Brian Holm

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Full name Brian Holm Sørensen
Date of birth 2nd October 1962
nation DenmarkDenmark Denmark
discipline Road / train
End of career 1998
doping
1996 Epo
Last updated: June 22nd, 2019

Brian Holm Sørensen (born October 2, 1962 in Copenhagen , Denmark ) is a retired cyclist and, after his active career, sports director of cycling teams .

Athletic career

Brian Holm turned pro in 1986 and drove for the Telekom team from 1993 to 1997 . At the Tour de France 1996 he was one of the helpers of his compatriot and team captain Bjarne Riis , who won this event. His greatest individual success was the victory at Paris – Brussels in 1991. He finished the Tour de France seven times, with his best place 60 in the 1990 Tour de France . As a professional driver, he was able to achieve 14 victories.

Two times - 1984 and 1996 - Holm competed on the track at the Olympic Games . In 1984 he reached fifth place with the Danish track four ( Dan Frost , Michael Marcussen and Jørgen V. Pedersen ).

various

After his active career, Holm was one of the sports directors of the Telekom team from February 2002 . and stayed with this team and its successor team, which last drove under the name HTC-Highroad and disbanded at the end of 2011.

In 2004 Holm was diagnosed with cancer but recovered. He wrote the book Smerten, Glæden about his time with the illness . Erindringer from et liv på cykel .

In the course of the series of confessions , Brian Holm was the sixth former Telekom driver to admit the use of doping substances to improve performance . He took EPO twice in 1996 , Holm confessed on May 24, 2007.

Holm has been sports director of the Omega Pharma-Quickstep team since 2012 . In 2014 he was charged with obscene acts in the presence of a child, but acquitted of the charge by a Danish court.

successes

1980
1983
1984
1985
1986
1990
1991
1998

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia 100 - - - - 86 - - - -
Yellow jersey Tour de France 110 - 109 60 124 76 77 - - 107
Golden jersey Vuelta a España - - 101 - - - - - - -

literature

  • Smerten, Glæden. Erindringer fra et liv på cykel , Hoveland, 2002; ISBN 87-7739-588-3 ; the autobiography published in Danish. The title can be translated as The pain - the fun: memories of a life on the bike .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ abc. 1894 : MØD BRIAN HOLM. In: abc-vennerne.dk. Retrieved January 27, 2020 (Danish).
  2. ↑ Reports on www.t-mobile-team.com from February 4, 2003 ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Brian Holm with cancer. In: radsport-news.com. February 16, 2004, accessed June 22, 2019 .
  4. ^ Encouragement for Laudrup with cancer. In: t-online.de. September 9, 2010, accessed June 22, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Next ex-Telekom professional unpacks: Holm also admits epo-doping. In: rp-online.de. Retrieved June 22, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Brian Holm ploegleider bij Omega Pharma-Quick Step - WielerFlits. In: wielerflits.nl. August 16, 2011, accessed June 22, 2019 (Dutch).
  7. ↑ Simon MacMichael: Omega Pharma sport director Brian Holm cleared of indecently exposing himself to a child. In: road.cc. July 4, 2014, accessed June 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Holm, Brian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holm Sørensen, Brian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish cyclist and sports director
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd October 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen , Denmark