Nicolas Vouilloz

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

Nicolas Vouilloz

Vouilloz at the 2011 Monte Carlo Rally
Medal record
Representing  France
Men's mountain bike racing
World Championships
1992 BromontJunior downhill
1993 MétabiefJunior downhill
1994 VailJunior downhill
1995 KirchzartenDownhill
1996 CairnsDownhill
1997 Château-d'ŒxDownhill
1998 Mont Sainte-AnneDownhill
1999 ÅreDownhill
2001 VailDownhill
2002 KaprunDownhill
Vouilloz at the 2009 Monte Carlo Rally
Vouilloz at the 2010 Monte Carlo Rally
Vouilloz at the 2011 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 downhill racer of all time.

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. 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
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

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

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 2014-07-10. Retrieved 2014-06-08.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Enrique García-Ojeda		 Intercontinental Rally Challenge Champion
2008		 Succeeded by
Kris Meeke
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