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 common ...

from

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, 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 also 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 secon ...

Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

, 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, ...

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, Californ ...

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, w ...

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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