Nicolas Vouilloz

Medal record
Vouilloz at the 2011 Monte Carlo Rally
Competitor for  France
Mountain Bike
World Championships
Gold	1995 Kirchzarten	Downhill
Gold	1996 Cairns	Downhill
Gold	1997 Château-d'Œx	Downhill
Gold	1998 Mont Sainte-Anne	Downhill
Gold	1999 Åre	Downhill
Gold	2001 Vail	Downhill
Gold	2002 Kaprun	Downhill

Vouilloz at the 2010 Monte Carlo Rally

Vouilloz at the 2011 Monte Carlo Rally

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

He won the Downhill Mountain Bike World Championships ten times, starting as a junior in 1992 and finishing his career with the his 10th victory in 2002, only placing lower in 2000 finishing 8th. He also won sixteen World cup Downhill races.

In 2000, Vouilloz 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. Vouilloz competed 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, 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.

IRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	WDC	Points
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*

*Season in progress

Palmarès

• Downhill Mountain Bike World Championships : 1995–1999, 2001, 2002

References

1. ^ "Vouilloz claims title, Loix claims victory at Valais". Eurosport. http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/25102008/29/vouilloz-claims-title-loix-claims-victory-valais.html. Retrieved 8 January 2009. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Official site

Sporting positions
Preceded by Enrique García-Ojeda	Intercontinental Rally Challenge Champion 2008	Succeeded by Kris Meeke

Persondata
Name	Vouilloz, Nicolas
Alternative names
Short description	French racing cyclist and rally driver
Date of birth	February 8, 1976
Place of birth	Nice, France
Date of death
Place of death