Søren Lilholt
Personal information
Born (1965-09-22) 22 September 1965
Copenhagen, Denmark
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1986–1987Système U
1988Sigma
1989–1991Histor–Sigma
1992Tulip Computers

Søren Lilholt (born 22 September 1965) is a Danish former racing cyclist. He rode in eight Grand Tours between 1987 and 1992 completing five of them.[1][2] He also competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[3] During the 1990 Tour de France he was involved in many breakaway attempts as he placed in the top ten for the overall Combativity award.[4]

Major results

1983
World Road Championships
1st Junior road race
1st Junior team time trial (with Kim Olsen, Alex Pedersen and Rolf Sørensen)
1984
1st Stage 1 Tour of Sweden
1985
2nd Overall Circuit Franco Belge
2nd Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
1986
1st Stage 2 Tour of Sweden
1st Stage 2 Étoile de Bessèges
2nd Tour de Vendée
2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
3rd Grand Prix de Plouay
1987
1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg
1st Stage 1
2nd Omloop van het Waasland
3rd Overall Danmark Rundt
1988
1st National Road Race Championships
1st Stage 4 Tour of Sweden
1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice
1st Overall Tour d'Armorique
1st Stages 3 & 4B Tour de Luxembourg
3rd Overall Danmark Rundt
3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1989
2nd Giro del Piemonte
1990
1st E3 Harelbeke
1st Stage 3 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stage 4 Tour of Britain
1st Stage 1 Tour d'Armorique
1st Flèche Hesbignonne
2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies
2nd National Time Trial Championships
3rd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
1991
1st Stage 4 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
3rd A Travers le Morbihan

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 100
A yellow jersey Tour de France 99 DNF 85 DNF 99
A red jersey Vuelta a España 51 DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. "Søren Lilholt". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  2. "Søren Lilholt". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  3. "Søren Lilholt". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  4. McGann, Bill. "1990 Tour de France". Bike race info. Retrieved 11 April 2012.


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