Thalita de Jong

Thalita de Jong (born 6 November 1993) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . 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.

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 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. 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 joined from June, a team she had previously turned professional with.

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

Major results Cyclo-cross

2015–2016

Bpost Bank Trophy 1st Sint-Niklaas 2nd Essen 1st Bredene 1st Ardooie 1st Pétange 1st Contern UCI World Cup 2nd Hoogerheide 2016–2017

UCI World Cup 1st Cauberg Superprestige 1st Spa-Francorchamps Brico Cross 1st Bredene 1st Zonnebeke 1st Contern 2nd Overall DVV Trophy 1st Ronse 2nd Koppenberg 3rd Hamme 3rd Essen 3rd Loenhout 3rd Baal 2017–2018 1st Zonnebeke 1st Leudelange 2nd Leuven 2019–2020 2nd Contern

Road

2011 National Junior Championships

3rd Road race 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 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 Stage 2 (TTT) 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

UEC European Under-23 Championships

4th Road race 3rd GP Gippingen 4th Overall Holland Tour

1st Stage 6 10th Holland Hills Classic 2016 1st Stage 9 Giro Rosa 2nd Overall Tour of Norway

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

7th Overall Tour International de l'Ardèche 2022 1st Ronde de Mouscron 3rd Volta Limburg Classic 4th Drentse Acht van Westerveld 5th Leiedal Koerse 2024 1st Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche 1st Points classification 1st Mountains classification 1st Stages 1 & 2 2nd Overall Tour de la Semois 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 2 2nd Dwars door het Hageland 2nd Altez GP Oetingen 3rd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria 3rd Overall Baloise Ladies Tour 5th Overall Bretagne Ladies Tour 1st Points classification 1st Mountains classification 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 7th Overall Itzulia Women 8th Le Samyn 8th Tour de Normandie 1st Points classification 8th Gent–Wevelgem 9th Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana 10th Overall Tour de France 2025 1st Trofeo Binissalem-Andratx 4th Trofeo Palma Femina 10th Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana 2026 10th Dwars door Vlaanderen