Christian Knees

Christian Knees

Christian Knees at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné
Personal information
Full name	Christian Knees
Born	March 5, 1981 (1981-03-05) (age 30) Bonn, West-Germany
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	81 kg (180 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team Sky
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional team(s)
2004–2005 2006–2010 2011	Wiesenhof Team Milram Team Sky
Major wins
Bayern-Rundfahrt (2008) National Road Race Champion (2010)
Infobox last updated on 7 January 2011

Christian Knees (born March 5, 1981 in Bonn) is a German professional road racing cyclist who rides for Team Sky. 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.^[1]

Knees won the German national road race championships in 2010.^[2]

In 2011, Knees joined Team Sky as a domestique.

Palmares

^[3]

2004

6th overall, The Peace Race (2.2)

1st overall, U23 competition in the Peace Race.

2005

2nd overall, Sachsen-Tour (2.1)

4th, GP Pino Cerami (1.1)

6th overall, Ster Elektrotoer (2.1)

7th overall, Tour de Luxembourg (2.HC)

7th overall, Hessen Rundfahrt (2.1)

2006

1st, Rund um Köln

2008

1st, Bayern-Rundfahrt

9th overall, Tour de Suisse

2009

National Road Race Champion

3rd Overall, Rund um den Henninger Turm'

2010

1st Overall Road Race Champion

References

1. ^ German champ Knees joins Team Sky
2. ^ http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/german-road-championships-cn/elite-mens-road-race/results
3. ^ http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=2186&idtitle=1

External links

• Christian Knees's website
• Palmares on Trap Friis
• Palmares on Cycling Base (French)

Persondata
Name	Knees, Christian
Alternative names
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1981-03-05
Place of birth	Bonn, Germany
Date of death
Place of death