Kim Kirchen (Photo: Fassa Bortolo)

BONN, Aug 23 (CP) - Fassa Bortolo's Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg will be spending the coming two seasons at the German team T-Mobile. Fassa Bortolo will stop existing at the end of this season, and several riders of that team have already found new employers. Kirchen has been one of Fassa's stronger riders, having won the Trofeo Laigueglia and the Swiss GP Chiasso, as well as having achieved a stage victory in the Settimana Internazionale. The 27-year-old also reached the second position in the Flèche Wallone.

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