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French mountain biker and rally driver (born 1976) For the Swiss footballer, see Nicolas Vouilloz (footballer).

Nicolas Vouilloz
Vouilloz at the 2011 Monte Carlo Rally
Personal information
Born (1976-02-08) 8 February 1976 (age 48)
Nice, France
Team information
DisciplineMountain biking
RoleRider
Medal record
Representing  France
Men's mountain bike racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1992 Bromont Junior downhill
Gold medal – first place 1993 Métabief Junior downhill
Gold medal – first place 1994 Vail Junior downhill
Gold medal – first place 1995 Kirchzarten Downhill
Gold medal – first place 1996 Cairns Downhill
Gold medal – first place 1997 Château-d'Œx Downhill
Gold medal – first place 1998 Mont Sainte-Anne Downhill
Gold medal – first place 1999 Åre Downhill
Gold medal – first place 2001 Vail Downhill
Gold medal – first place 2002 Kaprun Downhill

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

Biography

Vouilloz at the 2009 Monte Carlo Rally

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. 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.

Complete World Rally Championship results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
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
Vouilloz at the 2010 Monte Carlo Rally
Vouilloz at the 2011 Monte Carlo Rally

IRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 WDC Points
2007 Spain 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 Belgium 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 Belgium 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 Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 MON
3 		BRA ARG CAN ITA BEL AZO MAD CZE ITA SCO CYP 15th 6
2011 Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 MON
7 		CAN FRA UKR BEL AZO MAD CZE HUN ITA SCO CYP 14th 6

Palmarès

  • World Cup Downhill Champion : 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000
  • Downhill World Champion : 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002
  • Downhill Junior World Champion : 1992, 1993, 1994

References

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

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Sporting positions
Preceded byEnrique García-Ojeda Intercontinental Rally Challenge Champion
2008 		Succeeded byKris Meeke
UCI Mountain Bike World Champions – Men's downhill
1990–1999
2000–2009
2010–2019
2020–2029
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