# Claudia Lichtenberg

Claudia Lichtenberg (née Häusler; born 17 November 1985 in Munich) is a German former professional cyclist, who now works as a coach for German amateur team RSV Irschenberg.
Born in Munich, Lichtenberg won the Tour de l'Aude in 2009, a race which, at the time, was called the "women's Tour de France", and also the Giro d'Italia Femminile.
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, Lichtenberg announced her retirement from professional road racing at the end of the 2017 season written in a Wiggle High5 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:

### 2005

    1st Young rider classification, Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
    6th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini

### 2006

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    4th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
    6th Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
    8th Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
    9th Sparkassen Giro

### 2007

    National Road Championships
       1st Mountain race
       2nd Road race
    1st Mountains classification, Tour du Grand Montréal
    4th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    5th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
    10th Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal

### 2008

    1st Großer Volvo Preis Villingen-Schwenningen
    1st Allgäuer Straßenpreis
    3rd Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
    3rd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
       1st Stage 6
    7th Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
       1st Young rider classification
    7th Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira

### 2009

    1st Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
       1st Stage 7
    1st Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
    1st Rund um Schönaich
    1st Allgäuer Straßenpreis
    2nd Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira
    3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
    6th Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol

### 2010

    1st Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira
       1st Mountains classification
    3rd Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
    4th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
    4th Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
       1st Stage 1 (TTT)
    10th Valkenburg Hills Classic

### 2011

    2nd Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
    5th Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin
    7th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen

### 2012

    1st Rund um Schönaich
    1st Allgäuer Straßenpreis
    1st Max Ernst Gedächtnisrennen
    2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
    6th Overall The Exergy Tour
       1st Stage 4
    8th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
    10th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira

### 2013

    1st Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
    1st Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
       1st Prologue
    1st Stage 6 North Star Grand Prix
    2nd Overall Cascade Cycling Classic
       1st Stage 1
    3rd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
    3rd Philadelphia Cycling Classic
    5th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
    6th Chrono Gatineau
    8th Le Samyn des Dames

### 2014

    1st Overall La Route de France
       1st Stage 1
    4th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
    5th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
    6th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
    9th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine

### 2015

    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Overall La Route de France
    5th GP de Plouay

### 2016

    2nd Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
    2nd Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin
       1st Stage 5
    4th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
    6th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs
    7th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
    8th Strade Bianche Women
    9th Tour of Flanders for Women
    10th Overall Auensteiner–Radsporttage

### 2017

    8th Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
    9th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile