Thalita de Jong
Thalita de Jong 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 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.Major results
Cyclo-cross
;2015–2016;2016–2017
;2017–2018
;2019–2020
Road
;2011;2012
;2013
;2014
;2015
;2016
;2017
;2021
;2022
;2024
;2025