Leif Hoste
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| Hoste during the 2007 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Leif Hoste |
| Date of birth | July 17, 1977 |
| Country | Belgium |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Silence-Lotto |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time Trial specialist |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 1997 | Mapei-GB (trainee) |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1998 1999–2000 2001–2002 2003–2004 2005–2006 2007 2008– |
Vlaanderen 2002 Mapei-QuickStep Domo-Farm Frites Lotto-Domo Discovery Channel Predictor-Lotto Silence-Lotto |
| Major wins | |
| National Time Trial Champion (2001, 2006-2007) | |
| Infobox last updated on: | |
| 22 December 2007 | |
Leif Hoste (born 17 July 1977 in Kortrijk) is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist since 1998. He rides on the UCI ProTour for Silence-Lotto. 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).
[edit] Major achievements
- 1998 – Vlaandern 2002
- Stage 1 – Tour de l'Avenir
- Stage 3 – Circuito Montanes
- 1999 – Mapei-Quick Step
- 2000 – Mapei-Quick Step
- Stage 3 – Tour de Wallonie
- 2001 – Domo-Farm Frites
- 1st
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Belgian National Time Trial Championships - 2002 – Domo-Farm Frites
- 2003 – Lotto-Domo
- 2nd – Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne
- 3rd – GP Eddy Merckx
- 2004 – Lotto-Domo
- 2nd – Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 2nd overall – Tour de l'Ain
- 2005 – Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
- 3rd overall – Eneco Tour of Benelux
- 2006 – Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
- 1st Belgian National Time Trial Championships
- Three Days of De Panne
- Overall classification
- Mountains competition
- Stage 1 – Three Days of De Panne
- Stage 4 – Three Days of De Panne
- 2nd – Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 2007 – Predictor-Lotto
- 1st Belgian National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd, Ronde van Vlaanderen
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| NAME | Hoste, Leif |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Road bicycle racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1977-07-17 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kortrijk, Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
