Kim Kirchen

Kim Kirchen
Personal information
Full name	Kim Kirchen
Nickname	Grim Kim
Born	3 July 1978 (age 45); Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Team information
Current team	None
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur team
1999–2000	De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa
Professional teams
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Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France 2 individual stages (2007, 2008) Stage Races Tour de Pologne (2005) One-Day Races and Classics National Road Race Championships; (1999, 2004, 2006) National Time Trial Championships; (2008, 2009) La Flèche Wallonne (2008) Paris–Brussels (2003)

Kim Kirchen (born 3 July 1978 in Luxembourg City) is a former Luxembourg road racing cyclist. He is the son of cyclist Erny Kirchen and the great-nephew of cyclist Jeng Kirchen.^[2]

Career

Kirchen signed as a professional cyclist in 2000 with De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa, and went on to join You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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His first recorded race was in Dommeldange in 1999, 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, 2007 and 2008, surpassing the achievement of fellow cyclist Charly Gaul and putting him fourth in the all-time stakes.

In July 2008 he showed good form during the Tour de France, placing 7th in the general classification^[3] and wearing the coveted yellow jersey for a total of four stages.

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Since 2011, Kirchen co-commentates all cycling races broadcast on RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg, along with former Cofidis cyclist Tom Flammang.

Major results

1999

1st

Road race, National Road Championahips

2001

1st Stage 3 Tour de Luxembourg

2002

1st

Overall Ronde van Nederland

1st

Overall Tour de Berne

2003

1st Paris–Brussels

4th Overall Tour de Suisse

2004

1st

Road race, National Road Championahips

1st Stage Tour de Luxembourg

6th Road race, Olympic Games

2005

1st

Overall Tour de Pologne

1st

Points classification

1st Stage 7

1st Gran Premio di Chiasso

1st Trofeo Laigueglia

1st Stage 4 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

2nd La Flèche Wallonne

2nd Coppa Placci

2006

1st

Road race, National Road Championahips

1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg

2007

2nd Overall Tour de Suisse

2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

3rd Overall Tour de Pologne

3rd Brabantse Pijl

3rd Milano–Torino

7th Overall Tour de France

1st Stage 15

2008

1st

Time trial, National Road Championahips

1st La Flèche Wallonne

Tour of the Basque Country

1st Stages 2 & 4

1st Stage 6 Tour de Suisse

7th Overall Tour de France

1st Stage 4

Held

after Stages 6–9

Held

after Stages 6–7 & 9

2009: 1st Time trial, National Road Championahips; 1st Stage 7 Tour de Suisse

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	—	63	DNF	—	7	7	57
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish
IP	In Progress

References

^ Cavendish, Mark (June 2009). Boy Racer. Ebury Press. ISBN 978-0-09-193275-6.
^ "Doud vum fréiere Lëtzebuerger Vëlosprofi Jeng Kirchen" [Death of the former Luxembourgish professional cyclist Jeng Kirchen]. rtl.lu (in Luxembourgish). 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
^ "Tour de France 2008". BBC News. 2008-07-27. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
^ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kirchen-katusha-bound-in-2010
^ Kirchen suffers suspected heart-attack cyclingnews.com
^ Kirchen unlikely to race again Cyclingnews
^ "Das neue Leben des Ex-Profis Kim Kirchen". lessentiel.lu (in German). 9 July 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

External links

[1] Cavendish, Mark (June 2009). Boy Racer. Ebury Press. ISBN 978-0-09-193275-6.

[2] "Doud vum fréiere Lëtzebuerger Vëlosprofi Jeng Kirchen" [Death of the former Luxembourgish professional cyclist Jeng Kirchen]. rtl.lu (in Luxembourgish). 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

[Tour_de_France_2008-3] "Tour de France 2008". BBC News. 2008-07-27. Retrieved 27 April 2009.

[4] ttp://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kirchen-katusha-bound-in-2010

[5] Kirchen suffers suspected heart-attack cyclingnews.com

[6] Kirchen unlikely to race again Cyclingnews

[7] "Das neue Leben des Ex-Profis Kim Kirchen". lessentiel.lu (in German). 9 July 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

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v t e Tour de Pologne winners
1928–1939	Feliks Więcek (1928) Józef Stefański (1929) Jerzy Lipiński (1933) Bolesław Napierała (1937) Bolesław Napierała (1939)
1940–1959	Stanisław Grzelak (1947) Wacław Wójcik (1948) Francesco Locatelli (1949) Wacław Wójcik (1952) Mieczysław Wilczewski (1953) Marian Więckowski (1954-1956) Henryk Kowalski (1957) Bogusław Fornalczyk (1958) Wiesław Podobas (1959)
1960–1979	Roger Diercken (1960) Henryk Kowalski (1961) Jan Kudra (1962) Stanisław Gazda (1963) Rajmund Zieliński (1964) Józef Beker (1965) Józef Gawliczek (1966) Andrzej Bławdzin (1967) Jan Kudra (1968) Wojciech Matusiak (1969) Jan Stachura (1970) Stanisław Szozda (1971) José Viejo (1972) Lucjan Lis (1973) André Delcroix (1974) Tadeusz Mytnik (1975) Janusz Kowalski (1976) Lechosław Michalak (1977) Jan Brzeźny (1978) Henryk Charucki (1979)
1980–1999	Czesław Lang (1980) Jan Brzeźny (1981) Andrzej Mierzejewski (1982) Tadeusz Krawczyk (1983) Andrzej Mierzejewski (1984) Marek Leśniewski (1985) Marek Kulas (1986) Zbigniew Piątek (1987) Andrzej Mierzejewski (1988) Marek Wrona (1989) Mieczysław Karłowicz (1990) Dariusz Baranowski (1991-1993) Maurizio Fondriest (1994) Zbigniew Spruch (1995) Viatcheslav Djavanian (1996) Rolf Järmann (1997) Sergei Ivanov (1998) Tomasz Brożyna (1999)
2000–2019	Piotr Przydział (2000) Ondřej Sosenka (2001) Laurent Brochard (2002) Cezary Zamana (2003) Ondřej Sosenka (2004) Kim Kirchen (2005) Stefan Schumacher (2006) Johan Vansummeren (2007) Jens Voigt (2008) Alessandro Ballan (2009) Dan Martin (2010) Peter Sagan (2011) Moreno Moser (2012) Pieter Weening (2013) Rafał Majka (2014) Ion Izagirre (2015) Tim Wellens (2016) Dylan Teuns (2017) Michał Kwiatkowski (2018) Pavel Sivakov (2019)
2020–2039	Remco Evenepoel (2020) João Almeida (2021) Ethan Hayter (2022) Matej Mohorič (2023)

v t e Luxembourgish Sportspeople of the Year
Men & Women	1954–56: Charly Gaul 1957: Josy Stoffel 1958: Charly Gaul 1959: Jean Link 1960: Josy Stoffel 1961: Sylvie Hülsemann 1962–63: Norbert Haupert 1964: Charles Sowa 1965: René Kilburg
Men	1966: René Kilburg 1967: Charles Sowa 1968–69: Louis Pilot 1970: Nicolas Koob 1971–72: Charles Sowa 1973: Robert Schiel 1974: Marcel Balthasar 1975–78: Roland Bombardella 1979: Lucien Didier 1980: Justin Gloden 1981: Fonsy Grethen 1982–83: Roland Jacoby 1984: Raymond Conzemius 1985: Claude Michely 1986: Fonsy Grethen 1987: Robby Langers 1988–89: Marc Girardelli 1990: Guy Hellers 1991: Marc Girardelli 1992: Eugène Berger 1993–94: Marc Girardelli 1995: Guy Hellers 1996: Marc Girardelli 1997: Christian Poos 1998: Dan Dethier 1999: Jeff Strasser 2000: Kim Kirchen 2001: Jeff Strasser 2002: David Fiegen 2003–05: Kim Kirchen 2006: Fränk Schleck 2007–08: Kim Kirchen 2009–11: Andy Schleck 2012: Laurent Carnol 2013: Dirk Bockel 2014–17: Gilles Müller 2018: Bob Jungels 2019: Bob Bertemes 2021: Charles Grethen
Women	1966: Sylvie Hülsemann 1967: Colette Flesch 1968: Sylvie Hülsemann 1969: Annette Berger 1970–71: Jeanny Dom 1972: Nelly Wies 1973: Jeanny Dom 1974: Berty Krier 1975–78: Jeanny Dom 1979–82: Carine Risch 1983–84: Jeannette Goergen 1985–86: Danièle Kaber 1987: Nancy Arendt 1988: Danièle Kaber 1989: Nancy Arendt 1990: Marion Hammang 1991: Malou Thill 1992: Marion Hammang 1993: Anne Kremer 1994: Raymonde Moes 1995–97: Nancy Kemp-Arendt 1998–99: Anne Kremer 2000: Nancy Kemp-Arendt 2001: Ni Xialian 2002: Tessy Scholtes 2003: Claudine Schaul 2004–07: Elizabeth May 2008: Marie Muller 2009: Elizabeth May 2010: Marie Muller 2011: Mandy Minella 2012: Marie Muller 2013: Christine Majerus 2014: Jennifer Warling 2015–18, 20–21: Christine Majerus