Albert Bouvet at Mellé, Ille-et-Vilaine

Mellé, Ille-et-Vilaine

Mellé is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Bretagne in north-western France. It is around 50 km north-east of Rennes.-Demographics:Inhabitants of Mellé are called Melléens.-References:* ;* -External links:*...

 near Fougères

Fougères

Fougères is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany, in north-western France.-Sights:Fougères' major monument is a medieval stronghold built atop a granite ledge, which was part of the ultimately unsuccessful defence system of the Duchy of Brittany against...

 in Brittany

Brittany

Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...

 is a former French professional bicycle racer on road and track. He won Paris–Tours in 1956 and remained the last Frenchman to win until Jacky Durand

Jacky Durand

Jacky Durand is a retired French professional road bicycle racer. Durand had an attacking style, winning the Ronde van Vlaanderen in 1992 after a breakaway, and three stages in the Tour de France....

 won in 1998. His name is also associated with Paris–Roubaix, as an organiser and discoverer of new sections of pavé.

The Albert Bouvet Trophy is a race between Saint Gregory and Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault

Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault

Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Bretagne in north-western France.-Demographics:Inhabitants of Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault are called Reintembaultois....

 in Ille et Vilaine.

Wins

• Champion of France, Individual pursuit
  Individual pursuit
  The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track.The event is held over 4 km for men and 3 km for women. The two riders start at the same time and set off to complete the race distance in the...
  
  : 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963 (2nd: 1961)
• Champion of France, Individual pursuit
  Individual pursuit
  The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track.The event is held over 4 km for men and 3 km for women. The two riders start at the same time and set off to complete the race distance in the...
  
   (for Winter): 1957
• Paris–Tours: 1956
• Circuit Boucles de la Seine: 1955
• Circuit Finistère: 1956
• Boucles du Bas-Limousin: 1955
• Tour de l'Orne: 1954
• Manche-Océan: 1954 (2nd: 1955, 1957 3rd: 1956)
• Grand Prix de France (as an amateur): 1953

Other significant results

• 2nd Individual pursuit
  Individual pursuit
  The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track.The event is held over 4 km for men and 3 km for women. The two riders start at the same time and set off to complete the race distance in the...
  
   World Championships: 1957, 1959
• 2nd Grand Prix des Nations
  Grand Prix des Nations
  The Grand Prix des Nations was an individual time trial for professional racing cyclists. Held annually in France, it was instituted in 1932 and often regarded as the unofficial time trial championship of the world and as a Classic cycle race. The race was the idea of a Parisian newspaper editor...
  
  : 1955, 1956
• 2nd Tour de Champagne: 1955
• 2nd Grand Prix de Suisse (TT): 1955
• 2nd Grand Prix de Cannes: 1960
• 2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
  Boucles de l'Aulne
  Boucles de l'Aulne is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in May or June around Châteaulin, in the region of Brittany, France. Since 2006, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour....
  
  : 1957
• 2nd l'Omnium des Nations à Daumesnil: 1958 (with Louison Bobet
  Louison Bobet
  Louis 'Louison' Bobet was a French professional road racing cyclist. He was the first great French rider of the post-war period and the first rider to win the Tour de France in three successive years, from 1953 to 1955...
  
  )

• 3rd Four Days of Dunkirk
  Four Days of Dunkirk
  The Four Days of Dunkirk is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Confusingly, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has usually been held over a 5 or 6 day period. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe...
  
  : 1956
• 3rd Grand Prix de Lugano: 1956
• 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
  Grand Prix de Fourmies
  The Grand Prix de Fourmies is a bicycle race held in the Fourmies commune of France. Since 2005 it has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour.-List of winners:...
  
  : 1959
• 3rd Grand Prix of Algiers: 1959
• 3rd Grand Prix Longines
  Longines
  Longines is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. The company was originally founded by Auguste Agassiz in 1832 and it currently holds the oldest registered logo for a watch company . Longines is currently owned by the Swatch Group.Longines is known for its 'Aviators' watches...
  
   (TT): 1959
• 3rd Grand Prix Parisien (TT): 1962
• 3rd Boucles Roquevairoises: 1960

• 4th Bordeaux–Paris: 1957