Morgan Kneisky Explained

Morgan Kneisky
Fullname:Morgan Kneisky
Birth Date:31 August 1987
Birth Place:Besançon, France
Currentteam:Retired
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Endurance (track)
Amateuryears1:2008–2009
Amateurteam1:Chambéry Cyclisme Formation
Amateuryears2:2018
Amateurteam2:AC Bisontine
Amateuryears3:2020–2021
Amateurteam3:AC Bisontine[1]
Proyears1:2010–2013
Proyears2:2014–2016
Proyears3:2017
Proyears4:2018
Proyears5:2019–2020
Proteam5:[2]
Majorwins:
Track
  • Madison, World Championships (2013, 2015, 2017)
  • Scratch, World Championships (2009)
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    Morgan Kneisky (born 31 August 1987) is a French former track and road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2020 for the,, and 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]

    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 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 team for 2017.[7] Following the disbanding of Armée de Terre at the end of 2017,[8] Kneisky rejoined .[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)

    Notes and References

    1. News: Morgan Kneisky quitte le peloton professionnel. fr. Morgan Kneisky leaves professional peloton. Directvelo. Association Le Peloton. 30 June 2020. 1 July 2020.
    2. Web site: Groupama - FDJ. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200401185216/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14081/2003302/257. 1 April 2020.
    3. News: James. Odvart. Morgan Kneisky : « Pour moi, c'est une victoire ». French. Morgan Kneisky: "For me, it's a victory". Directvelo. Association Le Peloton. 24 October 2021. 27 June 2022.
    4. News: Catherine. Eme-Ziri. Morgan Kneisky : à 34 ans, il a fait son "dernier tour de piste", aux championnats du monde, à Roubaix. French. Morgan Kneisky: at 34, he made his "last lap", at the world championships, in Roubaix. France 3 Bourgogne. France Télévisions. 24 October 2021. 27 June 2022.
    5. Web site: KNEISKY Morgan. chamberycyclismeformation.com. fr. 26 March 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090331074641/http://www.chamberycyclismeformation.com/Coureurs/2008/Morgan-Kneisky.htm. 31 March 2009.
    6. Web site: Team Raleigh 2014. . 11 December 2013.
    7. Web site: « Kneisky à l’Armée de Terre ». 18 December 2016 . L'Est Républicain. fr . "Kneisky to the Army". 27 May 2017.
    8. News: L'équipe cycliste Armée de terre disparaît. AFP). Rédaction (avec. L'ÉQUIPE. 2018-03-16. fr-FR.
    9. Web site: EFFECTIF PRO SAISON 2018 MORGAN KNEISKY ET STEVEN TRONET - Roubaix Lille Métropole Team Cycliste. www.equipe-cycliste-roubaix.com. 2018-03-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180316214753/http://www.equipe-cycliste-roubaix.com/equipe-pro-rlm/effectif-pro-saison-2018-morgan-kneisky-et-steven-tronet. 2018-03-16. dead.
    10. Web site: Weislo . Laura . 2023-01-24 . British women's team gets new life as Lifeplus-Wahoo . 2023-04-14 . cyclingnews.com . en.
    11. Web site: Morgan Kneisky (Team Raleigh) wins 2014 Stafford Grand Prix . Whitehouse . Andy. 2 August 2014 . British Cycling. 5 August 2014.
    12. Web site: The Ryedale Grand Prix inc The Peter Longbottom Memorial. British Cycling. 7 August 2014.
    13. Web site: 53rd Eddie Soens Memorial Cycle Race. . 16 June 2014.
    14. Web site: Graham Briggs (Rapha Condor) wins Wales Open Criterium, while Alex Blain (Team Raleigh) wins overall series . Whitehouse . Andy . 30 July 2014 . . 5 August 2014.
    15. Web site: Adam Blythe (NFTO Pro Cycling) wins the 2014 Vericool for Schools Circuit of the Fens . Whitehouse . Andy . 27 July 2014 . British Cycling. 7 August 2014.
    16. Web site: Pearl Izumi Tour Series: Round 10 -- Bath: Chain Reaction Cycles Points Competition. 11 June 2015 . Tour Series. 12 June 2015 .
    17. Web site: Gabriel Cullaigh wins Stafford Kermesse (video and photos) . Wynn . Nigel . Jones . Andy . 6 July 2015 . . 10 July 2015.
    18. Web site: Ian Bibby wins Chorley Grand Prix. 4 April 2015 . Cycling Weekly. 4 April 2015.
    19. Web site: Stafford Grand Prix victory for One Pro Cycling's Jon Mould in Elite Circuit Series. 3 July 2015 . . 10 July 2015.
    20. Web site: Dan McLay and Annasley Park win Otley Grand Pix races (video) . Wynn . Nigel . Jones . Andy . 2 July 2015 . Cycling Weekly. 10 July 2015.
    21. Web site: Peter Williams wins Eddie Soens as One Pro Cycling continue to dominate. 7 March 2015 . Cycling Weekly. 8 March 2015.

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