Thalita de Jong (born 6 November 1993) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for Dutch amateur team JEGG–DJR Academy.[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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| Born | 6 November 1993 Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | JEGG–DJR Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019 | Multum Accountants Ladies | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Chevalmeire Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | JEGG–DJR Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2012–2016 | Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Lares–Waowdeals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Experza–Footlogix | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Chevalmeire Cycling Team[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editShe 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
editShe is the older sister of fellow professional cyclist, Demi de Jong.
Major results
editCyclo-cross
edit- 2015–2016
- 1st
UCI World Championships - 1st
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
UEC European Championships - UCI World Cup
- 1st Cauberg
- Superprestige
- Brico Cross
- 1st Bredene
- 1st Zonnebeke
- 1st Contern
- 2nd Overall DVV Trophy
Road
edit- 2011
- National Junior Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 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
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
Sprints classification - 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 2 (TTT)
- 1st
- 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
Team time trial, UCI World Championships - UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 3rd
Time trial - 4th Road race
- 3rd
- 3rd GP Gippingen
- 4th Overall Holland Tour
- 1st
Young rider classficiation - 1st Stage 6
- 1st
- 10th Holland Hills Classic
- 2016
- 1st Stage 9 Giro Rosa
- 2nd Overall Tour of Norway
- 1st Young rider classficiation
- 1st
- 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
Mountains classification
- 1st
- 7th Overall Tour International de l'Ardèche
- 2022
- 1st Ronde de Mouscron
- 3rd Volta Limburg Classic
- 4th Drentse Acht van Westerveld
- 5th Leiedal Koerse
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Chevalmeire Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Bingoal-Chevalmeire Cycling Team". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Thalita de Jong na sprintzege: "Hectisch, maar heel cool"" [Thalita de Jong after sprint victory: "Hectic, but very cool"]. WielerFlits.nl (in Dutch). WielerFlits BV. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ Rook, Anne-Marije (8 February 2016). "Five things to know about new CX world champion Thalita de Jong". CyclingTips. CyclingTips Media Pty Ltd. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Women's Cycling Profiles: Thalita de Jong". ProCyclingUK. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ Price, Matilda (3 March 2022). "Thalita de Jong returns to Liv Racing Xstra". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
External links
edit- Thalita de Jong at UCI
- Thalita de Jong at Cycling Archives
- Thalita de Jong at ProCyclingStats
- Thalita de Jong at Cycling Quotient
- Thalita de Jong at CycleBase
- Thalita de Jong at UCI
- Thalita de Jong at Cross Results
