Nicolas Vouilloz
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 Vouilloz at the 2011 Monte Carlo Rally |
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Competitor for  France |
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| 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 |
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.
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[edit] IRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | WDC | Points |
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| 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
[edit] Palmarès
- World Cup Downhill Champion : 1995-1996, 1999-2000
- Downhill World Champion : 1995-1999, 2001-2002
- Downhill Junior World Champion : 1992-1994
[edit] References
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| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Enrique García-Ojeda |
Intercontinental Rally Challenge Champion 2008 |
Succeeded by Kris Meeke |
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