# 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 Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
       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 Points classification
       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 Points classification
       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

| Grand Tour | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Vuelta a España | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | 114 | — | 117 | 136 | 119 | — | 125 | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | DNF | 95 | DNF | — | 100 | — | 116 | DNF | 124 | DNF | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |