No. 045 - Kim Kirchen
 | Team: T-Mobile Team Country: Luxembourg DOB: 7/3/1978 | Age: 28 Hometown: Gonderange, Luxembourg Residence: Gonderange, Luxembourg Height: 5'10 | Weight: 148 Website: www.kimkirchen.com Pro Since: 2000 Specialty: Sprinter, Most Aggressive |
Career Summary
Two-time Luxembourg national road champion Kim Kirchen is one of the sport’s most consistent European racers and has had top ten stage finishes at the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia. He has won several smaller stage races including the Tour of Poland, the Tour of Holland, and the Tour of Bern. He has also won Paris-Brussels and has been named Luxembourgian Sportsman of the year four times.Events
07 Amgen Tour of CaliforniaIndividual Results
- 2006 1st Luxembourg National Road Championships; 1st Prologue and two stage second places Tour of Luxembourg; 2nd Gran Premio di Lugano
- 2005 1st overall, points classification and stage 7 Tour of Poland; 1st GP Chiasso; 2nd Fleche Wallone; 2nd Coppa Placci; 2nd Luxembourg National Road Championships; two stage wins Settimana Coppi e Bartali
- 2004 1st Luxembourg National Road Championships; stage win Tour of Luxembourg; 1st Trofeo Laigueglia; 2nd stage Tour de France; 6th Olympic Road Race
- 2003 1st Paris-Brussels; 4th overall Tour de Suisse
- 2002 1st overall Tour of Holland; 1st overall Tour of Bern
- 2001 1st stage 3 Tour of Luxembourg; 2nd Luxembourg National Time Trial Championships; 3rd Luxembourg National Road Championships Named Luxembourgian Sportsman of the Year in 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005. (The same number of times fellow cyclist Charly Gaul earned the honor.)
