Tour de Corse a possibility for Vouilloz

Former IRC Champion Nicolas Vouilloz is due to place an entry for next year’s Tour de Corse.

Vouilloz, a former Downhill Mountain bike World Champion, has said that he would like to compete in both French rounds of the Series with the backing of Skoda’s French arm, Skoda France. He is due to compete on the centenary edition of the Rallye Monte Carlo with Skoda France’ backing. He is due to be navigated by Benjamin Veillas.

The Frenchman has entered the infamous event on three occasions but has only finished one of them, the 2005 edition. On the event, he finished in 11^th position overall onboard a Skoda Fabia WRC. He was navigated by Patrick Pivato.

“Nothing is confirmed but the idea is to do both of the French [IRC] events with Skoda France. I would like to do it but we will have to see.” said the Frenchman.

As a professional mountain biker, Vouilloz won an amazing 10 Downhill Mountain Bike World Championships. His Downhill Championship race wins stand at 16. He retired after claiming his 10^th title in 2002. He returned to the scene in 2007 on the fourth round of the series, at Champery, Switzerland. He currently races for Lapierre Ultimate Cycles.