{{Short description|Danish cyclist (born 1962)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Brian Holm | image = Brian Holm by Christian Ursilva.jpg | caption = Holm in 2025 | fullname = Brian Holm Sørensen | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|10|02}} | birth_place = [[Copenhagen]], Denmark | height = 186 cm | weight = | currentteam = {{UCI team code|OPQ}} (Director sportif) | discipline = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]] | role = Director sportif | ridertype = | proyears1 = 1986–1988 | proteam1 = Roland–Van de Ven | proyears2 = 1989–1991 | proteam2 = Histor–Sigma | proyears3 = 1992 | proteam3 = Tulip Computers | proyears4 = 1993–1997 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|THR|1993}} | proyears5 = 1998 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|SAX|1998}} | proyears6 = 1998 | proteam6 = [[Acceptcard Pro Cycling]] | manageyears1 = 1999 | manageteam1 = [[Acceptcard Pro Cycling]] | manageyears2 = 2004–2011 | manageteam2 = {{UCI team code|THR|2004}} | manageyears3 = 2012– | manageteam3 = {{UCI team code|OPQ|2012}} | majorwins = '''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]''' : {{nowrap|[[Danish National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]] (1990)}} : [[Paris–Brussels]] (1991) : [[Paris–Camembert]] (1991) | medaltemplates = }}
'''Brian Holm Sørensen''' (born 2 October 1962) is a Danish retired 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 [[Cycling domestique|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<ref>{{cite news|title=How Mark Cavendish Conquered the World|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/530448/how-mark-cavendish-conquered-the-world-part-two.html|newspaper=Cycling Weekly|date=2011-10-13|access-date=25 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223155653/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/530448/how-mark-cavendish-conquered-the-world-part-two.html|archive-date=23 December 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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 (fashion designer)|Paul Smith]]. [[Mark Cavendish]] is one of its ambassadors.
In November 2013 Holm was elected as a municipal councillor in [[Frederiksberg Municipality|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 (Denmark)|Conservative People's Party]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/politik/danskpolitik/article2153925.ece |title=Brian Holm spurter ind på Frederiksberg – næstflest stemmer |last=Miles |first=James Kristoffer|date=20 November 2013|website=[[Ekstrabladet]]|language=Danish |trans-title=Brian Holm sprints in Frederiksberg – second in|accessdate=28 May 2014}}</ref>
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<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://localeyes.dk/a02146-3526-graadkvalt-pige-om-brian-holm-han-tog-mine-underbukser-af/|title = Grådkvalt pige om Brian Holm: Han tog mine underbukser af| date=2 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/brian-holm-frifindes-kraenkede-ikke-syvaarig-pige|title = Brian Holm frifindes: Krænkede ikke syvårig pige|date = 3 July 2014}}</ref>
==Doping== In his 2002 autobiography, he admitted having used [[Doping (sport)|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]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://autobus.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}}</ref>
==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;1983 :1st [[Duo Normand]] (with [[Jack Olsen (cyclist)|Jack Olsen]]) :7th Overall [[Tour of Sweden]] ;1984 :1st [[Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers]] :4th [[UCI Road World Championships – Men's amateur road race|UCI Amateur Road Race World Championships]] :9th Overall [[Tour of Norway (1983–1992)|Tour of Norway]] ;1986 – [[Roland (cycling team)|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 {{DEN}} National championship, [[individual time trial]] :1st [[GP Wieler Revue]] :1st Stage 4 (TTT) [[1990 Paris–Nice|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 (men's race)|Brabantse Pijl]] ;1991 – [[Histor-Sigma]] :1st [[Paris–Camembert]] :1st [[Paris–Brussels]] :5th [[Grand Prix Eddy Merckx]] (with [[Benjamin Van Itterbeeck]]) :9th [[Brabantse Pijl (men's race)|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 [[Hofbrau Cup|Hofbräu Cup]] ;1994 :3rd [[Grand Prix de Denain]] :4th [[Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic|Veenendaal–Veenendaal]] :7th [[Grand Prix de Wallonie]] ;1995 – [[Team Telekom]] :Stage 6, [[Boland Bank International]] :2nd [[2003 national cycling championships|National Road Race Championships]] :5th [[Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde|Omloop Mandel]] :10th [[Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne]] ;1996 – [[Team Telekom]] :3rd [[Dwars door België]] :5th Overall [[Tour de Luxembourg]] :6th [[National Championships|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 [[GP Herning|Grand Prix Herning]] :6th Overall [[Danmark Rundt]] :6th [[Tre Valli Varesine]] :7th [[Colliers Classic|Grand Prix Aarhus]] ;1998 – [[Acceptcard Pro Cycling]] :1st Stage 3 [[Danmark Rundt]] :7th [[National Championships|Danish National Road Race Championships]] :8th [[Ronde van Drenthe]] :8th [[Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde|Omloop Mandel]] :9th Overall [[Étoile de Bessèges]] {{div col end}}
==Bibliography== * ''Smerten – glæden : erindringer fra et liv på cykel'', {{Interlanguage link|Hovedland|dk}}, Denmark, 2002. {{ISBN|87-7739-588-3}}. :An [[autobiography]] written in Danish. The title can be translated to ''The pain – the joy: memories of a life on the bike''. * ''Den sidste kilometer – En bog om at blive klogere'', [[People's Press (Denmark)|People's Press]], Denmark, 2009, {{ISBN|978-87-7055-755-9}}. A book in Danish about his cancer. The title can be translated to ''The last kilometer – A book about becoming wiser''.
==See also== * [[List of doping cases in cycling]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.laflammerouge.dk/ La Flamme Rouge] * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051203232523/http://home8.inet.tele.dk/elmic/ZZ/brian.htm |date=3 December 2005 |title=Elmic profile }}
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