Christian Knees
Knees at the 2016 Nokere Koerse. | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Christian Knees |
Born |
Bonn, West Germany | 5 March 1981
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Team Sky |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Rouleur |
Professional team(s) | |
2004–2005 | Wiesenhof |
2006–2010 | Team Milram |
2011– | Team Sky |
Major wins | |
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Christian Knees (born 5 March 1981) is a German professional road racing cyclist who rides for Team Sky.[1] He won the German National Road Race Championship in 2010.[2] 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 Team Sky as a domestique.[3]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2001
- 3rd Overall Rás Tailteann
- 1st Stage 5
- 2004
- 6th Overall The Peace Race
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 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
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
59 | — | — | 66 | — | 91 | |
— | — | — | — | 144 | — | |
— | DNF | 91 | 124 | 124 | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
External links
- Official website
- Christian Knees profile at Team Sky
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