Christian Knees (born 5 March 1981) is a German former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2020, for the Wiesenhof, and teams. He won the German National Road Race Championship in 2010. In 2011 he was originally going to join the Australian team known as Pegasus but left after they failed to secure a UCI Professional Continental license. He ultimately joined as a domestique.German champ Knees joins Team Sky He remained with the team as a rider until announcing his retirement from the sport in December 2020, moving into a role within the team's racing and performance areas.
Major results
2001 3rd Overall Rás Tailteann 1st Stage 5 2004 6th Overall The Peace Race 1st Young rider classification 6th Overall Ytong Bohemia Tour 7th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem 7th Rund um Düren 7th Alpbach Rad Classic 2005 2nd Overall Sachsen-Tour 4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami 6th Overall Ster Elektrotoer 7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg 7th Overall Hessen Rundfahrt 8th Ronde van Drenthe 2006 1st Rund um Köln 4th Overall 3-Länder-Tour 2007 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Eindhoven Team Time Trial 2008 1st Overall Bayern Rundfahrt 2nd Sparkassen Giro Bochum 5th Rund um den Henninger Turm 9th Overall Tour de Suisse 2009 3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm 8th Brabantse Pijl 10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 10th Gran Premio di Lugano 10th Amstel Gold Race 2010 1st Road race, National Road Championships 2012 7th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt 9th Overall Tour of Britain 2013 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Giro del Trentino 2016 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España 2019 1st Mountains classification Herald Sun Tour
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Giro d'Italia 73 72 — — — — — 59 — — 66 — 91 96 Tour de France 102 47 27 19 91 64 82 — — — — 144 — — Vuelta a España — — — 43 — — — — DNF 91 124 124 — —
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
References
External links
Christian Knees profile at Team Sky