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. 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

References

External links

Christian Knees profile at Team Sky

1981 births

Living people

German male cyclists

Sportspeople from Bonn

German cycling road race champions

Cyclists from North Rhine-Westphalia

21st-century German people

Christian Knees