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Kim Kirchen
Personal information
Full name	Kim Kirchen
Nickname	Grim Kim
Born	3 July 1978 (age 46); 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 Time Trial Champion (2008, 2009) National Road Race Champion (1999, 2004, 2006) La Flèche Wallonne (2008) Paris–Brussels (2003)

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Kim Kirchen (born 3 July 1978 in Luxembourg City) is a former Luxembourg road racing cyclist.

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^[2] 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

National Road Race Champion

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

National Road Race Champion

1st Stage Tour de Luxembourg

6th Summer Olympics Road Race

2005

1st

Overall Tour de Pologne

1st Stage 7

1st

Points Classification

1st Gran Premio di Chiasso

1st Trofeo Laigueglia

1st Stage 4 Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale "Coppi e Bartali"

2nd La Flèche Wallonne

2nd Coppa Placci

2006

1st

National Road Race Champion

1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg

2007

2nd Overall Tour de Suisse

2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

3rd Milano–Torino

3rd Overall Tour de Pologne

3rd Brabantse Pijl

7th Overall Tour de France

1st Stage 15

2008

1st

National Time Trial Champion

1st La Flèche Wallonne

1st Stage 2 Vuelta al País Vasco

1st Stage 4 Vuelta al País Vasco

1st Stage 6 Tour de Suisse

7th Overall Tour de France

Held maillot jaune

Stages 6-9

Held maillot vert

Stages 6-7 and 9

1st Stage 4

2009: 1st National Time Trial Champion; 1st Stage 7 Tour de Suisse; 10th Stage 15 Tour de France

Grand Tours performance

Tour de France

2004: 63rd Overall
2005: abandoned in the 11th stage
2007: 6th Overall
2008: 7th Overall
2009: 57th Overall

Giro d'Italia

2003: 29th Overall

References

^ Cavendish, Mark (June 2009). Boy Racer. Ebury Press. ISBN 978-0-09-193275-6.
^ "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.

[Tour_de_France_2008-2] "Tour de France 2008". BBC News. 2008-07-27. Retrieved 27 April 2009.

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

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

[5] Kirchen unlikely to race again Cyclingnews

[6] "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 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