Frank Hoste

Frank Hoste (born 29 August 1955) is a retired Belgian professional road racing cyclist who was a professional from 1977 until 1991. He won the points classification in the Tour de France in 1984.

He rode in 13 grand tours throughout his career, eight times in the Tour de France and five times in the Giro d'Italia. All total he won five stages in the Tour de France and during the 1983 Giro d'Italia he came in the top 5 on eight different stages, one of which was a stage win. Hoste started a bicycle factory after his professional career.

Major results

1976 3rd Flèche Ardennaise 9th Circuit du Hainaut 1977 3rd GP Union Dortmund 6th Grand Prix de Fourmies 7th Scheldeprijs 8th Circuit du Hainaut 10th Overall Ronde van Nederland 1978 1st Grand Prix de Denain 2nd Dwars door België 2nd Le Samyn 3rd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 3rd Omloop van het Zuidwesten 10th Omloop van het Waasland 1979 2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 2nd Scheldeprijs 2nd Druivenkoers Overijse 3rd Omloop Het Volk 6th Dwars door België 6th Omloop van het Houtland 7th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 10th Overall Three Days of De Panne 1980 8th Overall Three Days of De Panne 10th Herinneringsprijs Dokter Tistaert – Prijs Groot-Zottegem 1981 1st Dwars door België 1st Prologue Tour Méditerranéen Tour de France 1st Stages 1b (TTT) & 4 (TTT) 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 2nd Circuit des Frontières 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges 4th Omloop Het Volk 5th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 1st Stage 3 7th Road race, National Road Championships 10th Scheldeprijs 1982

1st Stage 3 1st Gent–Wevelgem Tour de France 1st Stages 8 & 9a (TTT) 4th Dwars door België 4th Brussels–Ingooigem 4th Omloop van het Leiedal 7th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx 8th Druivenkoers Overijse 1983 Tour de Suisse 1st Stages 1, 2 & 8 Volta a Catalunya

1st Stages 1 & 3a Vuelta a las Tres Provincias 1st Stages 2 & 3a Vuelta a Andalucía 1st Stages 5a & 5b (ITT) 1st Stage 16a Giro d'Italia 3rd Gent–Wevelgem 3rd Scheldeprijs 5th Overall Three Days of De Panne 1st Stage 2 5th Züri-Metzgete 8th Paris–Roubaix 1984 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie Tour de France

1st Stages 1, 6 & 21 Vuelta a Aragón 1st Stages 2 & 5 2nd Trofeo Luis Puig 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 7th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx 1985 Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 2 (TTT) & 6 1st Stage 5a Vuelta a Andalucía 5th Trofeo Laigueglia 1986 1st GP du canton d'Argovie 1st Stage 15 Tour de France Volta a Catalunya 1st Stages 1 & 3 6th Brussels–Ingooigem 9th Paris–Tours 1987 5th Herinneringsprijs Dokter Tistaert – Prijs Groot-Zottegem 1988 2nd Omloop van het Houtland 3rd GP du canton d'Argovie 3rd De Kustpijl 6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg 1st Stage 4a 6th Circuit des Frontières 7th Overall Kellogg's Tour 8th Nationale Sluitingsprijs 1989 2nd Scheldeprijs 7th Overall Tour of Belgium 7th Paris–Brussels 10th Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden 1990 1st Omloop van de Westkust 8th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 9th GP du canton d'Argovie 1991 7th Nokere Koerse

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish