 Vouilloz at the 2011 Monte Carlo Rally | |
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| Born | 8 February 1976 Nice, France |
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| Discipline | Mountain biking |
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Nicolas Vouilloz (born 8 February 1976) is a French professional mountain biker and former professional rally driver.
He won the Downhill Mountain Bike World Championships ten times, starting as a junior in 1992 and finishing his career with his 10th victory in 2002, only placing lower in 2000 finishing 8th. He also won sixteen World cup Downhill races and is widely considered as the greatest male downhill racer of all time.
Vouilloz was born in Nice, France. In 2000, he started rallying in local and then national rally series. He debuted in the World Rally Championship at the 2001 Monte Carlo Rally. His best result in the WRC is ninth place at the 2004 Wales Rally GB, driving a Peugeot 206 WRC for the Bozian Racing team. Being a Peugeot protégé and development driver, Peugeot Sport paired Vouilloz with experienced codriver Denis Giraudet (winner of the 1994 WRC title with countryman Didier Auriol).
Following Peugeot's decision to pull out of the WRC, Vouilloz competed on a full-time basis in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge from 2007 to 2009. He was runner-up in 2007 with three wins. In 2008, he won the championship in a Peugeot 207 S2000, ahead of Belgian teammate Freddy Loix, with one win, six second-place finishes and top 5 finishes in each race. [1] In 2009 he finished fourth with the same car, collecting three podiums but no wins.
After several years absence from the mountain biking scene, Vouilloz returned to race professionally in 2007 at the fourth round of the World Cup in Champery, Switzerland. He races for Lapierre Ultimate Cycles and is currently involved in the Enduro World Series. [2]
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
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| 2001 | Nicolas Vouilloz | Renault Clio RS | MON | SWE | POR | ESP | ARG | CYP | GRE | KEN | FIN | NZL | ITA | FRA Ret | AUS | GBR | NC | 0 | ||
| 2004 | Bozian Racing | Peugeot 206 WRC | MON Ret | SWE | MEX | NZL | CYP | GRE Ret | TUR | ARG | FIN | GER 12 | JPN | GBR 9 | ITA Ret | FRA Ret | ESP 10 | AUS | NC | 0 |
| 2005 | Nicolas Vouilloz | Škoda Fabia WRC | MON | SWE | MEX | NZL | ITA | CYP | TUR | GRE | ARG | FIN | GER | GBR | JPN | FRA 11 | ESP Ret | AUS | NC | 0 |
| 2006 | Equipe de France FFSA | Peugeot 307 WRC | MON | SWE | MEX | ESP | FRA Ret | ARG | ITA | GRE | GER | FIN | JPN | CYP | TUR | AUS | NZL | GBR | NC | 0 |
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | WDC | Points |
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| 2007 |  Peugeot Sport España | Peugeot 207 S2000 | KEN | TUR 1 | BEL Ret | RUS 3 | POR 9 | CZE 1 | ITA 3 | SWI 1 | CHI | 2nd | 42 | |||
| 2008 |  Peugeot Team Bel-Lux | Peugeot 207 S2000 | TUR 2 | POR 3 | BEL 2 | RUS 5 | POR 1 | CZE 2 | ESP 2 | ITA 2 | SWI 2 | CHI | 1st | 68 | ||
| 2009 | Peugeot Team Bel-Lux | Peugeot 207 S2000 | MON Ret | BRA 2 | KEN | POR 3 | BEL Ret | RUS | POR 4 | CZE Ret | ESP 3 | ITA 3 | SCO | 4th | 31 | |
| 2010 |  Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia S2000 | MON 3 | BRA | ARG | CAN | ITA | BEL | AZO | MAD | CZE | ITA | SCO | CYP | 15th | 6 |
| 2011 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia S2000 | MON 7 | CAN | FRA | UKR | BEL | AZO | MAD | CZE | HUN | ITA | SCO | CYP | 14th | 6 |
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