Jonas Walton
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 March 2004[1] |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Project Echelon Racing |
| Disciplines | |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2021–2022 | Hot Tubes Cycling |
| Professional teams | |
| 2023–2024 | Team Ecoflo Chronos |
| 2025– | Project Echelon Racing |
Jonas Walton (born 6 March 2004) is a Canadian/American professional cyclist who rides for UCI Continental team Project Echelon Racing. In 2022, he broke the junior hour record. His father is Olympic silver medalist Brian Walton.
Early life
[edit]He was a keen middle distance runner until injury forced him to pursue lower impact pursuits. He attended Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, North Carolina with a major in economics and a minor in Data Analytics.[2]
Career
[edit]He set a new the junior hour record with a distance of 50.792 km on 17 October 2022 in Aguascalientes, Mexico.[3][4]
He rode on 2023 and 2024 on the Continental level with the Canadian Team Ecoflo Chronos.[2] In 2024, he won the Canadian U23 time trial national championship and won pair of gold medals on the road at USA Cycling Collegiate nationals, winning both the Varsity criterium and individual time trial. [2] He was part of the Canadian team that finished seventh in the Mixed team relay at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships.[5] He was also selected for the U23 road race and U23 individual time trial.[6]
Ahead of the 2025 season he signed to ride for UCI Continental team Project Echelon Racing.[2][7]
Personal life
[edit]His parents are Dana Gygory Walton, an eight time world champion at UCI Masters Track World Championships, and former Canadian road race champion and Olympic medalist Brian Walton. He has dual citizenship of the USA and Canada.[2][8]
Major results
[edit]- 2021
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta Junior a la Ribera del Duer
- 2022
- 3rd Time trial, American National Junior Road Championships
- 9th Overall Tour de DMZ
- 2023
- 3rd Time trial, Canadian National Under-23 Road Championships
- 3rd Chrono des Nations Under-23
- 2024
- 1st
Time trial, Canadian National Under-23 Road Championships - 4th Overall Tour of the Gila
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
References
[edit]- ^ "Jonas Walton". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Tyson, Jackie (18 January 2025). "Track and field injury 'best thing to happen' that led Jonas Walton to junior Hour Record and new road focus". Cycling News. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (17 October 2022). "Walton breaks Hour Record for juniors, sets new USA mark". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ Rioux, William (6 November 2022). "Columbia County bicyclist breaks U.S. Junior World record". wrdw.com. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (September 25, 2024). "UCI Road World Championships: Australia wins Mixed Relay TTT by a fraction of a second to secure world title". Cycling News. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ Hansen, Matt (18 September 2024). "Canadian team announced for the 2024 UCI road worlds". cyclingmagazine.ca. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ Tyson, Jackie (December 18, 2024). "Bassett, McGill, Rhim return to Project Echelon Racing's 15-rider roster to 'replicate results'". Cycling News. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ Hansen, Matt (18 October 2022). "Brian Walton's son just smashed the U.S. junior hour record". cyclingmagazine.ca. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
External links
[edit]- Jonas Walton at ProCyclingStats
