Full name Kim Kirchen Rider type All-rounder Nickname Grim Kim Name Kim Kirchen | Current team None Role Cyclist Discipline Road | |
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1999–2000 De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa Olympic medals Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's individual road race Competitors Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador, Chris Froome, Mark Cavendish, Bradley Wiggins Similar People Frank Schleck, Carlos Sastre, Benoit Joachim, Yaroslav Popovych, Robbie McEwen | ||
Kim kirchen and oscar freire crash 2009 tour of california
Kim Kirchen (born 3 July 1978 in Luxembourg City) is a former Luxembourg road racing cyclist.
Contents
- Kim kirchen and oscar freire crash 2009 tour of california
- Career
- Tour de France
- Giro dItalia
- References
Career
Kirchen signed as a professional cyclist in 2000 with De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa, and went on to join Fassa Bortolo in 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 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 and wearing the coveted yellow jersey for a total of four stages.
In 2010, Kirchen joined Team Katusha–Alpecin, after he was unable to agree with Team Columbia–HTC on a contract extension. He suffered a suspected heart attack during the 2010 Tour de Suisse, in June 2010. He did not race in 2011 because of the heart condition and later retired from the sport altogether.
Since 2011, Kirchen co-commentates all cycling races broadcast on RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg, along with former Cofidis cyclist Tom Flammang.