Raúl Alcalá

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ridername = Raúl Alcalá


fullname = Raúl Alcalá Gallegos
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1964|3|3
country = MEX
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currentteam = Team Rica Burguer
discipline = Road
role = Rider
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majorwins = 2 stages Tour de France Best Young Rider 1987 Tour de France
updated = July 22, 2008

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.

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:: – 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

External links

*cite news
first = Abt
last = Samuel
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title = For Cyclists, an Injection of Controversy
url = http://www.iht.com/articles/1991/08/06/bike.php
work = International Herald Tribune
publisher = The New York Times Company
date = August 6, 1991
accessdate = 2007-06-05
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* [http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/4760.html Official Tour de France results for Raúl Alcalá]
* [http://www.velonews.com/article/84015/ Vuelta Chihuahua: Alcalá joins the comeback brigade]

Persondata
NAME=Alcalá Gallegos, Raúl
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH=1964-3-3
PLACE OF BIRTH=Monterrey
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