Morgan Kneisky
French cyclist (born 1987) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Kneisky at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Morgan Kneisky |
Born | Besançon, France | 31 August 1987
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Disciplines |
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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 | |
Medal record |
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
- 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
- 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)
References
External links
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