Leif Hoste

Leif Hoste
	Leif Hoste
To person
Date of birth	17th July 1977
nation	Belgium
discipline	Street
Driver type	Classic specialist / time trial
Team (s)
1998 ; 1999–2000 ; 2001–2004 ; 2005–2006 ; 2007 ; 2008–2009 ; 2010 ; 2011 ; 2012	Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx ; Mapei-Quick Step ; Lotto-Domo ; Discovery Channel ; Predictor-Lotto ; Silence-Lotto ; Omega Pharma-Lotto ; Katjuscha ; Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda’s
Most important successes
	Belgian time trial champion 2001, 2007 ; Three days of De Panne 2006
	Last updated: December 3, 2012

Leif Hoste (born July 17, 1977 in Kortrijk ) is a former Belgian cyclist .

Athletic career

After Hoste won the U23 version of Omloop Het Volk in 1997, he turned pro in 1998 with the Vlaanderen 2002 cycling team - Eddy Merckx. He was considered a strong time trial and won the Belgian time trial championships twice and, thanks to his victory in the final time trial in 2006, the three days of De Panne . At the first edition of the Eneco Tour in 2005 , he was third in the overall classification.

At the end of the 2012 season he ended his career as a professional cyclist. After the end of his career, he was given a two-year doping ban because of irregularities in his biological passport .