Raúl Alcalá
Raúl Alcalá (* 3. March 1964 in Monterrey ) is a former Mexican professional - cyclist who was active from 1985 to 1999 and from 2008 to 2010.
In 1986, Alcalá became the first Mexican cyclist to compete in the Tour de France . At the Tour de France 1987 he won the white jersey of the best participant under 25 years of age. In both 1989 and 1990 he won a stage in the Tour of France and was eighth in the overall ranking. He represented his home country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , where he finished eleventh in the road race . In 2008 he briefly returned to the professional circus to participate in the Vuelta Chihuahua . In 2010 - at the age of 46 - he won the national championship in the individual time trial .
Palmarès (excerpt)
- 1985
- 3rd place - Redlands Bicycle Classic
- 1986
- 2nd place - Redlands Bicycle Classic and winner of the prologue
- 1987
- 1st place - Coors International Bicycle Classic
- 9th place - Tour de France and winner of the white jersey - (Best driver under 25 years of age)
- 1988
- 20th place - Tour de France
- 1989
- 1st place - Vuelta Mexico and winner of the points classification
- 8th place - Tour de France and winner of the 3rd stage from Luxembourg to Spa
- 1990
- 1st place - Vuelta a Asturias
- 1st place - Vuelta Mexico and winner of the points classification
- 1st place - Tour de Trump and winner of the prologue and the 8th stage from Allentown to Easton
- 8th place - Tour de France and winner of the 7th stage from Vittel to Épinal
- 1992
- 1st place - Clásica San Sebastián
- 2nd place - Tour of the Basque Country
- 21st place - Tour de France
- 1993
- 1st place - Tour DuPont
- 27th place - Tour de France
- 1994
- 1st place - Vuelta Mexico
- 70th place - Tour de France
- 1999
- 7th place - Vuelta Mexico
- 2010
- Winning the state championship in the individual time trial
Overall placements in the three major tours
Round trip | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
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Giro d'Italia | - | - | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | A. |
Tour de France | 114 | 9 | 20th | 8th | 8th | A. | 21st | 27 | 70 |
Vuelta a España | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | 8th | - | - |
A = task
Web links
- Raúl Alcalá in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Raúl Alcalá in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Raúl Alcalá in the Tour de France database(French / English )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Alcalá, Raúl |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alcalá Gallegos, Raúl (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Monterrey |