French cyclist (born 1987)
Morgan Kneisky (born 31 August 1987) is a French former track and roadracing cyclist , who rode professionally between 2010 and 2020 for theTeam Raleigh–GAC ,Armée de Terre ,Roubaix–Lille Métropole andEquipe continentale Groupama–FDJ squads. Kneisky is a four-timeUCI Track Cycling World Championships gold medallist, winning golds in themadison in2013 withVivien Brisse ,2015 withBryan Coquard and2017 withBenjamin Thomas , and thescratch in2009 . He retired following the2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships .[ 3] [ 4]
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 firstTrack 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-basedTeam 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 theArmée de Terre team for 2017.[ 7] Following the disbanding of Armée de Terre at the end of 2017,[ 8] Kneisky rejoinedRoubaix–Lille Métropole .[ 9]
In 2023, he became team manager ofUCI Women's Continental Team Lifeplus–Wahoo alongsideMałgorzata Jasińska .[ 10]
2008 3rd Points race,National Under-23 Championships 2009 1stScratch ,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 2ndMadison ,UCI World Championships (withChristophe Riblon ) 2011 1stSix Days of Grenoble (withIljo Keisse ) 2nd Madison,UCI World Cup , Cali (withVivien Brisse ) UCI World Championships 3rdPoints race 3rdScratch 3rdMadison ,UEC European Championships (withVivien Brisse ) 3rdSix Days of Ghent (withMarc Hester ) 2012 2ndSix Days of Grenoble (withBryan Coquard ) 2013 1stMadison ,UCI World Championships (withVivien Brisse ) 1st Madison,National Championships (withJulien Duval ) 1stSix Days of Grenoble (withVivien Brisse ) 2014 1stSix Days of Grenoble (withThomas Boudat ) 3rdMadison ,UEC European Championships (withVivien Brisse ) National Championships 3rd Madison (with Philémon Marcel-Millet) 3rd Scratch 2015 1stMadison ,UCI World Championships (withBryan Coquard ) 1st Madison,UCI World Cup , Cambridge (withBenjamin Thomas ) 2ndSix Days of Bremen (withJesper Mørkøv ) 3rdMadison ,UEC European Championships (withBryan Coquard ) 2016 2ndMadison ,UCI World Championships (withBenjamin Thomas ) 2ndMadison ,UEC European Championships (withBenjamin Thomas ) UCI World Cup , Apeldoorn2nd Points race 3rd Team pursuit 2ndSix Days of Bremen (withJesper Mørkøv ) 2ndSix Days of Fiorenzuola (withBenjamin Thomas ) 2ndSix Days of Rotterdam (withChristian Grasmann ) 2017 1stMadison ,UCI World Championships (withBenjamin Thomas ) 1stSix Days of Fiorenzuola (withBenjamin Thomas ) 2nd Madison,UCI World Cup , Manchester (withBenjamin Thomas ) 2ndSix Days of Ghent (withBenjamin Thomas ) 2018 3rd Madison,National Championships (with Joseph Berlin-Sémon) 3rdSix Days of Rotterdam (withBenjamin Thomas ) 3rdSix Days of Turin (with Joseph Berlin-Sémon) 2019 National Championships 2nd Scratch 3rd Omnium 3rd Madison,UCI World Cup , Brisbane (withKévin Vauquelin ) 2020 2ndSix Days of Bremen (withTheo Reinhardt ) 3rdSix Days of Berlin (withTheo Reinhardt ) ^ "Morgan Kneisky quitte le peloton professionnel" [Morgan Kneisky leaves professional peloton].Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. 30 June 2020. Retrieved1 July 2020 .^ "Groupama - FDJ" .UCI.org .Union Cycliste Internationale . Archived fromthe original on 1 April 2020. Retrieved1 April 2020 .^ Odvart, James (24 October 2021)."Morgan Kneisky : " Pour moi, c'est une victoire " " [Morgan Kneisky: "For me, it's a victory"].Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved27 June 2022 . ^ Eme-Ziri, Catherine (24 October 2021)."Morgan Kneisky : à 34 ans, il a fait son "dernier tour de piste", aux championnats du monde, à Roubaix" [Morgan Kneisky: at 34, he made his "last lap", at the world championships, in Roubaix].France 3 Bourgogne (in French).France Télévisions . Retrieved27 June 2022 . ^ "KNEISKY Morgan" (in French). chamberycyclismeformation.com. 26 March 2009. Archived fromthe original on 31 March 2009.^ "Team Raleigh 2014" (PDF) .Raleigh Bicycle Company . Retrieved11 December 2013 .^ " " Kneisky à l'Armée de Terre " " ["Kneisky to the Army"].L'Est Républicain (in French). 18 December 2016. Retrieved27 May 2017 .^ AFP), Rédaction (avec."L'équipe cycliste Armée de terre disparaît" .L'ÉQUIPE (in French). Retrieved2018-03-16 . ^ "EFFECTIF PRO SAISON 2018 MORGAN KNEISKY ET STEVEN TRONET - Roubaix Lille Métropole Team Cycliste" .www.equipe-cycliste-roubaix.com . Archived fromthe original on 2018-03-16. Retrieved2018-03-16 .^ Weislo, Laura (2023-01-24)."British women's team gets new life as Lifeplus-Wahoo" .cyclingnews.com . Retrieved2023-04-14 . ^ Whitehouse, Andy (2 August 2014)."Morgan Kneisky (Team Raleigh) wins 2014 Stafford Grand Prix" .British Cycling . Retrieved5 August 2014 . ^ "The Ryedale Grand Prix inc The Peter Longbottom Memorial" .British Cycling . Retrieved7 August 2014 .^ "53rd Eddie Soens Memorial Cycle Race" .British Cycling . Retrieved16 June 2014 .^ Whitehouse, Andy (30 July 2014)."Graham Briggs (Rapha Condor) wins Wales Open Criterium, while Alex Blain (Team Raleigh) wins overall series" .British Cycling . Retrieved5 August 2014 . ^ Whitehouse, Andy (27 July 2014)."Adam Blythe (NFTO Pro Cycling) wins the 2014 Vericool for Schools Circuit of the Fens" .British Cycling . Retrieved7 August 2014 . ^ "Pearl Izumi Tour Series: Round 10 -- Bath: Chain Reaction Cycles Points Competition" (PDF) .Tour Series . 11 June 2015. Retrieved12 June 2015 .^ Wynn, Nigel; Jones, Andy (6 July 2015)."Gabriel Cullaigh wins Stafford Kermesse (video and photos)" .Cycling Weekly . Retrieved10 July 2015 . ^ "Ian Bibby wins Chorley Grand Prix" .Cycling Weekly . 4 April 2015. Retrieved4 April 2015 .^ "Stafford Grand Prix victory for One Pro Cycling's Jon Mould in Elite Circuit Series" .British Cycling . 3 July 2015. Retrieved10 July 2015 .^ Wynn, Nigel; Jones, Andy (2 July 2015)."Dan McLay and Annasley Park win Otley Grand Pix races (video)" .Cycling Weekly . Retrieved10 July 2015 . ^ "Peter Williams wins Eddie Soens as One Pro Cycling continue to dominate" .Cycling Weekly . 7 March 2015. Retrieved8 March 2015 .
1995 –96 : Italy (Silvio Martinello ,Marco Villa )1997 : Spain (Joan Llaneras ,Miguel Alzamora )1998 : Belgium (Etienne De Wilde ,Matthew Gilmore )1999 : Spain (Joan Llaneras ,Isaac Gálvez )2000 : Germany (Stefan Steinweg ,Erik Weispfennig )2001 : France (Robert Sassone ,Jérôme Neuville )2002 : France (Jérôme Neuville ,Franck Perque )2003 : Switzerland (Franco Marvulli ,Bruno Risi )2004 : Argentina (Walter Pérez ,Juan Curuchet )2005 : Great Britain (Mark Cavendish ,Rob Hayles )2006 : Spain (Isaac Gálvez ,Joan Llaneras )2007 : Switzerland (Bruno Risi ,Franco Marvulli )2008 : Great Britain (Mark Cavendish ,Bradley Wiggins )2009 : Denmark (Michael Mørkøv ,Alex Rasmussen )2010 –11 : Australia (Leigh Howard ,Cameron Meyer )2012 : Belgium (Kenny De Ketele ,Gijs Van Hoecke )2013 : France (Vivien Brisse ,Morgan Kneisky )2014 : Spain (David Muntaner ,Albert Torres )2015 : France (Bryan Coquard ,Morgan Kneisky )2016 : Great Britain (Mark Cavendish ,Bradley Wiggins )2017 : France (Morgan Kneisky ,Benjamin Thomas )2018 –19 : Germany (Roger Kluge ,Theo Reinhardt )2020 –21 : Denmark (Michael Mørkøv ,Lasse Norman Hansen )2022 : France (Donavan Grondin ,Benjamin Thomas )2023 : Netherlands (Jan-Willem van Schip ,Yoeri Havik )2024 : Germany (Roger Kluge ,Tim Torn Teutenberg )2025 : Belgium (Lindsay De Vylder ,Fabio Van den Bossche )