De Jong, in her world champion skin-suit riding during a 2016 cyclo-cross race at Cauberg
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Born |
Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands |
6 November 1993 ||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | WM3 Pro Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road and cyclo-cross | ||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||
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2012– | Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||||||
Major wins | |||||||||||||||||||
UCI Womens World Cup One day races, classics & cyclo-cross
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Medal record
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UCI Womens World Cup
One day races, classics & cyclo-cross
Thalita de Jong (born 6 November 1993) is a Dutch racing cyclist. 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. She is the older sister of fellow professional cyclist, Demi de Jong.