Nicolas Vouilloz

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Nicolas Vouilloz
Vouillozmc2011head2.JPG
Vouilloz at the 2011 Monte Carlo Rally
Medal record
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Men's mountain bike racing
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Bromont Junior downhill
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Métabief Junior downhill
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Vail Junior downhill
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Kirchzarten Downhill
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Cairns Downhill
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Château-d'Œx Downhill
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Mont Sainte-Anne Downhill
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Åre Downhill
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Vail Downhill
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Kaprun Downhill
Vouilloz at the 2009 Monte Carlo Rally Vouilloz Klinger 2009.jpg
Vouilloz at the 2009 Monte Carlo Rally
Vouilloz at the 2010 Monte Carlo Rally Vouilloz Veillas 2010.jpg
Vouilloz at the 2010 Monte Carlo Rally
Vouilloz at the 2011 Monte Carlo Rally Vouillozmc2011.JPG
Vouilloz at the 2011 Monte Carlo Rally

Nicolas Vouilloz (born 8 February 1976) is a French professional mountain biker and former professional rally driver.

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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]

Complete World Rally Championship results

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213141516WDCPoints
2001 Nicolas Vouilloz Renault Clio RS MON SWE POR ESP ARG CYP GRE KEN FIN NZL ITA FRA
Ret		 AUS GBR NC0
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 NC0
2005 Nicolas Vouilloz Škoda Fabia WRC MON SWE MEX NZL ITA CYP TUR GRE ARG FIN GER GBR JPN FRA
11		 ESP
Ret		 AUS NC0
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 NC0

IRC results

YearEntrantCar123456789101112WDCPoints
2007 Flag of Spain.svg Peugeot Sport España Peugeot 207 S2000 KEN TUR
1		 BEL
Ret		 RUS
3		 POR
9		 CZE
1		 ITA
3		 SWI
1		 CHI 2nd42
2008 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 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 1st68
2009 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 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 4th31
2010 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 MON
3		 BRA ARG CAN ITA BEL AZO MAD CZE ITA SCO CYP 15th6
2011 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 MON
7		 CAN FRA UKR BEL AZO MAD CZE HUN ITA SCO CYP 14th6

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References

  1. ↑ "Vouilloz claims title, Loix claims victory at Valais". Eurosport . Retrieved 8 January 2009.[ dead link ]
  2. ↑ Dumitru, Mihai. "Nicolas Vouilloz – campion în sporturi cu pedale". ciclist.wordpress.com (in Romanian). Veni, Vidi, Velo. Archived from the original on 2014-07-10. Retrieved 2014-06-08. Archived 2014-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
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