Søren Lilholt

{{Short description|Danish cyclist (born 1965)}}

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| birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark

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| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

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| proyears1 = 1986–1987

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|SUG|1986}}

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| proteam2 = Sigma

| proyears3 = 1989–1991

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| proyears4 = 1992

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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.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=4758 |title=Søren Lilholt |accessdate=1 September 2014 |work=Cycling Archives}}{{cite web |url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=168006 |title=Søren Lilholt |accessdate=1 September 2014 |work=ProCyclingStats}} He also competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/soren-lilholt-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045340/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/soren-lilholt-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Søren Lilholt |accessdate=1 September 2014 |work=Sports Reference}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdf1990.html|title=1990 Tour de France|accessdate=11 April 2012|work=Bike race info|first=Bill|last=McGann}}

Major results

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;1983

: World Road Championships

::1st 20px Junior road race

::1st 20px 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 20px Overall Tour de Luxembourg

::1st Stage 1

: 2nd Omloop van het Waasland

: 3rd Overall Danmark Rundt

;1988

: 1st 20px 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

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=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=

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! scope="col" | 1987

! scope="col" | 1988

! scope="col" | 1989

! scope="col" | 1990

! scope="col" | 1991

! scope="col" | 1992

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! scope="row" | File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia

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| style="text-align:center;"|100

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! scope="row" | File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France

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| style="text-align:center;"|99

| style="text-align:center;"|DNF

| style="text-align:center;"|85

| style="text-align:center;"|DNF

| style="text-align:center;"|99

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! scope="row" | File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España

| style="text-align:center;"|51

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| style="text-align:center;"|DNF

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|+ Legend

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| Did not compete

scope="row" | DNF

| Did not finish

References

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