Bouet hopes bad luck is behind him

One year after crashing on stage 3 at the Santos Tour Down Under, Maxime Bouet attracted some attention as he finished fourth atop Paracombe behind Rohan Dennis, Cadel Evans and Tom Dumoulin. "I haven't won but when you look at the top ten or so, I've left some great champions behind me: Michael Rogers, Richie Porte, Domenico Pozzovivo, Luis Leon Sanchez," the Frenchman said after the race. "I'm not one of the leaders on the roster of Etixx-QuickStep, and yet, I'm up there with the best and it’s not from a breakaway."

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