Page Layout ⇒ cuted | Page Numbering Error

[anpo]

Hey guys,

again I am sorry for triple posting, but this is getting a bit urgent.

I could further reduce the mwe to this:

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\documentclass[twocolumn]{report}

\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{cuted}

\begin{document}

%\chapter*{fixes the pagenumber position}
\lipsum[1-5]

\begin{strip}
  B \\ B \\ B \\ B \\ B \\ B \\ B \\ B \\ B \\ B \\ B \\ B \\ B \\ B \\
\end{strip}
%
Try to remove this line
%
\end{document}

It is not related to the geometry package, as i thought before.
Can anyone explain to me, why the pagenumber is at the wrong height on the first page? there must be something wrong with the cuted package. But for some reason adding a chapter (try uncommenting the chapter line) fixes the pagenumber.
is there any way to add the pagenumbers later? Any ugly hack would do, as long as the pagenumbers are in the right spot.