Leif Hoste
Appearance
![]() Hoste at the 2008 Eneco Tour. | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Leif Hoste |
Born | Kortrijk, Belgium | 17 July 1977
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Classics specialist/Time-trialist |
Amateur team | |
1997 | Mapei–GB (stagiaire) |
Professional teams | |
1998 | Vlaanderen 2002–Eddy Merckx |
1999–2000 | Mapei–Quick-Step |
2001–2002 | Domo–Farm Frites–Latexco |
2003–2004 | Lotto–Domo |
2005–2006 | Discovery Channel |
2007–2010 | Predictor–Lotto |
2011 | Team Katusha |
2012 | Accent.jobs–Willems Veranda's |
Major wins | |
National Time Trial Champion (2001, 2006, 2007) |
Leif Hoste (born 17 July 1977) is a retired
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
.
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.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–Roubaix8th OverallThree Days of De Panne- 2010
3rd National Time Trial Championships8th Paris–Roubaix- 2011
- 7th Dwars door Vlaanderen
References
- ^ "Hoste joins Accent.jobs-Willems Veranda's for 2012". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ "Belgian cycling body opens Hoste doping case". SuperSport. MultiChoice. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ UCI (10 July 2014). "UCI Doping Suspensions". UCI.ch. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014.
External links
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