Christian Knees

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 Jersey white.svg 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 Jersey yellow.svg 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 MaillotAlemania.PNG 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 Jersey black.svg Mountains classification Herald Sun Tour