Laurent Vial (born 9 September 1959) is a retired

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

and

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...

from Switzerland, who was a professional road rider in 1985. He represented his native country at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

in Los Angeles, California, where he won the silver medal in the men's team time trial, alongside Alfred Achermann,

Richard Trinkler Richard Trinkler (born 22 August 1950) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Switzerland, who was a professional rider from 1987 to 1989. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, ...

and Benno Wiss.

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* * 1959 births Living people People from the Bernese Jura Swiss male cyclists Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Switzerland Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Swiss people of Basque descent Swiss-French people Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Cyclists from the canton of Bern 20th-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-Olympic-medalist-stub