Leif Hoste

Leif Hoste (born 17 July 1977) is a retired Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental Team team Accent.jobs–Willems Veranda's.[1] Born in Kortrijk, Hoste's career highlights included winning two stages and the overall title at the 2006 Three Days of De Panne, the 2001, 2006 and 2007 Belgian national time trial championships, and a second-place finish at the 2004, 2006 and 2007 one-day classic Tour of Flanders.

Leif Hoste
Hoste at the 2008 Eneco Tour.
Personal information
Full nameLeif Hoste
Born (1977-07-17) 17 July 1977
Kortrijk, Belgium
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClassics specialist/Time-trialist
Amateur team
1997Mapei–GB (stagiaire)
Professional teams
1998Vlaanderen 2002–Eddy Merckx
1999–2000Mapei–Quick-Step
2001–2002Domo–Farm Frites–Latexco
2003–2004Lotto–Domo
2005–2006Discovery Channel
2007–2010Predictor–Lotto
2011Team Katusha
2012Accent.jobs–Willems Veranda's
Major wins
National Time Trial Champion (2001, 2006, 2007)

At the 2006 Paris–Roubaix, after finishing second, Hoste was disqualified by the race jury for illegally riding through a closed level crossing along with Peter Van Petegem and Vladimir Gusev (who were also disqualified).

On 29 March 2013, the Belgian cycling federation began a doping case against Hoste.[2] On 13 July 2014 it was confirmed by the UCI that Hoste had been banned for two years until 29 December 2015 for biological passport irregularities.[3]

Major results
1998
1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stage 3 Circuito Montañés
1999
5th Overall Tour Trans-Canada
6th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
9th Duo Normand
2000
1st Stage 3 Tour de Wallonie
3rd National Time Trial Championships
7th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
2001
1st National Time Trial Championships
2002
9th Sparkassen Giro Bochum
2003
2nd National Time Trial Championships
2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
3rd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
2004
2nd Tour of Flanders
2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain
3rd National Time Trial Championships
6th Brussels–Ingooigem
6th Druivenkoers Overijse
8th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
2005
3rd Overall Eneco Tour of Benelux
2006
1st National Time Trial Championships
1st Overall Three Days of De Panne
1st Mountains competition
1st Stages 1 & 4 (ITT)
2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
2nd Tour of Flanders
2nd Paris–Roubaix (DSQ)
2nd Eindhoven Team Time Trial
5th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
2007
1st National Time Trial Championships
2nd Tour of Flanders
3rd Overall Tour of Belgium
4th Overall Eneco Tour
7th Overall Tour of Qatar
2008
2nd National Time Trial Championships
6th Paris–Roubaix
7th Omloop Het Volk
2009
4th Paris–Roubaix
8th Overall Three Days of De Panne
2010
3rd National Time Trial Championships
8th Paris–Roubaix
2011
7th Dwars door Vlaanderen

References
  1. "Hoste joins Accent.jobs-Willems Veranda's for 2012". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  2. "Belgian cycling body opens Hoste doping case". SuperSport. MultiChoice. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  3. UCI (10 July 2014). "UCI Doping Suspensions". UCI.ch. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014.

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