Raúl Alcalá

Raúl Alcalá

Personal information
Full name	Raúl Alcalá Gallegos
Date of birth	March 3, 1964 (1964-03-03) (age 45)
Country	Mexico
Team information
Current team	Team Rica Burguer
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 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

External links

• Samuel, Abt (August 6, 1991). "For Cyclists, an Injection of Controversy". International Herald Tribune (The New York Times Company). http://www.iht.com/articles/1991/08/06/bike.php. Retrieved 2007-06-05. 
• Raúl Alcalá profile at the Cycling Website
• Official Tour de France results for Raúl Alcalá
• Vuelta Chihuahua: Alcalá joins the comeback brigade

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