MORKOV Michael

Denmark
Cycling Track
30 Apr 1985
36
Male
1.83/6'0''

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
CTR Cycling Track Men's Team Pursuit
DEN
Denmark
 2
Men's Madison
DEN
Denmark
 1 Gold Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Izu Velodrome
Men's Team Pursuit Qualifying
Finished
Izu Velodrome
Men's Team Pursuit First Round - Heat 4
Finished
Izu Velodrome
Men's Team Pursuit Finals - Gold
Finished
Izu Velodrome
Men's Madison Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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CYCLING TRACK

Olympic Games
YearLocation4km TPMadison
2012London, GBR5-
2008Beijing, CHN26

World Championships
YearLocation4km TPMadison
2020Berlin, GER-1
2010Ballerup, DEN-4
2009Pruszkow, POL11
2008Manchester, GBR-3
2007Palma de Mallorca, ESP38
2006Bordeaux, FRA10DNF
2005Los Angeles, CA, USA98

European Championships
YearLocationMadison
2019Apeldoorn, NED1

World Cup
YearLocationMadison
2019/2020Minsk, BLR1
2018/2019Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FRA1


Legend
IP - Individual Pursuit, TP - Team Pursuit, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

CYCLING ROAD

UCI Road World Championships
YearLocationRoad RaceIndividual Time TrialTeam Time Trial
2019Harrogate, GBRDNF--
2017Bergen, NOR75-9
2016Doha, QATDNF-8
2015Richmond, VA, USA78--
2014Ponferrada, ESPDNF--
2013Florence, ITA--9
2012Valkenburg, NED--13
2011Copenhagen, DEN1847-
2010Melbourne, VIC, AUSDNF31-

Tour de France
RankEventYearLocation
93Men's Individual2012Paris, FRA
130Men's Individual2020Paris, FRA
134Men's Individual2014Paris, FRA
152Men's Individual2019Paris, FRA

Giro d'Italia
RankEventYearLocation
107Men's Individual2018Rome, ITA
129Men's Individual2010Verona, ITA
156Men's Individual2011Milan, ITA

Vuelta a Espanya
RankEventYearLocation
121Men's Individual2020Madrid, ESP
128Men's Individual2013Madrid, ESP
137Men's Individual2017Madrid, ESP
148Men's Individual2018Madrid, ESP

Ten best WorldTour performances in career
RankYearEventCompetitionLocation
32019Road RaceRideLondon ClassicLondon, GBR
72019Road RaceGreat Ocean Road RaceGeelong, VIC, AUS
82021Road RaceBrugge - De PanneDe Panne, BEL
102016Road RaceGent - WevelgemWevelgem, BEL
122010Road RaceGP Ouest-FrancePlouay, FRA
132020Road RaceGreat Ocean Road RaceGeelong, VIC, AUS
132019Road RaceCyclassics HamburgHamburg, GER
132012Road RaceE3 HarelbekeHarelbeke, BEL
182019Road RaceBrugge - De PanneDe Panne, BEL
232014Road RaceE3 HarelbekeHarelbeke, BEL


Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit
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Athlete
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Trade - Carpenter
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Danish, English
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Deceuninck-Quick Step [road] [Belgium]
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Casper Jorgensen [national], DEN (cyclingtips.com.au, 14 Sep 2010)
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He has competed in road cycling at international level, and in the 2021 season he represented Deceuninck - Quick Step on the World Tour. (procyclingstats.com, 27 Jun 2021)
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He slipped while riding in the 2011 Paris-Roubaix in France, resulting in a shoulder injury. (cyclingnews.com, 09 Apr 2011)
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He began cycling in 1996 at the Lyngby Cycle Club in Denmark. (Athlete, 23 Jun 2008)
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He was inspired to take up cycling after going to a six-day race in Copenhagen with his father, when the famous Jens Veggerby and Jimmi Madsen were racing. He says this gave him the inspiration to start cycling himself. (Athlete, 23 Jun 2008; issuu.com, 19 Mar 2012)
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To win gold in the madison at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (deceuninck-quickstep.com, 18 Mar 2020)
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"My road [cycling] programme always seems to work as a very good preparation for the track, so it's not that I need any specific track training build. I hope to do the Tour de France with Quick-Step coming into the Olympics [in 2021] because that will be probably the best preparation I could have for the Madison anyway." (velonews.com, 04 Jun 2020)
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Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador. (ol.dk, 02 Aug 2011)
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His parents. (Athlete, 23 Jun 2008)
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"The madison is the ultimate track race. You need all kinds of skills to be able to be a good madison rider. You need to be very good tactically, you need to be very good technically. You need to have very good endurance, you need to be fast for sprints. You need to be able to work together with a partner. It's really an event that demands a lot of different talents - it's a very complex event in my eyes. I am always up for the madison. It was always my absolute favorite discipline, no doubt." (velonews.com, 04 Jun 2020)
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He was part of the Danish track team that received the 2007 Breakthrough of the Year Award. The honour was presented by Politiken, a Danish newspaper. (Athlete, 23 Jun 2008)

General Interest

General
RETURN OF MADISON
He is due to compete in the madison at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The event is featuring on the Olympic programme for the first time since the 2008 Games in Beijing, where Morkov placed sixth. "When they announced [in 2017] the madison was back, it was one of the best pieces of news I ever had in my cycling life. I managed to do the Olympics in 2008 in Beijing in the madison. I was sixth together with my partner at that time. The year after, we became world champions in the event, and just a few months after we become world champions they decided to take it away from the Olympics. That was like a really big rock to get in your face when being current world champion. I was never expecting it to come back because I saw they removed it because it was too complicated or too long or whatever all the stories were. But yeah, when they announced a few years ago that it would be back, I was really, really, really happy. I knew that this was my last chance to go for a gold medal in the madison, so I've been targeting it ever since it was announced to be back." (velonews.com, 04 Jun 2020)

LEADOUT MAN
In road cycling he has established himself as one of the World Tour's best leadout men. "Away from that [2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo] all my targets are team related - my goal is to be able to help my teammates take as many wins as possible. This has really been a focus of mine for the last couple of years and I thrive on it now and I know where I want to improve." (stickybottle.com, 17 May 2021; pezcyclingnews.com, 03 Nov 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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