MONTREAL, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- Every year about this time rumours start to float around that The Alien, Nicolas Vouilloz, is making his return to the World Cup circuit. The 10 time downhill world champion took an early retirement to take his second love seriously, rally racing in the Jwrc.

This year the rumours are coming true. We just received word in from trusted sources inside Nico's pit that he will be making a return to the full world cup circuit in 2007. No more information is available at this time, and contracts still remain to be signed on a few fronts, but rest assured, the Alien is back.