Leif Hoste (born 17 July 1977) is a retired Belgian professional

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, who last rode for

UCI Professional Continental Team The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) – the governing body of cycling – categorizes teams into three divisions. The first division, consisting of the top 18 teams, is classified as UCI WorldTeams, and competes in the UCI World Tour. The se ...

team . Born in

Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It is the capital and larges ...

, 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 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, 2006 and

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one-day classic

Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and orga ...

. At the

2006 Paris–Roubaix The 2006 Paris–Roubaix was the 104th running of the Paris–Roubaix single-day cycling race, often known as the ''Hell of the North''. It was held on 9 April 2006 over a distance of . Fabian Cancellara became the second road racing cyclist from S ...

, after finishing second, Hoste was disqualified by the race jury for illegally riding through a closed

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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. On 13 July 2014 it was confirmed by the UCI that Hoste had been banned for two years until 29 December 2015 for

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irregularities.

Major results

;1998 : 1st Stage 1

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independent ...

: 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 MaillotBélgica

National Time Trial Championships ;2002 : 9th

Sparkassen Giro Bochum The Sparkassen Giro Bochum is a road bicycle race which is annually held for both men's and women's around an urban circuit in the German city of Bochum, Germany. Since 2005 the men's race is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as 1.1 ...

;2003 : 2nd National Time Trial Championships : 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 3rd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx ;2004 : 2nd

: 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 MaillotBélgica

National Time Trial Championships : 1st Overall Three Days of De Panne ::1st Mountains competition ::1st Stages 1 & 4 (ITT) : 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 2nd

: 2nd
Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional road bicycle racing, bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling m ...
(DSQ) : 2nd Eindhoven Team Time Trial : 5th

E3 Prijs Vlaanderen E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 kil ...

;2007 : 1st MaillotBélgica

National Time Trial Championships : 2nd

: 3rd Overall

Tour of Belgium The Tour of Belgium ( nl, Ronde van België; french: Tour de Belgique) is a five-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium, and is part of the UCI ProSeries. It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Be ...

: 4th Overall Eneco Tour : 7th Overall Tour of Qatar ;2008 : 2nd National Time Trial Championships : 6th

Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional road bicycle racing, bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling m ...

: 7th

Omloop Het Volk Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day Road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Nort ...

;2009 : 4th
Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional road bicycle racing, bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling m ...
: ~~8th Overall Three Days of De Panne~~ ;2010 : ~~3rd National Time Trial Championships~~ : 8th
Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional road bicycle racing, bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling m ...
;2011 : 7th Dwars door Vlaanderen

References

External links

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Leif Hoste
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