Raúl Alcalá
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| Full name | Raúl Alcalá Gallegos | ||
| Born | March 3, 1964  Mexico |
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| Current team | ORSAN | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
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| Infobox last updated on July 22, 2008 |
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Raúl Alcalá (born March 3, 1964 in Monterrey) is a professional road racing cyclist, who competed between 1985 and 1999 and again in 2008. In 1986, Alcalá became the first Mexican cyclist to compete in the Tour de France. In the 1987 Tour de France, he received the Maillot blanc, awarded to the best rider under 25. In both 1989 and 1990, he won a stage in the Tour de France and finished in 8th place. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, finishing in eleventh place. In 2008, Alcalá returned to professional racing by competing in the Vuelta Chihuahua. In 2010, he won the national time trial championship at the age of 46.
[edit] Palmarès
- 1985 — Team Dente
- 3rd overall – Redlands Classic
- 1986 – 7-Eleven Cycling Team
- 114th overall – Tour de France
- 2nd overall – Redlands Classic
- 1st – Prologue (time trial)
- 1987 – 7-Eleven Cycling Team
- 9th overall – Tour de France
Maillot blanc – Best Young Rider Classification winner
- 1st overall – Coors International Bicycle Classic
- 1988
- 20th overall – Tour de France
- 1989
- 1st overall – Tour of Mexico
- 1st – Points Competition
- 8th overall – Tour de France
- 1st – Stage 3 Luxembourg > Francorchamps
- 1990 – PDM - Concorde
- 8th overall – Tour de France
- 1st – Stage 7 Vittel > Epinal
- 1st overall – Vuelta a Asturias
- 1st overall – Tour of Mexico
- 1st – Points Competition
- 1st overall – Tour de Trump
- 1st – Prologue: Wilmington, DE (time trial)
- 1st – Stage 8: Allentown, PA to Easton, PA (time trial)
- 1991 – PDM - Concorde
- 1992 – PDM - Concorde
- 1st – Clásica de San Sebastián
- 21st overall – Tour de France
- 2nd overall – Vuelta al País Vasco
- 1993 – Novell
- 1st overall – Tour DuPont
- 27th overall – Tour de France
- 1994 – Motorola
- 1st overall – Tour of Mexico
- 70th overall – Tour de France
- 1999
- 7th overall – Tour of Mexico
- 2010
Mexico Time Trial Championship
[edit] Grand Tours overall classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
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 Giro |
– | – | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | WD |
 Tour |
114 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 8 | WD | 21 | 27 | 70 |
 Vuelta |
– | – | – | – | – | 7 | 8 | – | – |
WD = Withdrew
[edit] External links
- Samuel, Abt (August 6, 1991). "For Cyclists, an Injection of Controversy". International Herald Tribune (The New York Times Company). Archived from the original on 2007-05-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070529084545/http://www.iht.com/articles/1991/08/06/bike.php. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
- Raúl Alcalá profile at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results for Raúl Alcalá
- Vuelta Chihuahua: Alcalá joins the comeback brigade
