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 ...

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 common ...

from Switzerland, who was a professional road rider in 1985. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in

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, where he won the silver medal in the men's team time trial, alongside

Alfred Achermann Alfred Achermann (born 17 July 1959 in Römerswil) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Switzerland, who was a professional rider from 1984 to 1991. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, C ...

, Richard Trinkler and

Benno Wiss Benno Wiss (born 13 July 1962) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Switzerland, who was a professional road rider from 1984 to 1986. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, wh ...

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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 Sportspeople from the canton of Bern {{Switzerland-Olympic-medalist-stub