Claudia Lichtenberg (née Häusler; born 17 November 1985 in

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

) is a German former professional

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, who now works as a coach for German amateur team RSV Irschenberg. Born in

, Lichtenberg won the

Tour de l'Aude Tour de l'Aude is the name of two cycling races: *Tour de l'Aude (men's race) *Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin The Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin was the longest running UCI event on the women's elite cycle racing calendar. It had been held a ...

in 2009, a race which, at the time, was called the "women's

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", and also the

Giro d'Italia Femminile The is an annual women's cycle stage race around Italy. First held in 1988, the race is currently part of the UCI Women's World Tour, and is currently organised by RCS Sport, the organisers of the men's Giro d'Italia. The race was previously ...

. She competed for Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she finished in 31st place in the women's road race. On the first day of the

2017 Giro d'Italia Femminile The 2017 Giro d'Italia Femminile, or 2017 Giro Rosa, was the 28th running of the Giro d'Italia Femminile, the only remaining women's Grand Tour. It was held between 30 June and 9 July 2017 as the most prestigious stage race of both the 2017 UCI W ...

, Lichtenberg announced her retirement from professional road racing at the end of the 2017 season written in a rider blog.

Personal life

She married German former professional cyclist Christian Lichtenberg in mid-2014 and began racing under her married name.

Major results

Source:Profile
at ''Cycling Archives'' ;2005 : 1st Young rider classification,

Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol was a women's cycle race held in Italy, between 1994 and 2017. In all but three of its twenty-four editions, the race was held as a stage race. Winners Jerseys : is worn by the overall leader of the race ...

: 6th Overall

Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini The Giro Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini is annual elite List of women's road bicycle races, women's road bicycle racing race stage, stage race held in Italy since 1995. During the 2013 race, 63 of the 112 riders refused to co ...

;

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

: 1st

Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Overall

: 6th Overall

: 8th Overall

Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin The Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin was the longest running UCI event on the women's elite cycle racing calendar. It had been held annually in the Aude Aude ( ; ) is a Departments of France, department in Southern France, located in the Oc ...

: 9th

Sparkassen Giro The Sparkassen Giro Bochum is a road bicycle race which is annually held for both men's and women's around an urban circuit in the German city of Bochum, Germany. Since 2005 the men's race is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as UCI ...

;2007 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotAllemania

Mountain race ::2nd Road race : 1st Mountains classification,

Tour du Grand Montréal The Tour du Grand Montréal was an annual women's road bicycle racing stage-race in Canada, between 2002 and 2009. It was rated by the UCI UCI most commonly refers to: * University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, ...

: 4th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 5th Overall

: 10th

Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal The Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal (, or simply Montreal World Cup) was an elite women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually between 1998 and 2009 in Montréal, Quebec, Canada as part of the UCI Women's Road Cyclin ...

;2008 : 1st Großer Volvo Preis

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: 1st Allgäuer Straßenpreis : 3rd Overall

: 3rd Overall

::1st Stage 6 : 7th Overall

::1st Young rider classification : 7th Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira ;

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

: 1st

Overall

::1st Stage 7 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

: 1st Rund um Schönaich : 1st Allgäuer Straßenpreis : 2nd Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira : 3rd

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: 6th Overall

;2010 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira ::1st Mountains classification : 3rd Overall

: 4th Overall

::1st Stage 1 ( TTT) : 10th Valkenburg Hills Classic ;2011 : 2nd Overall

: 5th Overall

Trophée d'Or Féminin Trophée d'Or Féminin was a women's Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Medit ...

: 7th Overall

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;2012 : 1st Rund um Schönaich : 1st Allgäuer Straßenpreis : 1st Max Ernst Gedächtnisrennen : 2nd

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: 6th Overall The Exergy Tour ::1st Stage 4 : 8th Overall

: 10th Overall

Emakumeen Euskal Bira The Emakumeen Euskal Bira was a women's cycling race held in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, Spain. It was held annually from 1988 to 2019, starting out as a two-stage race and building up to five stages in 2007. One of ...

;2013 : 1st Jersey pink

Overall

: 1st

Overall

Joe Martin Stage Race Joe Martin Stage Race was a road cycling stage race held annually in Fayetteville, Arkansas between 1978 and 2023. It was part of the UCI America Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were intr ...

::1st

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: 1st Stage 6

North Star Grand Prix The North Star Grand Prix is a men's and women's road bicycle racing stage race held each June in Minnesota, United States, as part of the North Star Bicycle Festival. An event was added in North Mankato in 2016. The North Star Grand Prix is one ...

: 2nd Overall

Cascade Cycling Classic The Cascade Cycling Classic was the longest running elite road bicycle racing stage race in the United States (1980–2019), with 2018 being the only year the race was not held. The race was held again in 2019, but then canceled due to Covid in 20 ...

::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Overall

: 3rd Philadelphia Cycling Classic : 5th Overall

Holland Ladies Tour The Holland Ladies Tourhttp://www.hollandladiestour.nl/ Official site is a women's elite professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in September since 1998 in the Netherlands. It's a tour with 6 or 7 stages. For sponsorship reasons t ...

: 6th Chrono Gatineau : 8th

Le Samyn des Dames Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In 1 ...

;

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: 1st

Overall

La Route de France The Route de France Féminine was a women's cycle race. First held in 2006, it was rated 2.2 by the UCI for the 2006 and 2007 edition, and 2.1 since. The race was cancelled in 2011, but returned the next year. With the ending of the Grande Bo ...

::1st Stage 1 : 4th Overall

: 5th Overall

: 6th Overall

: 9th

;2015 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall

: 5th

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;2016 : 2nd Overall

: 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 5 : 4th Overall

: 6th Overall

Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs The Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs formerly known as the Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs is an international women's road bicycle race held in Garnich, Luxembourg. The race was first held in 2008 as a one-day race. Between 200 ...

: 7th Overall

: 8th Strade Bianche Women : 9th

Tour of Flanders for Women The Tour of Flanders (), formerly the Tour of Flanders for Women, is the List of women's road bicycle races, women's sister edition to the Tour of Flanders (men's race), men's Tour of Flanders. It is an annual road bicycle racing event in Flander ...

: 10th Overall

Auensteiner–Radsporttage Auensteiner–Radsporttage was a women's cycle race that took place in Germany, and was previously rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale The Union Cycliste Internationale (; UCI; ) is the world governing body for sports cycling and overs ...

;2017 : 8th Overall

Setmana Ciclista Valenciana The Setmana Ciclista Valenciana is an annual professional road bicycle race Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing ...

: 9th Overall

References

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