Christian Knees

Christian Knees
Knees at the 2016 Nokere Koerse.
Personal information
Full name Christian Knees
Born (1981-03-05) 5 March 1981
Bonn, West Germany
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

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia
1 TTT stage (2013)
Vuelta a España
1 TTT stage (2016)

Stage Races

Bayern–Rundfahrt (2008)

One-Day Races and Classics

National Road Race Championship (2010)

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
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
Giro d'Italia 59 66 91
Tour de France 144
Vuelta a España DNF 91 124 124
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. "Sky Procycling (SKY) – GBR". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  2. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/german-road-championships-cn/elite-mens-road-race/results
  3. German champ Knees joins Team Sky

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