Raúl Alcalá
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Raúl Alcalá
Personal information
Full name Raúl Alcalá Gallegos
Date of birth March 3, 1964 (1964-03-03) (age 44)
Country Flag of Mexico Mexico
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Major wins
2 stages Tour de France
Best Young Rider 1987 Tour de France
Infobox last updated on:
July 22, 2008

Raúl Alcalá (born March 3, 1964 in Monterrey) is a retired professional road racing cyclist, who competed between 1985 and 1999. 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.

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


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NAME Alcalá Gallegos, Raúl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH 1964-3-3
PLACE OF BIRTH Monterrey
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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