acht van Westerveld
5th Leiedal Koerse
8th Road race, National Championships
2024
1st Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
1st Stages 1 & 2
2nd Altez GP Oetingen
2nd Dwars door het Hageland
2nd Overall Tour de la Semois
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
1st Stage 2
3rd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
3rd Overall Baloise Ladies Tour
5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
5th Overall Bretagne Ladies Tour
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st MaillotCyan.PNG Mountains classification
7th Overall Itzulia Women
8th Le Samyn des Dames
8th Tour de Normandie Féminin
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
8th Gent–Wevelgem
9th Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
10th Overall Tour de France Femmes


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