In the early 2000s he was one of the greatest cycling talents in Flanders, but today many would probably no longer recognize him. After his top sports career, Leif Hoste (47) began the most difficult battle of his life. “Fighting for victory in the Tour of Flanders or Paris-Roubaix? That’s not even the end of my battle against alcohol,” he tells HLN for the first time. “This is a matter of life and death.”
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EXCLUSIVE. Ex-cyclist Leif Hoste is fighting serious alcohol addiction: “Three bottles of vodka a day, an ordinary person cannot survive that”
Bytaketonews
Dec 20, 2025