Leif Hoste

Leif Hoste
	Hoste at the 2008 Eneco Tour.
Personal information
Full name	Leif Hoste
Born	17 July 1977 (age 47); Kortrijk, Belgium
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics specialist/Time-trialist
Amateur team
1997	Mapei–GB (stagiaire)
Professional teams
1998	Vlaanderen 2002–Eddy Merckx
1999–2000	Mapei–Quick-Step
2001–2002	Domo–Farm Frites–Latexco
2003–2004	Lotto–Domo
2005–2006	Discovery Channel
2007–2010	Predictor–Lotto
2011	Team Katusha
2012	Accent.jobs–Willems Veranda's
Major wins
	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 Accent.jobs–Willems Veranda's.^[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]