Claudia Lichtenberg (née Häusler; born 17 November 1985 in

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) 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 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, 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

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at ''Cycling Archives'' ;2005 : 1st Young rider classification, Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol : 6th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini ;

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: 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

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: 9th Sparkassen Giro ;2007 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotAllemania

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

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: 1st Allgäuer Straßenpreis : 3rd Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol : 3rd Overall

::1st Stage 6 : 7th Overall

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

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: 1st

Overall

::1st Stage 7 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

: 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 Jersey yellow

Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira ::1st Mountains classification : 3rd Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol : 4th Overall

: 4th Overall

::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

: 10th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira ;2013 : 1st Jersey pink

Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Joe Martin Stage Race ::1st

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: 1st Stage 6 North Star Grand Prix : 2nd Overall Cascade Cycling Classic ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Overall

: 3rd Philadelphia Cycling Classic : 5th Overall Holland Ladies Tour : 6th Chrono Gatineau : 8th Le Samyn des Dames ;

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: 1st

Overall La Route de France ::1st Stage 1 : 4th Overall Holland Ladies Tour : 5th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira : 6th Overall

: 9th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine ;2015 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall La Route de France : 5th

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;2016 : 2nd Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol : 2nd Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin ::1st Stage 5 : 4th Overall

: 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

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: 9th Overall

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