Leif Hoste Explained

Leif Hoste
Fullname:Leif Hoste
Birth Date:1977 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Kortrijk, Belgium
Height:1.85 m
Weight:80 kg
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Classics specialist/Time-trialist
Amateuryears1:1997
Amateurteam1: (stagiaire)
Proyears1:1998
Proyears2:1999–2000
Proyears3:2001–2002
Proyears4:2003–2004
Proyears5:2005–2006
Proyears6:2007–2010
Proyears7:2011
Proyears8:2012
Majorwins:National Time Trial Champion (2001, 2006, 2007)

Leif Hoste (born 17 July 1977) is a retired Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental Team team .[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.

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

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: Hoste joins Accent.jobs-Willems Veranda's for 2012 . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited . 29 November 2011 . 3 January 2012 .
    2. News: Belgian cycling body opens Hoste doping case . . . 29 March 2013 . 30 March 2013 .
    3. Web site: UCI Doping Suspensions . UCI . UCI.ch . 10 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140715214800/http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTU3Mjg&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=Nzk5OTY&LangId=1 . 15 July 2014 .

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