De Jong brings cyclo-cross world title back to the Netherlands
Thalita De Jong won the world title at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder on Saturday, which brought the elite women's rainbow jersey back to the Netherlands.
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (France) won the title in 2015 but she was not in attendance for this year’s championship race due to struggles with injury earlier in the season. Vos was the last Dutch winner of the women's cyclo-cross world title and held that prestige in 2006 and from 2009-2014.
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De Jong’s victory was a surprise, even to herself, after she said she had a poor start from the second-row and then had a couple of mishaps in the opening laps. She was forced to play a game of catch-up and did so steadily until she reconnected with the front group. She made her winning attack on the last lap and took a solo win.
“After [messing up] my start I thought to myself ‘OK, this was it. Just try to make a nice race from it and get a decent result’,” De Jong said after the race.
Caroline Mani (France) finished with the silver medal, while pre-race favourite Sanne Cant (Belgium) sprinted for the bronze medal ahead of Sophie De Boer (Netherlands)
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