- 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 inMonterrey ) is a professional road racing cyclist, who competed between 1985 and 1999 and again in 2008. In 1986, Alcalá became the firstMexican cyclist to compete in theTour de France . In the 1987 Tour de France, he received theMaillot 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 inLos 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 MexicoExternal 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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