Thalita de Jong

Thalita de Jong (born 6 November 1993) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Chevalmeire Cycling Team.[1] She competed in the 2013 UCI women's team time trial in Florence.[2] She won gold at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Zolder, Belgium.[3]

Thalita de Jong
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
Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
Team information
Current teamChevalmeire Cycling Team
Discipline
  • Road
  • Cyclo-cross
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2019Multum Accountants Ladies
2019Chevalmeire Cycling Team
Professional teams
2012–2016Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team
2017Lares–Waowdeals
2018Experza–Footlogix
2020–Chevalmeire Cycling Team
Major wins
UCI Womens World Cup
Open de Suede Vargarda TTT (2015)

One day races, classics & cyclo-cross

World Cyclo-cross Champion (2016)
European Cyclo-cross Champion (2017)
National Cyclo-cross Champion (2016)

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.[4] De Jong suffered a 2017 cyclocross season ending injury, falling at the Grand Prix Adri 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 an international team in 2018.[5][6] For the 2020 season, she joined the Chevalmeire Cycling team.[7]

Personal life

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

Major results

Road
2011
1st National Junior Time Trial Championship
3rd National Junior Road Race Championship
2012
1st Zuid-West-Nederland District Time Trial Championship
3rd Open de Suede Vargarda TTT
4th European U23 Time Trial Championship
2013
2nd World Time Team Trial Championships
2nd Overall Tour de Bretagne
2nd Open de Suede Vargarda TTT
6th European U23 Time Trial Championship
9th European U23 Road Race Championship
10th GP Leende
2014
2nd Open de Suede Vargarda TTT
3rd Overall Lotto Belisol Belgium Tour
1st Stage 2
4th European U23 Time Trial Championship
4th European U23 Road Race Championship
4th Dwars door de Westhoek
4th Ronde van Gelderland
4th Omloop van het Hageland–Tielt-Winge
6th Overall GP Elsy Jacobs
2015
1st Erondegemse Pijl
1st Open de Suede Vargarda TTT
2nd Grote Prijs De Wielkeszuigers
3rd World Team Time Trial Championships
3rd GP Gippingen
3rd European U23 Time Trial Championship
4th European U23 Road Race Championship
4th Overall Boels Rental Ladies Tour
1st Stage 6
2016
1st Stages 2a & 2b Giro del Trentino Alto Adige - Südtirol
1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia Femminile
1st Putte (Antwerp) Criterium
2nd Overall Tour of Norway
3rd Erondegemse Pijl

Cyclo-cross
2015–2016
1st World Cyclo-cross Championships
1st National Cyclo-cross Championships
1st Grand Prix du Nouvel-An, Pétange
1st Waaslandcross, De Ster (Sint-Niklaas)
1st Grand Prix of the Commune de Contern
1st Versluys Cyclocross, Bredene
2nd GP Adrie van der Poel, Hoogerheide
2nd Essen Cyclo-cross
2016–2017
1st European Cyclo-cross Championships
1st World Cup Valkenburg
1st Hotondcross, Ronse
1st Superprestige Spa-Francorchamps
1st Kasteelcross Zonnebeke
1st Grand Prix of the Commune de Contern
1st Versluys Cyclocross, Bredene
2nd Koppenbergcross
5th National Cyclo-cross Championships
2017–2018
1st Kasteelcross Zonnebeke
1st Grand Prix Möbel Alvisse
2nd GP Leuven
5th National Cyclo-cross Championships
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See also

References
  1. "Chevalmeire Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  2. "World Championships WE – Team Time Trial". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  3. "2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships". CyclingNews. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  4. "Welcome to the family, Thalita!". Lares–Waowdeals. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  5. "Nog geen einde aan rampseizoen van de ex-wereldkampioene veldrijden". Wielerverhaal. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  6. Stevens, Geert (23 September 2017). "Sport Vlaanderen doekt vrouwenploeg op, Experza-Footlogix nieuwe UCI-ploeg". Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  7. "Women's Cycling Profiles: Thalita de Jong". ProCyclingUK. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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