Michel Vion to lead racing program for Rossignol

Michel Vion to lead racing program for Rossignol{mosimage}A new team of people, with Michel Vion at the front, will manage the racing operations at Rossignol The head of the French brand’s race department, Francois Sedan, left the company earlier this month.

Sedan has left Rossignol after five years, and Michel Vion of France has been named racing director.

Vion, a former World Cup racer and a current member of the FIS council, has been the racing director at Dynastar, which has been under the same ownership as Rossignol for many years.

Both companies, Rossignol and Dynastar, merged with Quiksilver last season.

“The time of the Quiksilver-Rossignol alliance is a time to reassert the sports committment of the brands in the Rossignol Group,” the company said in a press release.

Vion will have help from Angelo Maina, until recently a coach with the Swiss ski team. Maina will take over the Rossignol brand on October 1.

Yves Dimier of France will continue working for the Dynastar brand, and Roberto Cristoforetti of Italy will manage the Lange brand.