Raúl Alcalá

Raúl Alcalá Gallegos (born 3 March 1964) is a Mexican former professional road racing cyclist, who competed between 1985 and 1999 and again in 2008 and 2010. As an amateur, Alcalá competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, finishing in eleventh place and 17th with his team in the 100 km team time trial. In 1986, Alcalá became the first Mexican cyclist to compete in the Tour de France. In the 1987 Tour de France, he won the young rider classification. In both 1989 and 1990, he won a stage in the Tour de France and finished in 8th place. A capable General Classification rider Alcalá finished in the top 10 during five different Grand Tours. In 2008, Alcalá returned to professional racing by competing in the Vuelta Chihuahua. In 2010, he won the national time trial championship at the age of 46. In early 2011, he stated his intention to race at the 2011 Pan American Games, but eventually did not compete.

Career achievements Major results

1984 9th Overall Coors Classic 1985 3rd Overall Redlands Classic 1986 2nd Overall Redlands Classic 1st Prologue 9th Overall Coors Classic 1st Stage 6 1987

1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 13 2nd Züri-Metzgete 5th Overall Giro del Trentino 1st Stage 1 9th Overall Tour de France

1988 8th Clásica de San Sebastián 1989

1st Stages 10, 11, 14 & 15 4th Giro di Lombardia 5th Züri-Metzgete 5th Grand Prix de la Libération 7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 8th Overall Tour de France 1st Stage 3 9th Overall Volta a Catalunya 1st Stage 2b (TTT) 9th UCI Road World Cup 1990

1st Stages 7 & 14

1st Prologue & Stage 8 (ITT)

1st Prologue 3rd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 5th Overall Tour of Ireland 8th Overall Tour de France 1st Stage 7 (ITT) 8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 8th La Flèche Wallonne 1991 1st Stage 5 Tour of the Basque Country 3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 7th Overall Vuelta a España 8th Overall Tour of Ireland 1992 1st Clásica de San Sebastián 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country 2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos

2nd Overall Tour of Ireland 3rd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 1st Stage 3 4th UCI Road World Cup 4th Giro di Lombardia 6th Wincanton Classic 8th Overall Vuelta a España 1993

1st Stage 11 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos 1st Stage 5 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1st Prologue & Stage 3 (ITT) 8th Overall Ronde van Nederland 1994

1st Stages 4 (TTT) & 9 3rd Klasika Primavera 7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 9th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 9th Overall Tour DuPont 1st Prologue 1999 7th Overall Ruta Mexico 2010

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish