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Leif Hoste

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Leif Hoste is the 791st most popular cyclist (down from 635th in 2024), the 1,012th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 963rd in 2019) and the 87th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Leif Hoste ranks 791 out of 1,613. Before him are Oksana Grishina, Mattias Skjelmose, Sam Bennett, Igor Antón, Jai Hindley, and Gerald Ciolek. After him are Roberto Laiseka, Steffen Blochwitz, Fabio Jakobsen, Matthew Gilmore, Christophe Laporte, and Imelda Chiappa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Leif Hoste ranks 709. Before him are Marc Gicquel, Gustavo Morínigo, Daniel Svensson, Aydın Polatçı, Mark Streit, and Ike Barinholtz. After him are Rodolfo Bodipo, Carola Schouten, Hussein Abdulghani, Irán Castillo, Kenji Miyazaki, and Abderrahmane Hammad.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Leif Hoste ranks 1,012 out of 1,190. Before him are Princess Eléonore of Belgium (2008), Blanche (1999), Selah Sue (1989), Ulla Werbrouck (1972), Timothy Castagne (1995), and Sam Bennett (1990). After him are Urko Pardo (1983), Matthew Gilmore (1972), Stephan Van Der Heyden (1969), Jenny Gal (1969), Axel Hervelle (1983), and Olivier Deschacht (1981).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Leif Hoste ranks 87. Before him are Niko Eeckhout (1970), Nick Nuyens (1980), Serge Baguet (1969), Wim Vansevenant (1971), Victor Campenaerts (1991), and Sam Bennett (1990). After him are Matthew Gilmore (1972), Rik Verbrugghe (1974), Tim Merlier (1992), Dries Devenyns (1983), Jurgen Van den Broeck (1983), and Gianni Meersman (1985).

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