Kim Kirchen
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Kim Kirchen (born July 3, 1978 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgian cyclist. Kirchen signed as a pro cyclist in 2000 with De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa, and later with Fassa Bortolo (from 2001). For the 2006 cycling season, he joined the T-Mobile Team following the demise of the Fassa Bortolo team.
His first recorded race was in Dommeldange in 1992, and he had to wait until 2000 for his first professional victory when he won the Piva Col trophy. Kirchen was named the Luxembourgian Sportsman of the Year in 2000, 2003, 2004, and 2005, equally the achievement of fellow cyclist Charly Gaul and putting him joint-fourth in the all-time stakes.
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[edit] Honours
- 2007 — T-Mobile Team
- 2nd overall — Tirreno-Adriatico
- 2006 — T-Mobile Team
- 2005 — T-Mobile Team
- 2005 — Fassa Bortolo
- 1st overall — Tour of Poland (and 1st in Points Classification and Stage 7)
- 1st place — GP Chiasso
- 2nd place — La Flèche Wallonne
- 2nd place — Coppa Placci
- 2004 — Fassa Bortolo
Luxembourg National Road Race Champion- 1st place — Tour de Luxembourg, Stage
- 1st place — Trofeo Laigueglia
- 6th place — Summer Olympics Road Race
- 2003 — Fassa Bortolo
- 1st place — Paris-Brussels
- 4th place — Tour de Suisse
- 2002 — Fassa Bortolo
- 1st overall — Tour of Holland
- 1st overall — Tour of Bern
- 2001 — Fassa Bortolo
- 1st place — Tour de Luxembourg, Stage 3
[edit] Tour de France results
- Tour de France 2004 : 63 overall
- Tour de France 2005 : abandoned in the 11th stage
[edit] Tour of Italy
- Tour of Italy 2003 : 29th overall
[edit] External links
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jeff Strasser |
Luxembourgian Sportsman of the Year 2000 |
Succeeded by Jeff Strasser |
| Preceded by David Fiegen |
Luxembourgian Sportsman of the Year 2003 – 2005 |
Succeeded by Fränk Schleck |
| Riders on T-Mobile Team |
|---|
|
Michael Barry | Eric Baumann | Lorenzo Bernucci | Marcus Burghardt | Mark Cavendish | Gerald Ciolek | Scott Davis | Bernhard Eisel | Linus Gerdemann | Bert Grabsch | André Greipel | Giuseppe Guerini | Roger Hammond | Adam Hansen | Greg Henderson | Serhiy Honchar | Kim Kirchen | Andreas Klier | Servais Knaven | André Korff | Axel Merckx | Aaron Olsen | Jakob Piil | Marco Pinotti | František Raboň | Michael Rogers | Stephan Schreck | Patrik Sinkewitz | Thomas Ziegler |
| Manager |
| Bob Stapleton |
