Maxime Bouet

Born in Belley, Ain, Bouet participated at the French national track and road championships as a junior in 2003. At the track championships he won the silver medal in the individual pursuit, while at the road championships he took the bronze medal at the individual time trial.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=19738|title=Maxime Bouet}} In the following year (2004) he improved both results, winning the gold medal in the individual pursuit and the silver medal in the individual time trial. In January 2006 Bouet took part in the La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, a stage race in Gabon where he finished in 15th position overall.{{cite news|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=3123|title=La Tropicale Amissa Bongo 2006}} That same year, on 1 May he finished 19th in the under-23 version of Liège–Bastogne–Liège.{{cite news|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=3618|title=Liège – Bastogne – Liège Espoirs 2006}} He also reached the fourth position of the sixth stage in the Giro della Valle d'Aosta, an individual time trial over {{convert|10.1|km|abbr=off}} where he finished 51 seconds behind winner Dan Martin.{{cite news|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=4473|title=Giro della Valle d'Aosta Mont Blanc, Stage 6 : Landry – Vallandry I.T.T. (10.1 km) 2006}}

During the 2007 cycling season Bouet signed a contract with {{UCI team code|AGR|2007}} as a stagiaire. His first notable result for them was when he reached the fourth place in the general classification of the Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour.{{cite news|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=5268|title=Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour, General classification 2007}} He then came third in the first three stages of the Bidasoa Itzulia, the second stage of the Tour du Chablais, the third and fourth stages of the Ronde de l'Isard as well as the general classification of that last race.

{{UCI team code|AGR|2008|nolink=yes}} offered him a professional contract for the 2008 season in which he started off with a 20th place at the {{lang|fr|Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise|italic=no}}.{{cite news|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=6834|title=GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 2008}} After gaining more experience in the Tour Méditerranéen (19th), the Tour du Haut Var (47th), the Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse (17th) and the Volta ao Distrito de Santarém (116th) he won his first professional race on 24 March during the first stage of the Tour de Normandie, a {{convert|5.8|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} prologue in and around Mondeville.{{cite news|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=7126|title=Tour de Normandie 2008}} The six seconds he was ahead of Jos van Emden were enough to keep him in the leader's jersey for the next two days.{{cite news|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider_palm.asp?riderid=5262&year=2008&all=1¤t=0|title=Maxime Bouet}} He finished sixth in the Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour, 11th in the Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas and fourth in the Circuit de Lorraine. In the last couple of months of the season he finished second in the individual pursuit at the French National Track Championships and third in the second stage of the Tour de l'Ain. He was called up to represent France at the under-23 race of the 2008 UCI Road World Championships in Varese where he came in 83rd place in a race that was won by Fabio Duarte.

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In 2009, his last season for {{UCI team code|AGR|2009|nolink=yes}}, Bouet also started off in the {{lang|fr|Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise|italic=no}}, this time claiming the 7th spot, one minute and seven seconds behind winner Rémi Pauriol.{{cite news|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=10462|title=GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 2009}} That same month he finished 19th in the Tour du Haut Var and also won his first race of the season, the first stage of the Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse, including the leading jersey. In the end, he finished in the second spot behind teammate David Lelay.{{cite news|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider_palm.asp?riderid=5262&year=2009&all=1¤t=0|title=Maxime Bouet 2009}} Bouet competed in his first Paris–Nice race afterwards, finishing in 64th position overall. At the Volta ao Alentejo Bouet won another stage race opener and wore the leader's jersey for two days until Héctor Guerra won the individual time trial in stage 3.{{cite news|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=10880|title=Volta ao Alentejo, Stage 3 : Beja – Beja I.T.T. (19 km)}} However, with a third place in the 5th and last stage of the race he reclaimed the lead and took the overall win, one second ahead of Guerra.{{cite news|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=10883|title=Volta ao Alentejo, General classification}} After finishing third in the general classification of the Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour Bouet focused on some of the classic races. He reached the finish of La Flèche Wallonne in 138th position, but did not finish Liège–Bastogne–Liège.

Bouet was added to the Tour de France shortlist for {{UCI team code|AGR|2009|nolink=yes}} and was preparing for his first grand tour. With a win in the Boucles de l'Aulne and a seventh place in the Grand Prix of Aargau Canton he confirmed his form and made the final selection. In the third stage from Marseille to La Grande-Motte, a race won by Mark Cavendish, Bouet sprinted in the bunch to a ninth position, earning him his first and only top ten result of the Tour de France that year.{{cite news|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=12909|title=Tour de France, Stage 3 : Marseille – La Grande-Motte (196.5 km)}} A great result in the 20th stage from Montélimar to Mont Ventoux in which he finished in 17th place, Bouet ultimately secured a 69th overall ranking when finishing on the Champs-Élysées in Paris the day after.{{cite news|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=12928|title=Tour de France, General classification 2009}} The 2009 season for Bouet ended in August after he finished third in the second stage of the Tour de l'Ain where he claimed the 11th spot overall.

For the 2010 season Bouet signed a new contract, this time with {{UCI team code|ALM|2010}}. Bouet started off with a 60th place in the GP d'Ouverture Marseillaise, 41st place in the Tour du Haut Var and a 14th spot in the Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano.{{cite news|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider_palm.asp?riderid=5262&year=2010&all=1¤t=0|title=Maxime Bouet 2010}} In the Gran Premio di Lugano he finished fourth in the same group as winner Roberto Ferrari,{{cite news|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=16757|title=GP di Lugano (142.8 km)}} while in Paris–Nice he finished in 21st position overall.{{cite news|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=16984|title=Paris – Nice, General classification 2010}} The next two months Bouet took part in a lot of one day classics like Milan–San Remo (152nd), Amstel Gold Race (88th), and La Flèche Wallonne (80th), but his best results were held in the GP Miguel Induráin (7th), the Circuit de Lorraine (9th) and the Boucles de l'Aulne (10th). The 45th place he finished at in the Critérium du Dauphiné was a preparation for the Tour de France where he finished in 105th place overall. In the second stage, however, that was completely held in Belgium on a route from Brussels to Spa he finished as the first rider of the peloton in second position, three minutes and 56 seconds after lone winner Sylvain Chavanel.{{cite news|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=17881|title=Tour de France, Stage 2 : Brussel (Bel) – Spa (Bel) (201 km)}} In the sixth stage Bouet ended up in the breakaway group that got a huge gap ahead of the peloton. In the end Sérgio Paulinho took the win in that stage, running from Chambéry to Gap, with Bouet finishing in sixth place, three minutes and 20 seconds behind Paulinho, but still way ahead of the peloton that reached the finish line 14 minutes and 19 seconds later than Paulinho.{{cite news|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=17890|title=Tour de France, Stage 10 : Chambéry – Gap (179 km)}} In August that year he won the third stage of the Tour de l'Ain and came 11th overall.

2011 started with a 45th-place finish in the {{lang|fr|Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise|italic=no}}, followed by eighth position in the Étoile de Bessèges and a 15th place in the Tour du Haut Var.{{cite news|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider_palm.asp?riderid=5262&year=2011&all=1¤t=0|title=Maxime Bouet 2011}} These results were followed by another eighth position in the Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano, a 13th place in the Gran Premio di Lugano and a 60th place overall in Paris–Nice. Other main races he competed in were the Volta a Catalunya (35th), the Flèche d'Emeraude (16th), the Amstel Gold Race (124th), the Tour de Romandie (89th), the Bayern–Rundfahrt (13th) and the Critérium du Dauphiné (23rd). Before the Tour de France started Bouet finished 5th in the French National Road Race Championships. In the Tour de France he did not come up with remarkable results, but reached Paris in 54th position overall. Soon after the Tour de France finished he reached the third place in the Bordeaux Criterium, 15th in the Grand Prix de Fourmies, 14th in the Grand Prix de Wallonie, fourth in the Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato as well as third in the Tour de Vendée.

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Bouet started with 21st position in the {{lang|fr|Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise|italic=no}} and finished third in the individual time trial part of the 5th stage in the Étoile de Bessèges.{{cite news|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider_palm.asp?riderid=5262&year=2012&all=1¤t=0|title=Maxime Bouet 2012}} In the Tour du Haut Var he finished in eighth position, while he finished 12th in the Gran Premio di Lugano. He went on to perform well in Paris–Nice where he reached the 14th spot overall, followed by a 12th place in the Critérium International.

In August 2014 {{UCI team code|OPQ|2014}} announced that Bouet would join them on a two-year contract from 2015, latterly known as {{UCI team code|EQS|2015|nolink=yes}}, with a role as a domestique for Rigoberto Urán and with a view to eventually compete for stage wins in races such as the Critérium du Dauphiné and the Tour of the Basque Country.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/maxime-bouet-signs-for-omega-pharma-quickstep|title=Maxime Bouet signs for Omega Pharma-QuickStep|last=Benson|first=Daniel|date=27 August 2014|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|access-date=4 October 2014}}

In August 2016 Bouet announced that he was following team-mate Gianni Meersman to {{UCI team code|FVC|2017a}}, joining the team with an initial two-year deal from 2017. The move reunited him with team manager Emmanuel Hubert, who signed him to his first professional contract when he was in charge of Agritubel. In his announcement he expressed a desire to race as a team leader with the French squad.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bouet-to-ride-for-fortuneo-vital-concept-in-2017-transfer-shorts/ |title=Bouet to ride for Fortuneo Vital Concept in 2017 - Transfer shorts|date=31 August 2016 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=21 August 2016}} With his new team he participated in the 2017 Tour de France, placing 55th in the general classification.{{cite web|title=Tour de France 2017|url=http://maximebouet.com/tour-de-france-2017/|website=Maxime Bouet - Site Officiel|access-date=10 November 2017|language=fr-FR|date=3 July 2017}}

Bouet retired at the end of the 2023 season, after 16 seasons as a professional.{{cite web | url=https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling/loyal-teammate-maxime-bouet-will-retire-at-the-end-of-2023 | title=Loyal teammate, Maxime Bouet will retire at the end of 2023 | work=cyclinguptodate.com | date=22 June 2023 | accessdate=14 January 2024}}

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;2003

: 2nd Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships

: 3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

;2004

: 1st 20px Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships

: 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

: 2nd Classique des Alpes

;2007

: 3rd Overall Ronde de l'Isard

: 4th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour

: 10th Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines

;2008

: 1st Stage 1 (ITT) Tour de Normandie

: 2nd Individual pursuit, National Track Championships

: 4th Overall Circuit de Lorraine

: 6th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour

;2009

: 1st 20px Overall Volta ao Alentejo

::1st Stage 1

: 1st Boucles de l'Aulne

: 2nd Overall Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse

::1st Stage 1

: 3rd Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour

: 7th {{lang|fr|Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise|italic=no}}

: 7th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

;2010

: 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Ain

: 4th Gran Premio di Lugano

: 7th GP Miguel Induráin

: 9th Overall Circuit de Lorraine

: 10th Boucles de l'Aulne

;2011

: 3rd Tour de Vendée

: 4th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato

: 5th Road race, National Road Championships

: 8th Overall Étoile de Bessèges

: 8th Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano

;2012

: 5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges

: 8th Overall Tour du Haut Var

;2013

: 3rd Overall Giro del Trentino

::1st Stage 1a

: 6th {{lang|fr|Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise|italic=no}}

: 7th Overall Critérium International

: 10th Overall Tour of Oman

;2014

: 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

: 6th Gran Premio di Lugano

;2015

: 20px Combativity award Stage 12 Vuelta a España

;2016

: 7th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana

: 9th Overall Tour du Haut Var

;2017

: 2nd {{lang|fr|Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise|italic=no}}

: 6th Overall Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc

: 7th Overall Tour de l'Ain

: 9th Overall Giro di Toscana

: 10th Overall Tour La Provence

;2018

: 6th Overall Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc

::1st Stage 1

: 9th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine

;2021

: 7th Overall Volta ao Algarve

;2022

: 6th GP Industria & Artigianato

: 9th Overall Tour de la Provence

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