Morgan Kneisky

Morgan Kneisky (born 31 August 1987) is a French former track and road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2020 for the Team Raleigh–GAC, Armée de Terre, Roubaix–Lille Métropole and Groupama–FDJ Continental Team squads. Kneisky is a four-time UCI Track Cycling World Championships gold medallist, winning golds in the madison in 2013 with Vivien Brisse, 2015 with Bryan Coquard and 2017 with Benjamin Thomas, and the scratch in 2009. He retired following the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.^[3][4]

Morgan Kneisky

Kneisky at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships
Personal information
Full name	Morgan Kneisky
Born	(1987-08-31) 31 August 1987 (age 37) Besançon, France
Team information
Current team	Retired
Disciplines	Track Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Endurance (track)
Amateur teams
2008–2009	Chambéry Cyclisme Formation
2018	AC Bisontine
2020–2021	AC Bisontine[1]
Professional teams
2010–2013	Roubaix–Lille Métropole
2014–2016	Team Raleigh
2017	Armée de Terre
2018	Roubaix–Lille Métropole
2019–2020	Groupama–FDJ Continental Team[2]
Major wins
Track World Championships Madison (2013, 2015, 2017) Scratch (2009)
Medal record World Championships 2009 Pruszków Scratch 2013 Minsk Madison 2015 Yvelines Madison 2017 Hong Kong Madison 2010 Ballerup Madison 2016 London Madison 2011 Apeldoorn Scratch 2011 Apeldoorn Points race European Championships 2016 Yvelines Madison 2011 Apeldoorn Madison 2014 Guadeloupe Madison 2015 Grenchen Madison

Biography

Morgan Kneisky began cycling as a youngster, when he joined the Amicale Cycliste Bisontine. In 2008, he joined the Chambéry Cyclisme Formation, a team in the top national division. That year, he won the Tour de Moselle.^[5] In 2009, Kneisky participated in his first Track Cycling World Championships, and came away with the Scratch race title. He has subsequently won three more world titles in the Madison at the 2013, 2015 and 2017 World Championships.

Kneisky signed with the British-based Team Raleigh for the 2014 season.^[6] After his contract with the team was not renewed for 2017, in December 2016 it was announced that Kneisky would join the Armée de Terre team for 2017.^[7] Following the disbanding of Armée de Terre at the end of 2017,^[8] Kneisky rejoined Roubaix–Lille Métropole.^[9]

In 2023, he became team manager of UCI Women's Continental Team Lifeplus–Wahoo alongside Małgorzata Jasińska.^[10]

Major results

Road

2008

1st Overall Tour de Moselle

1st Stage 1

2010

7th Grand Prix de la ville de Nogent-sur-Oise

2011

3rd Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies

10th Polynormande

2012

1st Stage 3 Boucles de la Mayenne

2nd Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies

7th Gooikse Pijl

9th Route Adélie

10th Paris–Troyes

2013

8th Overall Ronde de l'Oise

2014

1st Stafford GP^[11]

5th Ryedale Grand Prix^[12]

8th Eddie Soens Memorial^[13]

9th Wales Open Criterium^[14]

10th Circuit of the Fens^[15]

2015

1st Points classification Tour Series^[16]

2nd Stafford Kermesse^[17]

3rd Chorley Grand Prix^[18]

3rd Stafford GP^[19]

4th Otley Grand Prix^[20]

5th Eddie Soens Memorial^[21]

6th Velothon Wales

2017

6th Overall Rás Tailteann

Track

2008

3rd Points race, National Under-23 Championships

2009

1st Scratch, UCI World Championships

National Championships

1st Scratch

1st Madison (with Kévin Fouache)

3rd Team pursuit

2010

1st Scratch, UCI World Cup Classics, Cali

1st Points race, National Championships

2nd Madison, UCI World Championships (with Christophe Riblon)

2011

1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Iljo Keisse)

2nd Madison, UCI World Cup, Cali (with Vivien Brisse)

UCI World Championships

3rd Points race

3rd Scratch

3rd Madison, UEC European Championships (with Vivien Brisse)

3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Marc Hester)

2012

2nd Six Days of Grenoble (with Bryan Coquard)

2013

1st Madison, UCI World Championships (with Vivien Brisse)

1st Madison, National Championships (with Julien Duval)

1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Vivien Brisse)

2014

1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Thomas Boudat)

3rd Madison, UEC European Championships (with Vivien Brisse)

National Championships

3rd Madison (with Philémon Marcel-Millet)

3rd Scratch

2015

1st Madison, UCI World Championships (with Bryan Coquard)

1st Madison, UCI World Cup, Cambridge (with Benjamin Thomas)

2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Jesper Mørkøv)

3rd Madison, UEC European Championships (with Bryan Coquard)

2016

2nd Madison, UCI World Championships (with Benjamin Thomas)

2nd Madison, UEC European Championships (with Benjamin Thomas)

UCI World Cup, Apeldoorn

2nd Points race

3rd Team pursuit

2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Jesper Mørkøv)

2nd Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Benjamin Thomas)

2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Christian Grasmann)

2017

1st Madison, UCI World Championships (with Benjamin Thomas)

1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Benjamin Thomas)

2nd Madison, UCI World Cup, Manchester (with Benjamin Thomas)

2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Benjamin Thomas)

2018

3rd Madison, National Championships (with Joseph Berlin-Sémon)

3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Benjamin Thomas)

3rd Six Days of Turin (with Joseph Berlin-Sémon)

2019

National Championships

2nd Scratch

3rd Omnium

3rd Madison, UCI World Cup, Brisbane (with Kévin Vauquelin)

2020

2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Theo Reinhardt)

3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Theo Reinhardt)