Pascal Richard
He is most notable as a former King of the Mountains winner at the Giro d'Italia and Olympic Games gold medalist.He won the Swiss National Road Race championship in 1989 and 1993.At the start of his career, he was a successful cyclo-cross cyclist, becoming world champion in this discipline in 1988.Later on, he switched to road-cycling, and showed a considerable talent for climbing.In 1996 he also gained Olympic gold after winning a sprint in a successful three-man breakaway in the men's road race.