Agustín Alcántara

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Agustín Alcántara (born September 18 or December 18, 1946 in Celayita , Mexico , † February 25, 1979 in Camagüey , Cuba ) was a Mexican road cyclist .

Alcantára was one of the country's cycling pioneers in Mexico, alongside Jacinto Brito and Radamés Treviño . The 1.76 m tall Mexican was particularly considered a specialist in mountain stages. At the Pan American Games in 1967 he took second place in the team pursuit over 4000 meters on the track together with Radamés Treviño, Adolfo Belmonte , Sabás Cervantes and in the team time trial on the road (with Roberto Brito , Radamés Treviño and Adolfo Belmonte). At the Olympic Summer Games of the following year , which took place in his Mexican homeland, he finished tenth in the team time trial over 100 kilometers with his team. In 1969 he won the fifth stage of the Tour de l'Avenir and crossed the finish line in second place on the second part of the tenth stage. In 1970 he triumphed in the overall ranking of the Vuelta y Ruta de Mexico . He also competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and finished 25th in the 100-kilometer team time trial.

Alcántara died in an accident that he suffered while in 1979 in his role as coach of the participating Mexican team at the Vuelta Ciclista in Cuba. The support vehicle in which Alcántara sat together with the team masseur Francisco Huerta and the mechanic Mario Herrera had overturned on the stage from Camagüey to Ciego de Ávila . A plaque commemorates him there today. In 2009 the winner of this tour was awarded the Premio Agustín Alcántara , as this year marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Alcántara.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ fallencio el director mejicano (PDF; 208 kB) (Spanish) in Mundo Deportivo of February 28, 1979, p. 27; Retrieved January 27, 2012
  2. ↑ Recordarán a ciclista mexicano Agustín Alcántara en Cuba (Spanish) at www.eluniversal.com.mx from January 31, 2009, accessed on January 27, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Alcántara, Agustín
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican road cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1946 or December 18, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Celayita , Mexico
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1979
Place of death Camaguey , Cuba