Leif Hoste

Leif Hoste

Leif Hoste
Personal information
Full name Leif Hoste
Born 17 July 1977 (1977-07-17) (age 34)
Kortrijk, Belgium
Team information
Current team Accent.jobs-Willems Veranda's
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Classics specialist/Time-trialist
Amateur team(s)
1997 Mapei-GB (trainee)
Professional team(s)
1998
1999–2000
2001–2002
2003–2004
2005–2006
2007–2010
2011
2012–
Vlaanderen 2002
Mapei-Quick Step
Domo-Farm Frites
Lotto-Domo
Discovery Channel
Predictor-Lotto
Team Katusha
Accent.jobs-Willems Veranda's
Major wins
National Time Trial Champion (2001, 2006, 2007)
Infobox last updated on
3 January 2012

Leif Hoste (born 17 July 1977 in Kortrijk) is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist since 1998. He rides for UCI Professional Continental Team team Accent.jobs-Willems Veranda's.[1] His career highlights include winning two stages and the overall title at the 2006 Three Days of De Panne, the 2001 and 2006 Belgian national time trial championships, and a second place finish at the 2004, 2006 and 2007 one-day classic Ronde van Vlaanderen.

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

Major achievements

1998
1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stage 3 Circuito Montañés
2000
1st Stage 3 Tour de Wallonie
2001
1st Belgian National Time Trial Championships
2003
2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
3rd GP Eddy Merckx
2004
2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen
2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain
2005
3rd Overall Eneco Tour of Benelux
2006
1st Belgian National Time Trial Championships
1st Overall Three Days of De Panne
1st Mountains competition
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 4
2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen
2007
1st Belgian National Time Trial Championships
2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen
2010
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. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/hoste-joins-accent-jobs-willems-verandas-for-2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012. 

External links

Leif Hoste at Trap-Friis.dk

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Marc Wauters
Belgian National Time Trial Champion
2006, 2007
Succeeded by
Stijn Devolder