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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kim Kirchen |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Columbia |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Major wins | |
| Tour de France, 1 stage La Flèche Wallonne (2008) | |
Kim Kirchen (born July 3 1978 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourg road racing cyclist currently with Team Columbia. Kirchen signed as a professional 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 (which was later redesignated Team Columbia) 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, 2005 and 2007, surpassing the achievement of fellow cyclist Charly Gaul and putting him fourth in the all-time stakes.
Honours
- 2001 — Fassa Bortolo
- 1st place — Tour de Luxembourg, Stage 3
- 2002 — Fassa Bortolo
- 1st overall — Ronde van Nederland
- 1st overall — Tour de Berne
- 2003 — Fassa Bortolo
- 1st place — Paris-Brussels
- 4th place — Tour de Suisse
- 2004 — Fassa Bortolo
Luxembourg National Road Race Champion- 1st place — Tour de Luxembourg, Stage
- 6th place — Summer Olympics Road Race
- 2005 — Fassa Bortolo
- 1st overall — Tour de Pologne (and 1st in Points Classification and Stage 7)
- 1st place — GP Chiasso
- 1st place — Trofeo Laigueglia
- 1st Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale "Coppi e Bartali" stage 4
- 2nd place — La Flèche Wallonne
- 2nd place — Coppa Placci
- 2006 — T-Mobile Team
- Luxembourg National Road Race Champion
- 1st Tour de Luxembourg Prologue
- 2007 — T-Mobile Team
- 7th overall — Tour de France
- 1st place — Stage 15, Tour de France
- 2nd overall — Tour de Suisse
- 3rd place — Brabantse Pijl
- 2nd overall — Tirreno-Adriatico
- 3rd overall — Tour de Pologne
- 2008 — Team Columbia (formerly Team High Road)
- 1st place — Vuelta al País Vasco, Stage 2, Stage 4
- 1st place — La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st place — 2008 Tour de Suisse Stage 6
- Luxembourg National Time Trial Champion
1st place — Tour de France Points Classification after stage 2, 3, 4, 6 & 7
1st place — Tour de France General Classification after stage 6, 7, 8 & 9
Tour de France results
- 2004: 63rd overall
- 2005: abandoned in the 11th stage
- 2007: 7th overall
- 2008: Overall leader (Yellow Jersey), July 10-12, 2008
Giro d'Italia
- 2003: 29th overall
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kim Kirchen.
- VELOBIOS Rider profile
- Kim Kirchen.com, official website
- Kim Kirchen at trap-friis.dk