Christine Majerus (born 25 February 1987) is a Luxembourgish former professional road and cyclo-cross cyclist,[4] who rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime and its predecessors from 2014 until her retirement in 2024.[5] She won the 2013 Sparkassen Giro Bochum one-day road race and the general classification of the 2019 Holland Ladies Tour.
.JPG) Majerus at the start of the 2016 Le Samyn des Dames | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Christine Majerus |
| Born | 25 February 1987 Luxembourg |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2008–2012 | ESGL 93-GSD Gestion |
| 2013 | Sengers Ladies Cycling Team |
| 2014–2024 | Boels–Dolmans[2][3] |
| Major wins | |
One-day races
Stage races
| |
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.[6] She was named Luxembourgish Sportswoman of the Year in 2013 and in every ceremony from 2015 to 2021.
Career
editMajerus 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.[7] She raced for the small UCI Women's team ESGL 93-GSD Gestion from 2008 to 2012, before transferring to Sengers Ladies Cycling Team for one year in 2013.
She joined Boels–Dolmans in 2014 and remained with the team, now known as Team SD Worx–Protime, until her retirement in 2024.[8] She often acted as road captain and has frequently been referred to as a super-domestique,[9][10][11][12] but has also placed as high as ninth on the UCI Women's Road World Rankings[8] (in 2019).[13]
Majerus is also a member of the Elite Sports Section of the Luxembourg Army.[14] She completed her basic training in 2012 and was not required to perform active service during her subsequent professional cycling career.[15]
Olympics
editMajerus competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 21st.[1] She went on to compete in the 2016 and 2020 Games, and carried the flag for Luxembourg at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.[7]
Major results
edit
Cyclo-cross
edit- 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
Mountain Bike
edit- 1st
Cross-country, Games of the Small States of Europe
Road
editSource: [16]
- 2007
- National Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 2008
- National Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
- 2nd Wielertrofee Vlaanderen
- 3rd Cholet Pays de Loire
- 10th Chrono des Nations
- 2010
- National Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Road race
- 1st
- 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
- 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
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Road race
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
- 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
- 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
- 1st
Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- Crescent Vårgårda
- 1st Team time trial
- 4th Road race
- UCI World Championships
- 2nd Team time trial
- 6th Road race
- 2nd
- 2nd Overall The Women's Tour
- 1st
Points classification - 1st
Sprints classification
- 1st
- 5th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT)
- 7th Overall Tour of Norway
- 2018
- National Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Road race
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
Overall Holland Ladies Tour - 1st La Classique Morbihan
- 1st Grand Prix International d'Isbergues
- 4th Overall Tour de Yorkshire
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
- 2nd Le Samyn
- 5th Clasica Femenina Navarra
- 2021
- National Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Road race
- 1st
- 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
- 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
- 1st
- 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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References
edit- ^ a b "London 2012 Olympics - Christine Majerus". BBC Sport. 13 August 2012.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (3 December 2018). "Boels-Dolmans finalise roster with MTB champion Annika Langvad". Cyclist. Dennis Publishing Limited. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (8 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: Boels Dolmans". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Christine Majerus". London2012.com. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Team SD Worx". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ "Majerus claims 25th Luxembourg title". 7 January 2017. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Top five cyclists who made the public dream". luxembourg.public.lu. The Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ a b Been, José (20 July 2021). "Meet Christine Majerus: Proud domestique, perpetual national champ". CyclingTips.
- ^ Daniel, Ostanek (26 November 2020). "The top 10 domestiques of 2020". cyclingnews.com.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (3 April 2020). "Christine Majerus: A team leader can only be as good as her domestique (and vice versa)". cyclingnews.com.
- ^ Brailsford, Matt. "Vos-sing it! Marianne wins Asda Women's TDY | Tour de Yorkshire -". Tour de Yorkshire. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ Jones, Amy (3 April 2022). "Kopecky the first Belgian woman to win Tour of Flanders in 12 years". cyclingnews.com.
- ^ "UCI World Ranking – Women Elite – 2019". UCI. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "Sports". www.armee.lu (in French). Luxembourg Army. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ Rook, Anne-Marije; Laudy, Jeanine (31 July 2017). "Cycling as a second career: a look at the other lives of cycling pros". CyclingTips.
- ^ "Christine Majerus". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
External links
edit- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 August 2020)
- Christine Majerus at UCI
- Christine Majerus at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Christine Majerus at ProCyclingStats
- Christine Majerus at CQ Ranking
- Christine Majerus at CycleBase
- Christine Majerus at Olympedia
- Christine Majerus at Olympics.com
- Christine Majerus at the Comité Olympique et Sportif Luxembourgeois (in French)
- Christine Majerus on Instagram
