Thalita de Jong (born 6 November 1993) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for Dutch amateur team JEGG–DJR Academy. 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 The UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships are the world championships for cyclo-cross organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Starting in 2020, six events are organized each year – men's elite, women's elite, men's under 23, wome ...

Career

She competed in the 2013 UCI women's team time trial in Florence. She won gold at the

2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships The 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships was the World Championship for cyclo-cross for the season 2015–16. It was held in Heusden-Zolder in Belgium on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31 January 2016. The championships featured five events, in add ...

in Zolder, Belgium. After five years with , in August 2016 announced that de Jong would join them for the 2017 season, leading the team on the road and in cyclo-cross. De Jong suffered a 2017 cyclocross season ending injury, falling at the

Grand Prix Adrie van der Poel The Grand Prix Adrie van der Poel is a cyclo-cross race held in Hoogerheide, Netherlands, which is part of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup. The race is named after former cyclo-cross world champion Adrie van der Poel Adrie van der Poel (born 17 ...

. Medical issues plagued her 2017 road season, by the end of the year, de Jong signed with the former as it became in 2018. During the 2019 season, she joined the . 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 from June, a team she had previously turned professional with.

Personal life

She is the older sister of fellow professional cyclist,

Demi de Jong Demi de Jong (born 11 February 1995) is a Dutch former road cyclist. As a junior, de Jong won the bronze medal in the women's junior time trial at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships. She started her professional career in 2014 at . In her la ...

Major results

Cyclo-cross

;2015–2016 : 1st Jersey rainbow

UCI World Championships : 1st MaillotHolanda

National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...

: Bpost Bank Trophy ::1st

Sint-Niklaas Sint-Niklaas (; french: Saint-Nicolas, ) is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Sint-Niklaas proper and the towns of Belsele, Nieuwkerken-Waas, and . Sint-Nikl ...

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Essen Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and D ...

: 1st Bredene : 1st Ardooie : 1st

Pétange Pétange (; lb, Péiteng, ; german: Petingen) is a Communes of Luxembourg, commune and town in south-western Luxembourg. It is part of the Esch-sur-Alzette (canton), canton of Esch-sur-Alzette. Pétange lies on the borders with both Belgium and F ...

: 1st Contern :

UCI World Cup The UCI World Cups are the World Cups for cycling disciplines organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale: * UCI Road World Cup (1989–2004) * UCI Women's Road World Cup (1998–2015) * UCI Mountain Bike World Cup * UCI Track Cycling World Cup ...

::2nd Hoogerheide ;2016–2017 : 1st European champion jersey 2016

UEC European Championships :

::1st Cauberg :

Superprestige The Cyclo-cross Superprestige is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, consisting of around 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of three season-long competitions, alongside the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup and t ...

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Spa-Francorchamps The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (), frequently referred to as ''Spa'', is a motor-racing circuit located in Stavelot, Belgium. It is the current venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, hosting its first Grand Prix in 1925, and has he ...

Brico Cross The Exact Cross is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, formerly known as the Ethias Cross and the Brico Cross, consisting of 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of six season-long competitions, alongside th ...

::1st Bredene : 1st Zonnebeke : 1st Contern : 2nd Overall DVV Trophy ::1st Ronse ::2nd

Koppenberg Koppenberg (literally "Heads Mountain") is a high hill in Oudenaarde, the Flemish Ardennes, Belgium. "Koppen" is an abbreviation for cobblestones which in Dutch slang language are called ''kinderkoppen'', or "children's heads". This climb is part ...

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Hamme Hamme () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Hamme proper, Kastel Moerzeke, and . In 2018, Hamme had a total population of 24,827. The total area is 40.21 km². The cur ...

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Loenhout Loenhout is a village and '' deelgemeente'' (sub-municipality) of the municipality of Wuustwezel in the province of Antwerp, Belgium. The village is located near the Dutch border, and about north-east of the city of Antwerp. History The are ...

::3rd Baal ;2017–2018 : 1st Zonnebeke : 1st Leudelange : 2nd

Leuven Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic ...

;2019–2020 : 2nd Contern

Road

;2011 : National Junior Championships ::1st MaillotHolanda

Time trial ::3rd Road race : 8th Overall

Tour de Bretagne Tour de Bretagne Cycliste, also known as the Tour de Bretagne trophée des granitiers and formerly known as Ruban Granitier Breton, is an annual early season professional cycling stage race held in late April and early May in Brittany, France. T ...

;2012 : 1st Time trial, Zuid-West-Nederland District Championships : 3rd

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: 4th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Championships ;2013 : 2nd Silver medal uci

Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

, UCI World Championships : 2nd Overall

::1st Young rider classification : 2nd

: UEC European Under-23 Championships ::6th Time trial ::9th Road race : 10th GP Leende ;2014 : 2nd

: 3rd Overall Belgium Tour ::1st Jersey green

Sprints classification ::1st Jersey white

Young rider classification ::1st Stage 2 ( TTT) : UEC European Under-23 Championships ::4th Time trial ::4th Road race : 4th

Dwars door de Westhoek The GP Stad Roeselare is an elite women's road bicycle race held annually in Roeselare, Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordere ...

: 4th Ronde van Gelderland : 4th

Omloop van het Hageland The Omloop van het Hageland (Tielt-Winge) is an elite women's professional road bicycle race held since 2007 in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europ ...

: 6th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois Elsy Jacobs : 10th Overall

Tour of Norway The Tour of Norway is a road bicycle race held annually in Norway. It is considered as a successor to the stage race Ringerike GP, which is now a one-day race. It was started in 2011 as a result of the heightened interest in cycling in Norway, ma ...

;2015 : 1st

Erondegemse Pijl Erondegemse Pijl (also known as Erpe-Mere) is an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Belgium and is currently rated by the UCI as a 1.2 race. Past winners References Cycle races in Belgium Women's ...

: 1st Crescent World Cup Vårgårda TTT : 2nd Grote Prijs De Wielkeszuigers : 3rd Bronze medal uci

, UCI World Championships : UEC European Under-23 Championships ::3rd Bronze medal europe

Time trial ::4th Road race : 3rd GP Gippingen : 4th Overall Holland Tour ::1st Jersey light blue

Young rider classficiation ::1st Stage 6 : 10th

Holland Hills Classic The Holland Hills Classic was a women's elite professional road bicycle racing, road bicycle race held annually between 2004 and 2016 in Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, the Netherlands. The race was categorised as a 1.1 UCI category race, and was ...

;2016 : 1st Stage 9

Giro Rosa The is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race. It was rebranded from 2013-2020 as the Giro Rosa, having been branded the Giro Donne until 2012 and again in 2021. It has been considered the most prestigious stage race in women's roa ...

: 2nd Overall

::1st

Young rider classficiation : 3rd

: 6th Overall

Giro del Trentino The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino ( en, Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...

::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

Mountains classification : 7th Overall Tour International de l'Ardèche ;2022 : 1st Ronde de Mouscron : 3rd

Volta Limburg Classic Volta Limburg Classic is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in late March or early April in Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, Netherlands. Since 2005, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. P ...

: 4th Drentse Acht van Westerveld : 5th Leiedal Koerse

References

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