# Thalita de Jong

Thalita de Jong (born 6 November 1993) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Human Powered Health. 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 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. 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. During the 2019 season, she joined the Chevalmeire Cycling Team. 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.

## Personal life

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

## Major results
### Cyclo-cross
#### 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
       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
       1st Time trial
       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 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)
    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 GP Gippingen
    4th Overall Holland Tour
       1st Young rider classficiation
       1st Stage 6
    10th Holland Hills Classic

#### 2016

    1st Stage 9 Giro Rosa
    2nd Overall Tour of Norway
       1st Young rider classficiation
    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
    7th Overall Tour International de l'Ardèche

#### 2022

    1st Ronde de Mouscron
    3rd Volta Limburg Classic
    4th Drentse Acht van Westerveld
    5th Leiedal Koerse
    8th Road race, National Championships

#### 2024

    1st Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
       1st Points classification
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stages 1 & 2
    2nd Altez GP Oetingen
    2nd Dwars door het Hageland
    2nd Overall Tour de la Semois
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stage 2
    3rd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
    3rd Overall Baloise Ladies Tour
    5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    5th Overall Bretagne Ladies Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Mountains classification
    7th Overall Itzulia Women
    8th Le Samyn des Dames
    8th Tour de Normandie Féminin
       1st Points classification
    8th Gent–Wevelgem
    9th Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
    10th Overall Tour de France Femmes

#### 2025

    1st Trofeo Binissalem-Andratx
    4th Trofeo Palma Femina
    10th Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana