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 |
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 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]
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