Thalita de Jong

Thalita de Jong

De Jong riding in the 2016 Boels Rentals Hills Classic
Personal information
Born (1993-11-06) 6 November 1993
Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
Team information
Current team Rabo–Liv Women Cycling Team
Discipline Road and cyclo-cross
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2012– Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team

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.

Major results

Road

2011
1st National Junior Time Trial Championship
3rdNational 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
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

de Jong in the rainbow jersey signifying she is the current World Champion.
2014–2015
1st Grand-Prix de la Commune de Contern
2nd Grote Prijs De Wielkeszuigers
2nd Essen Cyclo-cross
2015–2016
1st World Cyclo-cross Championships
1st National Cyclo-cross Championships
1st Pétange Cyclo-cross
1st De Ster (Sint-Niklaas) Cyclo-cross
1st Ronse Cyclo-cross
2nd GP Adrie van der Poel
2016–2017
1st European Cyclo-cross Championships

See also

References

  1. "Thalita de Jong". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  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.
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