 Vouilloz at the2011 Monte Carlo Rally | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1976-02-08)8 February 1976 (age 49) Nice, France |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Mountain biking |
| Role | Rider |
Medal record | |
Nicolas Vouilloz (born 8 February 1976) is a French professionalmountain biker and former professionalrally driver.
He won theDownhillMountain 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 inNice, France. In 2000, he started rallying in local and then national rally series. He debuted in theWorld Rally Championship at the 2001Monte Carlo Rally. His best result in the WRC is ninth place at the 2004Wales Rally GB, driving aPeugeot 206 WRC for theBozian 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 countrymanDidier Auriol).
Following Peugeot's decision to pull out of the WRC, Vouilloz competed on a full-time basis in theIntercontinental Rally Challenge from 2007 to 2009. He was runner-up in 2007 with three wins. In2008, he won the championship in aPeugeot 207 S2000, ahead of Belgian teammateFreddy Loix, with one win, six second-place finishes and top 5 finishes in each race.[1] In2009 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 FranceFFSA | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by | Intercontinental Rally Challenge Champion 2008 | Succeeded by |
| 1990–1999 | |
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| 2000–2009 | |
| 2010–2019 | |
| 2020–2029 | |
