Nicolas Vouilloz (born February 8, 1976 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...
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Nicolas Vouilloz (born February 8, 1976 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. In 2008, he won the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in a Super 2000 class Peugeot 207, ahead of Belgian teammate Freddy Loix.
After a several year break 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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