Raúl Alcalá
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Raúl Alcalá (born March 3, 1964 in Monterrey) was a professional road racing cyclist between 1985 and 1999. Alcalá is the first Mexican cyclist to compete in the Tour de France in 1986. 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.
[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
- 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
- 1992
- 1st – Clásica de San Sebastián
- 21st overall – Tour de France
- 2nd overall – Vuelta al País Vasco
- 1993
- 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
[edit] External links
- Samuel, Abt. "For Cyclists, an Injection of Controversy", International Herald Tribune, The New York Times Company, August 6, 1991. Retrieved on 2007-06-05.
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