Thalita de Jong

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.

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.

Cyclo-cross

 * 2015–2016
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg UCI World Championships
 * 1st MaillotHolanda.PNG 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 European champion jersey 2016.svg 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 MaillotHolanda.PNG 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 Silver medal uci.svg 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 Jersey green.svg Sprints classification
 * 1st Jersey white.svg 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 Bronze medal uci.svg Team time trial, UCI World Championships
 * UEC European Under-23 Championships
 * 3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Time trial
 * 4th Road race
 * 3rd GP Gippingen
 * 4th Overall Holland Tour
 * 1st Jersey light blue.svg Young rider classficiation
 * 1st Stage 6
 * 10th Holland Hills Classic


 * 2016
 * 1st Stage 9 Giro Rosa
 * 2nd Overall Tour of Norway
 * 1st Jersey white.svg 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 Jersey polkadot.svg 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