- Brian Holm
Brian Holm Sørensen (born
2 October 1962 inCopenhagen ) is a retired Danish professional rider inroad bicycle racing from 1986 to 1998, and rode forTeam Telekom from 1993 to 1997, and was part of the team that brought his fellow DaneBjarne Riis to victory in the1996 Tour de France . Brian Holm rode in theTour de France seven times, and completed each one.Brian Holm has been a reliable helper for most of his career, that nonetheless also sport 11 individual victories, including a national championship (1990), the one-day classic Paris-Bruxelles 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 andTeam Fakta , then for the Danish national team, and since 2003 for Team Telekom, which is currently named Team Columbia.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 atTeam Telekom . [cite news| url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/may07/may24news2 |title=Zabel and Aldag confess EPO usage |date=2007-05-24 |accessdate=2007-05-24 |work=cyclingnews.com |first=Susan |last=Westemeyer]In February 2004 he was diagnosed with
colon cancer , underwent surgery and is now back on active duty.Wins
;1986 – Roland:
Templeuve :Omloop van de Grenstreek :Circuit de la Frontiers ;1990 –Histor : DENchampionship,individual time trial : Stage 3,Tour d'Armorique :GP Wieler Revue : Stage 4,Paris-Nice ,team time trial : Stage 2,Tour de l'Oise ;1991 –Histor-Sigma :Paris-Camembert :Paris-Brussels ;1995 –Team Telekom : Stage 6,Boland Bank International ;1998 –Acceptcard Pro Cycling : Stage 3,Danmark Rundt Bibliography
* "Smerten - glæden : erindringer fra et liv på cykel",
Hoveland, Denmark , 2002. ISBN 87-7739-588-3.:Anautobiography written in Danish. The title can be translated to "The pain - the joy: memories of a life on the bike".ee also
*
List of doping cases in cycling References
External links
* [http://www.trap-friis.dk/cykling/hof/danmark.Holm.htm Trap Friis profile]
* [http://home8.inet.tele.dk/elmic/ZZ/brian.htm Elmic profile]
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