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 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

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.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2006–2007 3rd National Championships 2007–2008 3rd National Championships 2008–2009 2nd National Championships 2009–2010

2010–2011

2011–2012

2012–2013

2013–2014

2014–2015

National Trophy Series 2nd Milton Keynes 2015–2016

2nd Otegem 2nd Pétange 3rd Bensheim 2016–2017

EKZ CrossTour 1st Meilen 2nd Baden 1st Otegem 1st Pétange 1st Leudelange 2nd Zonnebeke Superprestige 3rd Gavere 3rd Spa-Francorchamps 2017–2018

Coupe de France 1st Jablines 1st Flamanville 1st Pétange EKZ CrossTour 2nd Meilen 2nd Otegem 2nd Contern 3rd Rucphen 2018–2019

1st Pétange 1st La Meziere EKZ CrossTour 2nd Meilen 2nd Eschenbach 3rd Hittnau 3rd Zonnebeke 2019–2020

EKZ CrossTour 1st Hittnau 1st Meilen 1st Zonnebeke 2nd Troyes 2020–2021 EKZ CrossTour 1st Hittnau 2021–2022

1st Pétange 2023–2024 1st Pétange 2nd National Championships

Mountain Bike

Road Source:

2007 National Championships

3rd Road race 2008 National Championships

2nd Road race 1st GP de la Ville de L'Hôpital 4th Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs 4th Trophée des Grimpeurs 2009 National Championships

2nd Road race 2nd Wielertrofee Vlaanderen 3rd Cholet Pays de Loire 10th Chrono des Nations 2010 National Championships

2nd Cholet Pays de Loire 2nd Beine-Nauroy 3rd Ladies Berry Classics Cher 5th GP Stad Roeselare 2011

National Championships

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

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

National Championships

1st Sparkassen Giro Bochum

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

3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT 4th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt 6th Sparkassen Giro 9th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2015 National 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

National Championships

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 Stage 1 1st Crescent Vårgårda Team Time Trial UCI World Championships

6th Road race 2nd Overall The Women's Tour

4th Crescent Vårgårda Road Race 5th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour 1st Stage 2 (TTT) 7th Overall Tour of Norway 2018 National Championships

Crescent Vårgårda 1st Team time trial 6th Road race

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 La Classique Morbihan 1st Grand Prix International d'Isbergues 4th Overall Tour de Yorkshire

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

2nd Le Samyn 5th Clasica Femenina Navarra 2021 National Championships

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 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

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