Christine Majerus

Christine Majerus (born 25 February 1987) is a Luxembourgish former professional road and cyclo-cross cyclist, who rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam and its predecessors from 2014 until her retirement in 2024. She won the 2013 Sparkassen Giro Bochum one-day road race and the general classification of the 2019 Holland Ladies Tour.

Majerus is one of the most dominant cyclists to come out of Luxembourg and is a 41-time national champion, holding 16 time trial titles, 12 cyclo-cross titles and 13 road race titles. She was named Luxembourgish Sportswoman of the Year in 2013 and in every ceremony from 2015 to 2021.

Career

Majerus began her sporting career in athletics and was the Luxembourg champion at the 400 and 800 metres several times before switching to cycling following a foot injury. She raced for the small UCI Women's team ESGL 93-GSD Gestion from 2008 to 2012, before transferring to for one year in 2013.

She joined in 2014 and remained with the team, now known as , until her retirement in 2024. She often acted as road captain and has frequently been referred to as a super-domestique, but has also placed as high as ninth on the UCI Women's Road World Rankings (in 2019).

Majerus is also a member of the Elite Sports Section of the Luxembourg Army. She completed her basic training in 2012 and was not required to perform active service during her subsequent professional cycling career.

Olympics

Majerus competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 21st. She also took part in the 2016 and 2020 Games, and carried the flag for Luxembourg at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2006–2007

3rd National Championships

2007–2008

3rd National Championships

2008–2009

2nd National Championships

2009–2010

1st National Championships

2010–2011

1st National Championships

2011–2012

1st National Championships

2012–2013

1st National Championships

2013–2014

1st National Championships

2014–2015

1st National Championships

National Trophy Series

:2nd Milton Keynes

2015–2016

1st National Championships

2nd Otegem

2nd Pétange

3rd Bensheim

2016–2017

1st National Championships

EKZ CrossTour

:1st Meilen

:2nd Baden

1st Otegem

1st Pétange

1st Leudelange

2nd Zonnebeke

Superprestige

:3rd Gavere

:3rd Spa-Francorchamps

2017–2018

1st National Championships

Coupe de France

:1st Jablines

:1st Flamanville

1st Pétange

EKZ CrossTour

:2nd Meilen

2nd Otegem

2nd Contern

3rd Rucphen

2018–2019

1st National Championships

1st Pétange

1st La Meziere

EKZ CrossTour

:2nd Meilen

:2nd Eschenbach

:3rd Hittnau

3rd Zonnebeke

2019–2020

1st National Championships

EKZ CrossTour

:1st Hittnau

:1st Meilen

1st Zonnebeke

2nd Troyes

2020–2021

EKZ CrossTour

:1st Hittnau

2021–2022

1st National Championships

1st Pétange

2023–2024

1st Pétange

2nd National Championships

Mountain Bike

1st Cross-country, Games of the Small States of Europe

Road

Source:

2007

National Championships

:1st Time trial

:3rd Road race

2008

National Championships

:1st Time trial

:2nd Road race

1st GP de la Ville de L'Hôpital

4th Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs

4th Trophée des Grimpeurs

2009

National Championships

:1st Time trial

:2nd Road race

2nd Wielertrofee Vlaanderen

3rd Cholet Pays de Loire

10th Chrono des Nations

2010

National Championships

:1st Time trial

:1st Road race

2nd Cholet Pays de Loire

2nd Beine-Nauroy

3rd Ladies Berry Classics Cher

5th GP Stad Roeselare

2011

1st Road race, Games of the Small States of Europe

National Championships

:1st Time trial

:1st Road race

1st Retonfrey Critérium

1st Thermse Kasseienomloop

2nd Sparkassen Giro

2nd Erondegemse Pijl

5th Cholet Pays de Loire

7th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik

8th Halle-Buizingen

9th Grand Prix de Dottignies

9th GP Stad Roeselare

2012

National Championships

:1st Time trial

:1st Road race

2nd Overall Nogent l'Abbesse et Beine-Nauroy

:1st Stage 1

4th Grand Prix de Dottignies

5th Overall Tour de Bretagne

5th Cholet Pays de Loire

7th Halle-Buizingen

8th Le Samyn

8th Tour of Flanders

2013

Games of the Small States of Europe

:1st Road race

:1st Time trial

National Championships

:1st Time trial

:1st Road race

1st Sparkassen Giro Bochum

1st Mountains classification, Thüringen Rundfahrt

3rd Erondegemse Pijl

6th Classica Citta di Padova

8th Omloop van het Hageland

9th Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs

9th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik

2014

National Championships

:1st Time trial

:1st Road race

3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT

4th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt

6th Sparkassen Giro

9th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik

10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

2015

National Championships

:1st Time trial

:1st Road race

2nd Team time trial, UCI World Championships

2nd Overall Tour de Bretagne

:1st Points classification

3rd Overall Energiewacht Tour

3rd Overall The Women's Tour

:1st Stage 3

3rd Novilon EDR Cup

3rd Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau

3rd Crescent Women World Cup Vårgårda TTT

4th Diamond Tour

6th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du Elsy Jacobs

6th Overall Tour of Norway

6th Sparkassen Giro

8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

8th Dwars door de Westhoek

10th La Course by Le Tour de France

2016

1st Team time trial, UCI World Championships

National Championships

:1st Time trial

:1st Road race

1st Dwars door de Westhoek

1st La Classique Morbihan

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Energiewacht Tour

1st Stage 1 The Women's Tour

1st Stage 2 (TTT) Holland Ladies Tour

2nd Drentse Acht van Westerveld

2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan

2nd Diamond Tour

3rd Omloop van Borsele

7th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du Elsy Jacobs

7th Le Samyn

9th Giro dell'Emilia

2017

National Championships

:1st Time trial

:1st Road race

1st Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs

:1st Points classification

:1st Stage 1

1st Crescent Vårgårda Team Time Trial

UCI World Championships

:2nd Team time trial

:6th Road race

2nd Overall The Women's Tour

:1st Points classification

:1st Sprints classification

4th Crescent Vårgårda Road Race

5th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour

:1st Stage 2 (TTT)

7th Overall Tour of Norway

2018

National Championships

:1st Time trial

:1st Road race

Crescent Vårgårda

:1st Team time trial

:6th Road race

2nd Team time trial, UCI World Championships

2nd Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs

:1st Stage 1

3rd Overall Healthy Ageing Tour

:1st Stage 1b (TTT)

3rd Three Days of Bruges–De Panne

4th Overall The Women's Tour

4th Overall Tour of Norway

2019

National Championships

:1st Time trial

:1st Road race

1st Overall Holland Ladies Tour

1st La Classique Morbihan

1st Grand Prix International d'Isbergues

4th Overall Tour de Yorkshire

:1st Points classification

4th Overall The Women's Tour

4th Overall Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta

7th RideLondon Classique

8th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour

8th Overall Tour of Norway

9th Road race, UEC European Championships

9th Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs

9th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour

2020

National Championships

:1st Time trial

:1st Road race

2nd Le Samyn

5th Clasica Femenina Navarra

2021

National Championships

:1st Time trial

:1st Road race

2nd Dwars door het Hageland

8th Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs

8th Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour

9th Drentse Acht van Westerveld

10th Nokere Koerse

2022

National Championships

:1st Time trial

:1st Road race

1st Drentse Acht van Westerveld

2nd Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden TTT

2023

2nd À travers les Hauts-de-France

10th La Choralis Fourmies Féminine

2024

National Championships

:1st Time trial

:2nd Road race

2nd Festival Elsy Jacobs Garnich

3rd Overall Tour of Britain

7th Overall Baloise Ladies Tour

9th Ronde van Drenthe

9th Omloop van het Hageland

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