NICO
Guess Nico Vouilloz will be returning to World Cup Mountain biking. Not sure exactly why, but I am guessing if he is returning, he will still be able to win races, or at least podium. 11 World Championships doesn't quite have the same ring as his current 10. I am pretty excited. I missed that generation of the sport when he was the dominator, so it will be unreal. The guy is amazing on a bike from the videos, bit of a scientist really. He is riding for a french bike company, Lapierre and working on bike development.
So this means, the two greatest bike riders of all time, both French have come out of retirement for 2007. Nico for MTB and Anne for BMX.
I sent him an email to find out for real.....
Nico, "Hi are you the real Jill Kintner? :-) the 4x star? Amazing season congratulations!
Yes I will be present on 2 WC events, probably WC2 and 5! I will also compet in rally car in a new IRC serie (like european championnish) I really do that for fun and challenging myself! After 4/5 years, it should be really difficult to come into top 5! The top guys, specially Sam look very fast...
Have a good season! Bye Nico"