# Brian Holm

Brian Holm Sørensen (born 2 October 1962) is a retired Danish professional rider in road bicycle racing from 1986 to 1998, who rode for Team Telekom from 1993 to 1997 and was part of the team that brought his fellow Dane Bjarne Riis to victory in the 1996 Tour de France.

## Biography

Brian Holm was born in Copenhagen. He was a reliable domestique for most of his career, and also sports 11 individual victories, including a national championship (1990), the one-day classic Paris–Brussels and the semi-classic Paris–Camembert.
After his active career, Brian Holm has acted as a sport director, first for Danish pro-teams Team Acceptcard (1999) and Team Fakta, then for the Danish national team, and from 2003 for Team Telekom (sponsors changed several times) until 2011 when the team, latterly known as HTC-Highroad, came to an end.
Holm is cited as a motivational influence on prominent HTC-Highroad cyclist, Mark Cavendish. During the 2011 UCI Road World Championships in Copenhagen, won by Cavendish, he reportedly rode in the team support car with Great Britain coach Rod Ellingworth.
In February 2004 he was diagnosed with colon cancer, and underwent surgery before returning to racing. Following his experience with cancer, Holm established La Flamme Rouge, as a means to raise money for charitable organisations supporting cancer patients through sport. La Flamme Rouge sells various products such as cycle clothing designed for them by Paul Smith. Mark Cavendish is one of its ambassadors.
In November 2013 Holm was elected as a municipal councillor in Frederiksberg, a town forming an enclave in the Copenhagen Municipality, despite undertaking little campaigning. Holm stood for election as a candidate of the Conservative People's Party.
In May 2014 Holm was charged with indecent exposure towards a 7-year-old girl, who had slept over in his house. Holm was acquitted

## Doping

In his 2002 autobiography, he admitted having used doping during the 1990s. This did not cost him his job as manager for the Danish national team, despite some concern about him being a role model for the young riders. In May 2007, he admitted having used erythropoietin (EPO) on two occasions in 1996 at Team Telekom.

## Major results
### 1983

    1st Duo Normand (with Jack Olsen)
    7th Overall Tour of Sweden

### 1984

    1st Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
    4th UCI Amateur Road Race World Championships
    9th Overall Tour of Norway

### 1986 – Roland

    1st Circuit de la Frontiers
    Templeuve
    Omloop van de Grenstreek
    3rd Trofeo Baracchi (with Jesper Skibby)
    4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
    7th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

### 1987

    9th Overall Danmark Rundt

### 1988

    2nd Grand Prix de la Libération
    4th Nokere Koerse
    5th Overall Danmark Rundt

### 1989

    3rd Grand Prix de la Libération
    7th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

### 1990 – Histor

    1st Denmark National championship, individual time trial
    1st GP Wieler Revue
    1st Stage 4 (TTT) Paris–Nice
    1st Stage 3 Tour d'Armorique
    Stage 2, Tour de l'Oise
    4th Grand Prix de la Libération
    5th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Paul Haghedooren)
    6th Trofeo Luis Puig
    6th Gent–Wevelgem
    6th Rund um Köln
    8th Grand Prix des Nations
    9th Omloop Het Volk
    9th Brabantse Pijl

### 1991 – Histor-Sigma

    1st Paris–Camembert
    1st Paris–Brussels
    5th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Benjamin Van Itterbeeck)
    9th Brabantse Pijl
    10th Grand Prix de la Libération

### 1992

    2nd Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden
    4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
    6th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
    7th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
    10th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Herman Frison)

### 1993

    5th Grand Prix de Wallonie
    5th Grand Prix de Fourmies
    6th Druivenkoers Overijse
    6th Paris–Brussels
    8th Grote 1-MeiPrijs
    8th Overall Hofbräu Cup

### 1994

    3rd Grand Prix de Denain
    4th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
    7th Grand Prix de Wallonie

### 1995 – Team Telekom

    Stage 6, Boland Bank International
    2nd National Road Race Championships
    5th Omloop Mandel
    10th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

### 1996 – Team Telekom

    3rd Dwars door België
    5th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
    6th Danish National Road Race Championships
    7th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
    7th Paris–Roubaix
    7th Overall Danmark Rundt

### 1997 – Team Telekom

    3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
    4th Grand Prix Herning
    6th Overall Danmark Rundt
    6th Tre Valli Varesine
    7th Grand Prix Aarhus

### 1998 – Acceptcard Pro Cycling

    1st Stage 3 Danmark Rundt
    7th Danish National Road Race Championships
    8th Ronde van Drenthe
    8th Omloop Mandel
    9th Overall Étoile de Bessèges