Christine Majerus Explained

Christine Majerus
Fullname:Christine Majerus
Birth Date:25 February 1987
Birth Place:Luxembourg
Height:1.73 m[1]
Role:Rider
Proyears1:2008–2012
Proteam1:ESGL 93-GSD Gestion
Proyears2:2013
Proyears3:2014–
Proteam3:[2] [3]
Majorwins:One-day races

National Road Race Championships (2010–2022)

National Time Trial Championships (2007–2022)

National Cyclo-cross Championships (2010–2020, 2022)

Sparkassen Giro Bochum (2013)

La Classique Morbihan (2016)

Drentse Acht van Westerveld (2022)Stage races

Holland Ladies Tour (2019)

Christine Majerus (born 25 February 1987) is a Luxembourgish professional road and cyclo-cross cyclist,[4] who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .[5] 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.[6] 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 has remained with the team, now known as, ever since.[7] She often acts as road captain and has frequently been referred to as a super-domestique,[8] [9] [10] [11] but has also placed as high as ninth on the UCI Women's Road World Rankings[7] (in 2019).[12]

Majerus is also a member of the Elite Sports Section of the Luxembourg Army.[13] She completed her basic training in 2012 and is not required to perform active service during her subsequent professional cycling career.[14]

Olympics

Majerus 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.[15]

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: [16]

    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
  • Crescent Vårgårda
  • 1st Team time trial
  • 4th Road race
  • UCI World Championships
  • 2nd Team time trial
  • 6th Road race
  • 2nd Overall The Women's Tour
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Sprints classification
  • 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

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: London 2012 Olympics - Christine Majerus. BBC Sport. 13 August 2012.
    2. News: Boels-Dolmans finalise roster with MTB champion Annika Langvad. Daniel. Ostanek. Cyclist. Dennis Publishing Limited. 3 December 2018. 6 February 2019.
    3. News: 2020 Team Preview: Boels Dolmans. Kirsten. Frattini. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 8 January 2020. 20 January 2020.
    4. Web site: Christine Majerus. London2012.com. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. 13 September 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20130129090408/www.london2012.com/athlete/majerus-christine-1060722/. 29 January 2013.
    5. Web site: Team SD Worx. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 13 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210113004021/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15273/1001654/281. 13 January 2021.
    6. Web site: Majerus claims 25th Luxembourg title . 7 January 2017 . 8 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170108192840/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/majerus-claims-25th-luxmebourg-title/ . 8 January 2017 . live .
    7. News: Been . José . Meet Christine Majerus: Proud domestique, perpetual national champ . CyclingTips . 20 July 2021 . en.
    8. News: Daniel . Ostanek . The top 10 domestiques of 2020 . cyclingnews.com . 26 November 2020 . en.
    9. News: Frattini . Kirsten . Christine Majerus: A team leader can only be as good as her domestique (and vice versa) . . 3 April 2020 . en.
    10. Web site: Brailsford . Matt . Vos-sing it! Marianne wins Asda Women's TDY Tour de Yorkshire - . . 23 August 2022 . en.
    11. News: Jones . Amy . Kopecky the first Belgian woman to win Tour of Flanders in 12 years . . 3 April 2022 . en.
    12. Web site: UCI World Ranking – Women Elite – 2019. 2022-09-28. UCI.
    13. Web site: Sports . www.armee.lu . Luxembourg Army . 23 August 2022 . fr-FR . 20 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220920040603/https://www.armee.lu/entrainements-instruction/sports . dead .
    14. News: Laudy . Jeanine . Rook . Anne-Marije . Cycling as a second career: a look at the other lives of cycling pros . CyclingTips . 31 July 2017 . en.
    15. Web site: Top five cyclists who made the public dream . luxembourg.public.lu . 17 January 2022 . The Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg . 23 August 2022 . en.
    16. Web site: Christine Majerus. FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. 4 September 2022.

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