Thalita de Jong

Thalita de Jong
	De Jong, in her world champion skin-suit riding during a 2016 cyclo-cross race at Cauberg
Personal information
Born	6 November 1993; Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
Team information
Current team	Experza–Footlogix
Discipline	Road and cyclo-cross
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
2012–2016	Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team
2017	Lares–Waowdeals
2018-	Experza–Footlogix
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)
Representing Netherlands
Women's cyclo-cross
World Championships
European Championships

Thalita de Jong (born 6 November 1993) is a Dutch racing cyclist.^[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] 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] She is the older sister of fellow professional cyclist, Demi de Jong. De Jong's suffered a 2017 cyclocross season ending injury, falling at the Hoogerheide World Cup. 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]

Major results

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

1st Stage 2

4th European U23 Time Trial Championship

4th European U23 Road Race Championship

4th Omloop van het Hageland–Tielt-Winge

2015

1st Erondegemse Pijl

2nd Grote Prijs De Wielkeszuigers

3rd GP Gippingen

3rd European U23 Time Trial Championship

4th European U23 Road Race Championship

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

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

↑ "Thalita de Jong". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
↑ "World Championships WE - Team Time Trial". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
↑ "2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships". CyclingNews. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
↑ "Welcome to the family, Thalita!". Lares-Waowdeals. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
↑ "Nog geen einde aan rampseizoen van de ex-wereldkampioene veldrijden". Wielerverhaal. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
↑ Stevens, Geert (23 September 2017). "Sport Vlaanderen doekt vrouwenploeg op, Experza-Footlogix nieuwe UCI-ploeg". Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 23 January 2018.

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